The Cardinals currently have no obvious plan at quarterback

Most teams have a clear starting quarterback, obvious contenders for the job, or (at a minimum) concepts of a plan for the position.

The Cardinals, by all appearances, have none of the above.

G.M. Monti Ossenfort made clear this week that the Cardinals don’t have a starter. And to the extent a competition will be unfolding during the offseason program, Jacoby Brissett won't be there unless and until he gets a new contract.

The other in-house options, for now, are Gardner Minshew and Kedon Slovis.

Before free agency started, Jimmy Garoppolo was linked to Arizona. The Cardinals pivoted to Minshew when talks with Garoppolo broke down.

Garoppolo remains available. Aaron Rodgers is on the market, too. (It's hard to imagine him having any interest in the team that is stuck in a division with the Seahawks, Rams, and 49ers.) Derek Carr has made noise about a possible unretirement, but he wants to play for a contender. The Cardinals can't fairly be described with that label.

That leaves the draft. Unless the Cardinals trade up to No. 1 (which is highly unlikely at this point, but not impossible), the next best option is Ty Simpson. They could, in theory, trade down and take Simpson in a lower spot. And there could be a team that sufficiently covets running back Jeremiyah Love to try to leapfrog the Titans at No. 4.

Other available free-agent options with starting experience include Russell Wilson and . Most of the others have signed contracts to be backups (, ) and a bridge starter (, if/when the Raiders take Fernando Mendoza).