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All signs are pointing to journeyman Joshua Dobbs starting at quarterback for the Cardinals less than three weeks after they acquired him from Cleveland.
, which was approved in July. Crowds attended training camp by the thousands, and the team’s announcement that the opener was sold out is better than sellouts in previous years when FedEx Field was full of opposing fans.
"The beautiful thing about the sellout for the Arizona Cardinals game is Arizona doesn’t travel," co-owner Mitch Rales said. "There’s going to be close to 60,000 fans that are rooting for one team. These players have never seen that." The D.C. market hasn’t seen this level of anticipation to start a season since Robert Griffin III’s rookie year more than a decade ago. But the entire organization from ownership down knows it now comes down to results on the field. "Now we have to go out and do our job and play to the best of our abilities," Rivera said. "This is what we’ve been working for, and this is what’s exciting and we’ve got to live up to it."Dobbs is confident he’ll have a good grasp of the playbook by the opener. As for the names of his teammates? That would be a bonus. "That’s a great goal," Dobbs said, laughing. "Luckily, it’s on everyone’s so I’ll have a cheat sheet." Gannon said Wednesday his "players know the plan" at quarterback. The Commanders don’t seem concerned about not knowing for sure.After six long seasons bouncing around the NFL, Joshua Dobbs has a golden opportunity to emerge as the starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals. For a little while, anyway. "You definitely go through that at times," cornerback Kendall Fuller said of the uncertainty. "I think you just kind of just try to learn the strengths and weaknesses of both guys and how you think they’ll come out."
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