Phil Perry: Will Grier could be on the horizon if Mac Jones falters
Phil Perry of NBC Sports Boston joined Zolak and Bertrand on Friday ahead of the Patriots matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. Perry shared his thoughts on the bleak outlook at the quarterback position for the Pats. Could we see Will Grier at QB in the near future if Mac Jones should falter once again?
‘Hard to find a lot of optimism’ at QB position right now
“Based on some of the conversations that I’ve had with people, it is it’s hard to find a lot of optimism around the quarterback position right now. But the low bar has been set, which is, can you play within the scheme and can you not turn it over? And I’ve even heard some people say it really doesn’t matter who plays quarterback as long as you can do those two things for us.
“Here’s the thing. There’s a difference between “Can you just not turn it over” and “can you just not turn it over, Bailey Zappe”. Meaning Zappe I think is as much a threat to their chances of success as Mac Jones right now. That just tells you how confident they are in the guys that are behind Mac Jones. If they had a better option, they would be going to him right now. So Mac Jones is lucky insofar as there aren’t other viable options behind him at the moment. But if he has another game like the one he did last week or two weeks ago, I wouldn’t be stunned if in the next couple of weeks here it’s, let’s see how quickly we can get Will Grier up to speed.
“As far as Will Grier goes, I’m not hearing that there are people necessarily clamoring to get him in there. And what I’ve heard is he gets so little work in practice that it’s actually it’s been hard for him to really show what he can do. But at some point, you have to look at the other options and say, can we get anybody up to speed here? And I think what might help Grier is that they are simplifying things offensively right now. They are really trying to streamline it. They’re trying to get back to their base plays. The first plays that you install in the spring. As soon as guys show up, this is who we are. This is what our identity is X, Y, and Z. And they’re going to really try to get back to that and and trim the fat. That could help Grier.”