{"id":756970,"date":"2026-02-16T23:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/756970\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T23:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:31:17","slug":"former-falcons-qb-expected-to-take-job-with-arizona-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/756970\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Falcons QB expected to take job with Arizona Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/atlanta-falcons\/323\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Atlanta Falcons;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mzenitz\/status\/2022167733962780703\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Matt Schaub;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Matt Schaub<\/a> is taking a job with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Arizona Cardinals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Arizona Cardinals<\/a>, according to a report from CBS Sports&#8217; Matt Zenitz. Schaub is expected to join Cardinals head coach Mike LaFleur&#8217;s staff as the team&#8217;s new quarterbacks coach.<\/p>\n<p>Schaub was originally selected by the Falcons in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played three seasons in Atlanta before getting traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/houston-texans\/325\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Houston Texans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Houston Texans<\/a> in 2007. Over his seven seasons in Houston, Schaub made two Pro Bowls and led the league in passing yards in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The veteran quarterback returned to Atlanta in 2016, spending his final five seasons with the Falcons before retiring in 2020. Schaub was hired by the team as a football analyst in 2023, but he was dismissed in 2024 along with former Falcons head coach Arthur Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Over his 17 NFL seasons, Schaub passed for 25,467 passing yards, 136 touchdowns and 91 interceptions for the Falcons, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/las-vegas-raiders\/341\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Raiders;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Raiders<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ravens;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ravens<\/a> and Texans. It will be interesting to see how Schaub fares in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals still have a former No. 1 overall pick Kyler Murray under contract, but many expect the team to move on from the quarterback in the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Falcons Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2026\/02\/16\/falcons-matt-schaub-cardinals\/88704313007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Former Falcons QB Matt Schaub hired by Cardinals as QB coach;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Former Falcons QB Matt Schaub hired by Cardinals as QB coach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Schaub is taking a job with the Arizona Cardinals, according to a report&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,2604,254,1327,3244,7,253,4827,19677,26287,6,19080,525,169,2661,17085],"class_list":{"0":"post-756970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizonacardinals","11":"tag-atlanta-falcons","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-cbs-sports","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-houston-texans","16":"tag-kyler-murray","17":"tag-matt-schaub","18":"tag-mike-lafleur","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-quarterbacks-coach","21":"tag-raiders","22":"tag-ravens","23":"tag-the-falcons","24":"tag-veteran-quarterback"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116082919842294806","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}