NFL Transfers & Rumours
Carson Beck Positioned for Starter Opportunity Amid Cardinals’ QB Uncertainty
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No one should make too much of the results of any spring practices, but SportsBoom has long heard that the Cardinals selected Carson Beck in the third round to see him play this season before wading into the 2027 quarterback draft.
And with starting quarterback Jacoby Brissett skipping essentially all of the team’s offseason work, mired in a contract impasse, Beck made the most of the opportunity.
The situation between Brissett and Arizona lingers, and numerous NFL executives have opined to SportsBoom this offseason that they believe Brissett will be gone by the trade deadline.
An injury to a starting quarterback elsewhere could bring that to a head sooner than that.
Won’t Be Sitting All That Long
Beck’s stature and performance created a buzz in the Cardinals' locker room.
He played a ton of college football and bounced around, so he picked up different systems and matured, and Cardinals’ star tight end Trey McBride was recently gushing about Beck on the popular “Bussin With The Boys” podcast.
It would be silly to invest a top five pick on a quarterback next season (Arizona will be that bad, by design) without getting a look at Beck first. While his attitude turned some teams off through the draft process, he had some strong supporters as well.
“We liked him,” one GM told SportsBoom on Beck after the draft.
“We think he has a chance to start and win a lot of games. That’s a good spot for him, because he’s going to play.”
Beck helped Miami reach the national title game last season and spent five years at Georgia before that, winning two national titles but not playing full-time in those seasons.
He has prototypical NFL size and sufficient athleticism and a big enough arm, but decision-making will be an issue until proven otherwise.
Editor's Insight
This is trending toward a mid-season look at Carson Beck if Jacoby Brissett’s situation doesn’t resolve. The Cardinals look like a developing QB room rather than a settled one, and that kind of uncertainty can quietly shift expectations and futures lines, fast.
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