New England Patriots Set To Meet With West Virginia Quarterback

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will turn 42, and the team has to think of a plan just in case TB12 decides to retire in the next few years. Is this why they are interested in this West Virginia quarterback?

Will Grier is one of the most efficient passers in the draft as he completed 67-percent of his passes last season for 3,864 yards, 37 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He plays great in high pressure moments, and that’s what New England needs when signing a quarterback.

“Honestly, Jake Spavital, my OC at West Virginia, watched a lot of Patriots film and built our offense off a lot of what they (do),” Grier said at the NFL Combine. “Obviously, different terminology, but we would see stuff and be like, ‘We’re going to do that.’ Tom Brady does all right. So, we watched a lot of Tom Brady film.

“In 2017, we were very wide-spread oriented, which is kind of what Spav brought to the game from other places he’s been. It’s different. A lot what we did with the Patriots was we saw they were doing a lot of tighter split stuff, and they were getting free releases with guys, working isolations and different routes all the way across the field.

“You get a little bit more isolation when you bring guys tighter in. You don’t always get pressed up in that look. It’s been interesting to kind of watch how they get guys open underneath. A lot of guys in the Big 12 are in quarters, or they’re in cloud coverage, deep coverage. It’s hard to get guys open underneath, so we watched a lot of their film and kind of picked different things they were doing to get guys open underneath.”

When asked about the possibility to learn behind TB12 at the NFL Combine, Grier couldn’t hide his excitement.

“I don’t think you can really put into words the kind of opportunity,” Grier said. “The opportunity to learn from a guy like that would obviously be priceless.”