Jacoby Brissett Camp Update — August 31: The Quarterback Room Settled at Three

The quarterback count behind Jacoby Brissett shrank to two. Arizona waived Kedon Slovis, settling the room at Brissett, Gardner Minshew and Carson Beck — Mike Garafolo first, per Charean Williams at Pro Football Talk. Slovis got the long look in Friday's finale, going 21 of 35 for 223 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions, per Steve Megargee of the Associated Press; Donnie Druin at Sports Illustrated had him shaky in spurts against heavy pressure, and two days after that game he was off the roster.

Brissett's own week was one working session: Wednesday's joint practice at Green Bay, where he threw an early interception but settled in with sharp play, per Darren Urban at the team website. That is a practice rep, not a game stat — LaFleur himself waved off the scoreboard framing before the session, per the same report: "We're not here to try and win the practice. I don't even know what that means." Friday, Brissett sat with the rest of the starters while Minshew started and went seven of nine for 126 yards and a touchdown in the first half, including a 41-yard score to Simi Fehoko, per Megargee. And Beck made the 53 without playing a snap since the Hall of Fame Game on August first — he was reported unlikely to face the Packers with the rib soreness that has sidelined him all month, per Urban's reporting relayed by NBC Sports, and no report in this window has him back at full practice.

The last episode's watch line asked whether Brissett would play the finale, and what cutdown would do to the count behind him. Answers: no, and three became two. The finale sit is the same protection the last episode read as starter treatment — held out with the entrenched veterans while the backups play — now repeated in the last exhibition of the summer.

Back in June the open question was whether Arizona would treat starter-caliber throwing like a starter while the contract conversation lingered. The throwing was real — 3366 passing yards and 23 touchdowns last season, fifteenth in the league in touchdown passes, our numbers — and the treatment keeps answering yes, with no new contract reporting this window either. The roster now says it too: three quarterbacks, and he is the one they kept off the field for the last two exhibitions of the summer. We'll be back once the game-planning begins.

_Data via nflverse._