The Arizona Cardinals and quarterback Jacoby Brissett have agreed on a reworked contract that will pay him $15.5 million guaranteed this season with a chance to make $21 million in incentives, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.
Brissett did not get a new deal and is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent after the season.
“It’s good. Happy for him. Happy for our team. It was productive. For it to get done now, sooner than rather than later, it’s good,” Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur said Sunday.
LaFleur said Brissett will start taking reps with the first-team offense Tuesday, when the team returns from its day off and starts its second block of training camp. However, LaFleur wouldn’t commit to Brissett being the Cardinals’ Week 1 starter against the Los Angeles Chargers.
With his raise (before the potential incentives), Brissett is now the fourth-lowest-paid quarterback in the NFL as far as take-home salary, moving up one spot from his initial contract.
Brissett was in the second year of a two-year deal that was scheduled to pay him $4.88 million in base salary with just $1.5 million guaranteed.
After not attending Arizona’s voluntary offseason OTAs and minicamp, and holding in during the mandatory minicamp in June, Brissett reported to training camp Wednesday. However, the 33-year-old Brissett did not participate in 11-on-11 drills, only taking part during the individual portion of practice.
Brissett finished last season with 3,366 passing yards, 23 touchdowns and eight interceptions in 14 games (12 starts).
