The Arizona Cardinals look poised to enter Week 1 of the regular season with a starting quarterback who joined the team just four days ago.

Journeyman Josh Dobbs “figures to be the leader to become Arizona’s opening-day starting QB,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Monday following the release of veteran Colt McCoy, with fifth-round rookie Clayton Tune the other option.

Dobbs, who was acquired by Arizona last week, was apparently on the Cardinals’ radar as they “tried to sign him in free agency,” Schefter reported, with starter Kyler Murray remaining on the reserve/PUP list as he continues to recover from a torn ACL sustained in Week 14 last season.

“[Dobbs] know [sic] the Cardinals’ system from having played under Arizona OC Drew Petzing last season in Cleveland,” the report continued.

The Cardinals acquired Dobbs and a seventh-round pick in 2024 from the Browns on Thursday in exchange for a 2024 fifth-round pick. 

He didn’t play in Arizona’s preseason finale against Minnesota on Saturday, when the Cardinals won, 18-17.

Prior to the trade, reports indicated that the 28-year-old Dobbs would back up Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson.

A fourth-round draft pick out of Tennessee in 2017, Dobbs began his NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers before joining the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2019.

He has also been a part of the Tennessee Titans and Detroit Lions.

Since entering the NFL, however, Dobbs has taken the field in just eight games, throwing for 411 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions.

He started a pair of games last season for the Titans and was sacked a total of six times, losing both contests.

Dobbs could get a chance to write a new chapter in his career on Sunday, Sept. 10, when the Cardinals visit the Washington Commanders.