Jacoby Brissett Should Be a Detroit Lion By Walter Mitchell Last off-season, when Monti Ossenfort signed Jacoby Brissett to a 2-year $12.5M contract with $8M guaranteed, I thought the salary was excessive given the struggles he exhibited with the Patriots during his 5 bridge starts. What I did not realize at the time was that Ossenfort's intent, at Drew Petzing's passionate behest, was to have Jacoby be the team's Plan B starter in the event that Kyler Murray should once again falter. From the first pre-season game against the Chiefs where Jacoby came in and, at the back of the pocket with pressure quickly in his face, he promptly threw a dime of a TD pass to Simi Fehoko, Jacoby donned an air of confidence in ways he lacked a year ago in New England. This is when I first began to sense that Jacoby had signed with the Cardinals because, not only did he know and command Drew Petzing's system like the back of his hand, he had been given the incentive to take over as th...
