The Arizona Cardinals, who as sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, will finish in last place in their division this season have really messed up their quarterback situation. A couple weeks ago, their season starter, Jacoby Brissett, was ineffective against a suspect Dallas Cowboys defense on the road. The Cardinals trailed 17-3 late in the third quarter when head coach Mike LaFleur inserted veteran backup quarterback Gardner Minshew into the game.
He got the Cardinals into the endzone on the second play he ran from scrimmage and then tacked on three more fourth quarter touchdowns that should have won the game for the Cardinals. Except their kicker missed the extra point with 6 seconds to go in the game and forced the contest to overtime, 30-30.
In overtime, after each team traded three and outs, Minshew led the Cardinals to the game winning field goal.
His success prompted the Cardinals to trade Brissett to the quarterback starved Baltimore Ravens and turned to the man that had led the win over the Cowboys to now be their starting quarterback.
It didn’t go well.
In Seattle, the Cardinals managed only a field goal in a 17-3 loss. The game also claimed Minshew for the rest of the season. He was injured on the last play of the first half, continued to play the second half with the injury, and then was declared out for the year in subsequent medical revelations.