A lot of teams have settled their quarterback situation going into Week 1, but some are still making the rounds of cutting down their rosters.
Kyler Murray’s ongoing recovery from last year’s torn ACL has left Colt McCoy as the likely starter for the first weeks of the regular season, but head coach Jonathan Gannon hasn’t stated if that will be the case.
“When we need to name the starters we’ll name the starters,” Gannon said. “He’s doing a good job. I thought he operated well. I think he’s getting more and more comfortable with what we are asking him to do. He’s obviously played a lot of football but I like where his game is trending.”
The team could go with Colt McCoy, Clayton Tune, or recently acquired Josh Dobbs.
McCoy hasn’t run away with the job and that has Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports wondering if he might end up being cut from the team.
“All offseason, the 36-year-old reserve has been penciled in as the Week 1 starter with Kyler Murray rehabbing from his 2022 ACL tear. But in between ailments of his own, McCoy has been just OK battling with rookie Clayton Tune, and now Arizona has acquired Joshua Dobbs from the Browns as added competition. In a rebuilding year, McCoy (is) already profiled as a placeholder at best,” Benjamin wrote.
In the preseason so far, McCoy has only completed nine passes for 42 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions. Tune has completed 25 passes for 268 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
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Fifth-round pick Clayton Tune is the next quarterback listed on the depth chart with David Blough and Jeff Driskel rounding out the group.
Of course, whoever is quarterback is biding time until Kyler Murray returns to the field, and that too remains an unknown.
McCoy really needs a strong showing in the Cardinals’ final preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday.
