Cardinals rookie QB Carson Beck ready to focus on his new team

The Arizona Cardinals got past the Kyler Murray equation, and newly minted head coach Mike LaFleur settled on having Jacoby Brissett lead this franchise going forward. The team then brought in an experienced backup in Gardner Minshew to go along with developmental QB Kedon Slovis. And then GM Monti Ossenfort took the University of Miami quarterback Carson Beck in the third round of last month’s NFL draft.

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Beck was only the third quarterback picked when he got the phone call. Ossenfort may have the intel on players’ stats, scouting reports, and personal interaction at the Senior Bowl, Combine, as well as the ’30 visits, but this is LaFleur’s expertise: the offense. And a QB taken in the first three rounds usually means he is viewed as starter material.

Probably not this year, and maybe even the next. But in the back of LaFleur’s mind, Beck will one day trot out in Week 1 and lead this offense. His offense.