Cardinals head coach Mike LaFleur is without Jacoby Brissett for the start of the club’s voluntary offseason program, but the rookie head coach isn’t worried about the continued absence of the veteran quarterback.
“It’s not mandatory, right? Like I’ve said with Jacoby and all veterans I’ve ever been around, they’ve played football,” LaFleur told reporters Monday. “The hardest thing to do in this league is get used to the speed of the game. Not just the rookie, but the second-year, third-year guy, and he’s played a lot of football. He’s done probably everything that we’ve ever done schematically, it’s just a little bit different verbiage. It’s the flip stuff, getting used to the game, like if a rookie’s not here or a second-year guy’s not here, you’re like, ‘Oh, crap,’ because it takes a minute.”
Brissett is away from the team as he seeks a raise in salary for the 2026 season, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Monday. It’s a continuation of a stance that began with him sitting out Phase 1 of Arizona’s offseason program in April.
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