Bruce Arians can see Blaine Gabbert remaining the Arizona Cardinals' starting quarterback next season if Carson Palmer retires.

Palmer is out for the season.

"The way he's playing right now I'd be very, very comfortable," Arians said. 

Gabbert has a 61.1 completion percentage while averaging 249 yards per game.

"I'm really proud of him," Arians said of Gabbert. "These things don't happen. I mean, you hope they don't happen very often when your top two guys go down. But we're very blessed to have him and he has taken the bull by the horns and showing us, 'I'm a player. I can play at this level and play very high.'"