The Arizona Cardinals are staring down another double-digit-loss season, sitting at a brutal 2-5-0 record with ten games left, and all signs point to QB Jacoby Brissett being the biggest reason why. The team’s 2026 performance looks eerily like their 2025 struggles, and something has to change ASAP.
Arizona’s Red Zone Collapse is Brutal
The new Mike LaFleur offense is just not getting it done, averaging a concerning 20.3 points per game. They can drive all day, but as soon as they sniff the Red Zone, the wheels absolutely come off. This offense rarely, if ever, finishes drives. Overall, it’s ranked #19 in the league. They’re #18 in total passing yards with 1,607, but get this, they’re #1 in attempts at 283 and #2 in completions with 184. That just tells you how much Brissett is forced to air it out. Their pass completion percentage is #13 at 65.0%, they’ve got 10 touchdown passes, ranked #16, and they’re #23 in fewest interceptions thrown with 6. Oh, and they’ve given up 15 sacks, ranking #16. That’s a lot of action for minimal payoff.
Brissett’s Stats Scream for a Change
The biggest problem, without a doubt, is Jacoby Brissett himself. The guy’s all-time starting record is a dismal 22-50-0, and with Arizona, it’s an even worse 3-16-0. Where are the explosive plays? Seriously, where are they? The Cardinals are dead last in the entire league with zero passing plays over 40 yards. Zero! And they’ve only managed a pathetic 13 passing plays of 20+ yards in seven games. This is insane when you consider they have the league’s best tight end in Trey McBride and dynamic pass catchers like Michael Wilson, Kendrick Bourne, and rookie Reggie Virgil. Even with losing LT Paris Johnson and the O-line having to constantly Band-Aid who’s healthy, they’re holding their own. Brissett used to have huge games, like his 10 career 300-yard days, even a 452-yard bomb against the 49ers last year. But those days are gone. Remember when he threw for a measly 95 passing yards in the Week 2 loss to our Seattle Seahawks? Or 166 against the Giants in Week 4? That’s not good enough, plain and simple.
An Unsustainable Offensive Scheme
Brissett is constantly having to throw the ball, way more than any quarterback should. The average is 28 attempts per game. This year, his attempts have been 37, 28, 52, 35, 47, 35, and 48. That’s a ton of throws, and it means one thing: the Cardinals’ running game is non-existent. When you can’t run, opposing defenses know it. They stop looking for the run, they just blast off the snap every single time, and it gives them a massive advantage. This kind of offense isn’t sustainable for any QB, let alone one struggling this much.
With Brissett struggling this much, and the team plummeting to a 2-5-0 record, the question isn’t *if* something needs to change, it’s *when*. The conversation about benching Brissett has to be happening in Arizona’s facility right now. Fans in the desert are looking at a team headed straight for another double-digit-loss season, and they should be asking: what’s next for the Cardinals?
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Originally reported by Revenge of the Birds.
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