Cardinals Name Jacoby Brissett a Team Captain — What It Means for Fantasy
Brissett earned an offensive captaincy vote after a 3,366-yard, 23-TD 2025 season, but he's still QB38 in our rankings for a reason.
Locker-room respect is nice, but he's a streamer at best until the volume shows up.
- Brissett voted offensive captain in Thursday's team vote
- 2025 line: 3,366 pass yds, 23 TD, 8 INT in 14 games
- Added 168 rush yds and 1 rush TD in 2025
- Ranks QB17 (#38 overall) in our current model
- Baker earns captaincy for 5th straight season
Arizona announced its captainship results Monday, and Jacoby Brissett headlines the group as one of two offensive captains — a nod to the quiet respect he's built in that locker room. Center Hjalte Froholdt joins him up front, while safety Budda Baker (now a captain for a fifth straight season) and linebacker Mack Wilson Sr. handle the defense, with long snapper Casey Kreiter representing special teams.
That's a leadership vote, not a fantasy verdict. Brissett is coming off a 2025 season (actual) in which he threw for 3,366 yards, 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions across 14 games, plus 168 rushing yards and a score — good for 233 PPR points. Solid for a real NFL offense. Middling for your fantasy lineup.
Coach Mike LaFleur framed the captaincy as the locker room signaling who they look up to, and said a handful of other players were right in the running. He also stressed the vote isn't the only voice that matters — leadership shows up on the field, too. Nice for team chemistry. Not something that moves a projection.
The Fantasy Fallout
Here's the disconnect fantasy managers need to internalize: our model has Brissett at QB17, #38 overall. Captain status doesn't add a single fantasy point. What matters is whether Arizona lets him throw enough — 14 games and 23 scores in 2025 is respectable, but it's the profile of a QB2 you stream, not one you build around.
The 23-touchdown mark is the tell. Brissett can be efficient and protect the ball (that 8-INT number is clean), but he's not a rushing quarterback in the modern QB1 mold — one rushing touchdown all of last season underlines that. In superflex, he's a usable back-end starter. In one-QB leagues, he lives on your waiver wire until a plus matchup appears.
Bottom line: treat this as a feel-good headline, not a buy signal. Keep Brissett on the streamer radar for soft matchups, monitor Arizona's pass volume through the early weeks, and don't reach for him on draft day expecting the captaincy to translate into fantasy relevance. Watch and wait.
