Carson Beck "super excited" to make his debut on Sunday

Published November 12, 2026 10:13 AM Cardinals rookie quarterback Carson Beck will make his first start on Sunday against the Rams. Speaking to reporters in a Wednesday press conference, Beck said he’s “super excited” to make his regular-season debut.“Obviously, having gone from the emergency quarterback at the beginning of the season to last week being the backup to now being the starter, it’s been a crazy season,” Beck said, via transcript from the team. “It’s really been a welcome to the NFL season, just getting introduced to what the league is and what it can be, but I’m super excited for the opportunity and to have the chance to go play with these guys.”Beck will be the third starting quarterback for the Cardinals this season after Jacoby Brissett and Gardner Minshew. Beck noted he’s picked up plenty from observing both veteran QBs to this point in the year.“I think the biggest thing is just watching those two and how they carry themselves and how they handle themselves not only in the meeting room around the coaches, but during the walkthrough, during practice, and during the game,” Beck said. “I think that’s the biggest thing that you can learn from those guys, of everybody’s looking at you as a quarterback, and your attitude has to be right each and every day. The moxie [of] going out there, having confidence, and making everyone around you better. “I think that’s something that I learned in how they carry themselves and when they went on the field — how I need to carry myself as well.”To that end, Beck said “of course” he can maintain his sense of confidence entering Sunday.“I think the coolest thing about confidence is that confidence is a choice,” Beck said. “With that also, I’ve said it before, it makes everyone else around you better as well. It exudes confidence into them when you’re showing that you’re confident. When you can choose that, again, you just have to go out there and execute. You have to go out there and do your thing and you have to go out there and be confident, have swag, and have moxie. Regardless of the circumstances, regardless of anything going on around you, regardless of maybe what happened the play before or maybe thinking about what’s going to happen the next play.“You have to be in the present moment and that’s really all you can do and control.”