{"id":759988,"date":"2026-02-18T09:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/759988\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:17:12","slug":"arizona-cardinals-could-have-interest-in-bears-qb-tyson-bagent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/759988\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Cardinals could have interest in Bears QB Tyson Bagent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 17, 2026, 6:37 p.m. MT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" data-autotag=\"c6331531-478d-4c7a-b93a-28f5b26af3f9\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a> are expected to make moves at quarterback this offseason. Kyler Murray is on the way out, and it is uncertain what they play to do with Jacoby Brissett.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Gambo987\/status\/2023803296675516863\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to Arizona Sports 98.7 FM&#8217;s John Gambadoro<\/a>, there is a quarterback currently under contract with another team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Cardinals could seek to work a trade with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/chicago-bears\/326\" data-autotag=\"69c69e75-f807-4542-90d2-619e6d4a23b1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Chicago Bears<\/a> for quarterback Tyson Bagent. As a rookie in 2023, he went 2-2 for the Bears when Justin Fields was injured. Over the last two seasons since Caleb Williams was drafted, he has appeared in seven games and played only 27 total snaps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He is under contract for the next two seasons at $4 million each year with a $250,000 workout bonus each offseason as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Would the Bears be willing to move Bagent?<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He threw three touchdown passes and six interceptions in those four starts in 2023. He rushed for another two scores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He is a scrappy, athletic quarterback who would be fun to watch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Would he be acquired to potentially start? If so, the Cardinals could be looking at a rough 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Get more <a data-autotag=\"c6331531-478d-4c7a-b93a-28f5b26af3f9\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cardinals<\/a> and NFL coverage from <a data-autotag=\"c6331531-478d-4c7a-b93a-28f5b26af3f9\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cards<\/a> Wire&#8217;s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/27gxR7Oml5yVPywhOG8KHR?si=cGJ0FN6aRBquiLus5nj7rw&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=05e790ef05a641b8\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9sICHPD_aT9zxnG7dJj6izJWgMhLMh_U&amp;si=rpNldnLNN-_DdW8R\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fthe-rise-up-see-red-podcast%2Fid670822447%3Fmt%3D2&amp;xcust=SC1-SCAR&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fcardswire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fcardinals%2F2026%2F02%2F17%2Farizona-cardinals-could-have-interest-in-bears-qb-tyson-bagent%2F88713767007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 17, 2026, 6:37 p.m. MT The Arizona Cardinals are expected to make moves at quarterback this offseason.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[95878,375,390,2604,1327,7,6,95973,95974,95882,95890,96164,96089,96064,97808,96065,95895,95899,95883,108566,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-759988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-arizona-cardinals","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflcardinals","16":"tag-sstsncardinals","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","19":"tag-tagcaleb-williams","20":"tag-tagchicago-bears","21":"tag-tagjacoby-brissett","22":"tag-tagjustin-fields","23":"tag-tagkyler-murray","24":"tag-tagnfl-hub","25":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-tagtyson-bagent","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116090887112650926","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759988","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=759988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}