BREAKING: Quarterback Jacoby Brissett is signing a two-year, $12.5M contract with the Arizona Cardinal. He leaves New England after the Josh Dobbs signing.

Free agent Jacoby Brissett served as a team captain in 2024.

 

The former New England Patriots quarterback plans to sign with the Arizona Cardinals, as first reported Tuesday by ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.

Brissett, 32, served as a team captain following his return to Foxborough on a one-year, $8 million contract in 2024. The veteran started the initial five games of the fall before No. 3 overall pick Drake Maye took the reins under center. From there, he finished the campaign having completed 59 percent of his passes for 826 yards with two touchdowns and one interception across a total of eight appearances.

Selected in the third round of the 2016 NFL draft, Brissett earned a Super Bowl LI ring during his rookie year alongside quarterbacks Tom Brady and Jimmy Garoppolo. The product of Florida and North Carolina State was then traded to the Indianapolis Colts leading up to the league’s 53-man roster deadline in 2017 in exchange for wide receiver Phillip Dorsett. Stints with the Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns and Washington Commanders followed before circling back as an unrestricted free agent last March.

He now moves on to an NFC West quarterback room led by Kyler Murray with past position coach Drew Petzing as offensive coordinator.

Brissett stands 87 games, including 53 starts, into a career that has seen him go 1,076-of-1,761 passing. Along with 11,400 yards, 53 touchdowns and 24 interceptions through the air, an additional 15 scores have arrived by ground.

As the NFL’s legal tampering period opened Monday, the Patriots agreed to terms with veteran backup Joshua Dobbs on a two-year deal carrying $3.8 million fully guaranteed. The depth chart also includes Joe Milton III, who landed five rounds after Maye in the 2024 draft class.

The new league year officially begins Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET.