The Arizona Cardinals are expected to be without starting quarterback Kyler Murray for several weeks of the 2023 NFL season.
Many thought that meant Colt McCoy would start. Nope.
The Cardinals released McCoy in a move that shocked much of the NFL world. Now, the Cardinals’ QB room is down to fifth-round rookie Clayton Tune, career backup David Blough and former Steelers quarterback Josh Dobbs.
Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon was asked about the team’s Week 1 starting quarterback, and he gave a puzzling answer in response.
“I’m not going to name a starter, because I think it’s a competitive advantage for us going to Washington,” Gannon said Monday.
“But we’ll know who the starter is.”
What is he even talking about?
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Entering this week, Colt McCoy looked like the leader in the clubhouse given he had worked exclusively with the first-team offense. That all changed, however, when McCoy was surprisingly released Monday morning. Now, it’s seemingly a two-horse race between 2023 fifth-rounder Clayton Tune and newly acquired Josh Dobbs.
Arizona selected Tune in the fifth round of April’s NFL Draft out of Houston. Dobbs arrived via a trade this past Thursday with the Cleveland Browns. Dobbs entered the league in 2017, starting two games in 2022 with the Tennessee Titans.
Tune suited up in 47 games across five seasons at Houston, throwing for 7,618 yards with 70 touchdowns and 20 interceptions on 67.8% passing.
Gannon said he has a “pretty good plan in place” in evaluating Dobbs and Tune over the next two weeks.
“I think we got a pretty good plan in place, but I want to see them both go through the next two weeks,” Gannon said. “But I think that the plan that we have to evaluate that and to get that done and the team knowing the ‘why’ behind it. I think they’re comfortable with it. I feel good with where it’s at.”
