Cardinals Rookie Quarterback Logs 13-Hour Days at Facility

Cardinals rookie quarterback Carson Beck has been working 13-hour days at the team's Tempe facility since arriving nearly six weeks ago. Beck said Wednesday he chose not to ease into his first NFL offseason. "From day one, for me, I didn't want to ease into anything, to be completely honest," he said.

After rookies finish their meetings, Beck stays to work with offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett and quarterbacks coach Matt Schaub. He also has access to first-year head coach Mike LaFleur for questions. "It's really cool because, obviously, Coach Schaub did it," Beck said.

"He played the position, which it's so hard to understand what the position of quarterback is if you haven't actually done it, right? " Beck added that Hackett and LaFleur have each coached top quarterbacks. "Coach Hackett has coached amazing quarterbacks, just such a smart mind.

So, just trying to pick their brains and just take every little inch and every little thing to add it to my repertoire and get as good and as comfortable as I can is something that I've done from the second I feel like I've stepped in the building," he said. Beck said he has spent his time either at home or at the facility learning the playbook, with some eating and sleeping included.

"Because that's pretty necessary as well, being a football player," he said. During mandatory minicamp last week, Beck met incumbent starter Jacoby Brissett, who had missed the voluntary portions of the offseason program. The two spoke mainly about football, Beck said.

Brissett left minicamp without a reworked contract for 2026 that he seeks, according to a source. The Cardinals open the season against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 1.