{"id":871171,"date":"2026-04-21T12:39:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/871171\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:39:39","slug":"predicting-joe-burrows-next-nfl-destination-if-bengals-struggle-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/871171\/","title":{"rendered":"Predicting Joe Burrow&#8217;s Next NFL Destination if Bengals Struggle in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Arizona Cardinals&#8217; projected starting quarterback Jacoby Brissett wants a new deal after throwing for 3,366 yards, 23 touchdowns and six interceptions with a 64.9 percent completion rate in 14 games (12 starts) last season. He&#8217;s a high-end bridge-gap signal-caller entering his age-34 term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Behind Brissett on the depth chart, Gardner Minshew II is on his fifth team in five years. Kedon Slovis hasn&#8217;t started in a regular-season game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Cardinals don&#8217;t have a long-term starting quarterback on their roster, and according to ESPN&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft2026\/story\/_\/id\/48507444\/2026-nfl-draft-notes-intel-buzz-adam-schefter-first-round-picks-teams-trades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Adam Schefter<\/a>, they&#8217;re one of two teams most interested in <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25258050-nfl-draft-2026-scouting-report-alabama-qb-ty-simpson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Ty Simpson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Cardinals don&#8217;t have to make a move for Simpson, though. If Monti Ossenfort has job security beyond this year, despite his 12-22 record as the team&#8217;s general manager, he could wait until next offseason to address the position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Draft analysts expect the 2027 quarterback class to be stronger than this year&#8217;s group. If Joe Burrow looks for greener pastures at the end of the 2026 season, Arizona can add him to a mix of possible targets to upgrade the most important position on its roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">In a rebuild with a new coaching staff, Arizona&#8217;s 2027 draft pick could be a top-five selection, which would be a quality trade asset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Cardinals are projected to have the most cap space next offseason, with over <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/salary-cap-space#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">$155 million<\/a>, allowing them to offer Burrow a bigger extension than any other team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Burrow could also see potential in an offense that features All-Pro tight end Trey McBride, Marvin Harrison Jr., despite his recent ups and downs, and Michael Wilson, who eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Arizona has some assets that can appeal to the Bengals and Burrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arizona Cardinals&#8217; projected starting quarterback Jacoby Brissett wants a new deal after throwing for 3,366 yards, 23 touchdowns&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[7,233,259,2529,6,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-871171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-minnesota","10":"tag-minnesota-vikings","11":"tag-minnesotavikings","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116442743670376639","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871171","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=871171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}