Despite Jacoby Brissett leading the Cardinals to their first win since mid-September, coach Jonathan Gannon said he isn’t changing course on his starting quarterback.
— Despite backup quarterback Jacoby Brissett leading the Cardinals to their first win since mid-September and directing the offense to its best three-game stretch of the season, Arizona coach Jonathan Gannon said he isn’t changing course on his starting quarterback.
« Nothing’s changed on that », Gannon said after Monday night’s 27-17 win over the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium.
Gannon has said for weeks that when starter Kyler Murray has recovered from a foot injury that has sidelined him the past three games, Murray will play. Gannon said Murray didn’t play Monday night because he « just wasn’t healthy enough to go. »
Pressed on why, after Brissett’s recent run, he’ll stick with Murray, Gannon said it is « just how I feel. »
Gannon said he had nothing to add to the conversation when asked whether Brissett had shown him enough to earn the job.
Brissett threw for 261 yards — his third straight outing of more than 260 passing yards — and two touchdowns on 21-of-31 passing against the Cowboys.
Gannon said he thought Brissett played well and that he liked how he operated.
But Brissett didn’t want to discuss whether he should start for a fourth straight game when Arizona plays at the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
