Cardinals Open Camp With 3-14 Shadow as Brissett Disputes $4.88 Million Deal

Q: Is the 2024 quarterback class, with its unprecedented early success, already the greatest in NFL history?

Not yet. The 2024 quarterback class has a strong case as the best early-starting class, but it is too soon to call it the greatest in NFL history. The evidence for its start is real. By training camp 2026, four of the six first-round quarterbacks already have playoff wins. Caleb Williams and Drake Maye both broke out in 2025, with Maye entering elite-tier discussions after a near-MVP season and deep playoff run, and Williams becoming an MVP candidate after leading Chicago to a division title. Bo Nix has been a steady winner in Denver, and even the class’s less-settled members, such as Jayden Daniels, Michael Penix Jr. and J.J. McCarthy, remain central to their teams’ plans. But “greatest” requires more than fast starts. The searched material notes the 2024 class still has no Super Bowl titles, no MVP awards and no All-Pro selections as a group, even if it already has multiple Pro Bowlers and a solid combined record. That leaves it behind older benchmark classes in career achievement. The 1983 class remains the historical gold standard for depth and Hall of Fame impact, while more recent classes such as 2017, 2018 and 2020 already own MVPs, Super Bowl wins and longer proof of sustained excellence. So the fairest answer is that the 2024 class may be on a historic trajectory, and its early returns are unusually strong. It is not yet the greatest ever, but it has put itself in that conversation far earlier than most classes do.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 22

Wednesday’s camp opening arrives with Arizona widely projected near the bottom of the NFL after a 3-14 season, despite first-year coach Mike LaFleur taking over.
1-11 in Jacoby Brissett’s 12 starts last year helps explain the gloom, and the quarterback has skipped voluntary work while seeking a raise from his $4.88 million contract.
Kyler Murray’s injury history, Gardner Minshew’s arrival and third-round rookie Carson Beck leave Arizona facing a likely quarterback shuffle instead of a clear starter.
Isaiah Adams added another uncertainty after the starting guard was arrested in Canada on weekend gun charges, including possessing a firearm obtained by crime.
The backdrop is a brutal NFC West: the Rams, Seahawks and 49ers all made the playoffs last season, leaving Arizona’s best 2026 path looking more like draft position than contention.