Cardinals Sign Rookie QB Joey Aguilar to Active Roster as Quarterback Room Keeps Shifting
Arizona adds the undrafted rookie from Jacksonville's practice squad a day after signing Josh Johnson, with Gardner Minshew facing season-ending elbow surgery
The Cardinals are adding another quarterback. Arizona is signing rookie Joey Aguilar to its active roster, ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported Tuesday.
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Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN): The Cardinals are signing quarterback Joey Aguilar to the active roster, per source.
Aguilar, 25, went undrafted out of Tennessee this spring and had been with the Jaguars, who kept him on their practice squad. Jumping to Arizona's 53-man roster gives him a real NFL job and a spot in one of the league's most unsettled quarterback rooms.
The Cardinals have churned through quarterbacks over the past two weeks. Gardner Minshew led an overtime comeback in Dallas on Nov. 1 and was named the starter the next day, prompting Arizona to trade Jacoby Brissett to Baltimore. Minshew then tore the UCL in his throwing elbow in Sunday's 17-3 loss at Seattle and likely needs season-ending surgery.
That pushed rookie Carson Beck into the starting job. On Monday, Arizona signed 40-year-old Josh Johnson off the Bengals' practice squad to give Beck a veteran backup. Aguilar now joins them as a third option behind Beck and Johnson.
He arrives with little time to settle in. Beck is expected to start Sunday when the Cardinals (3-6) host the Rams on Nov. 15 at 1:05 p.m. PT, and the offense will also be without receiver Michael Wilson, who is out for the season with a fractured vertebra. For Aguilar, the immediate job is to learn Mike LaFleur's system and be ready if the carousel turns again.