Let's say Grier looks pretty good these last two games

[Jeremy Igo]

Let's say Will Grier looks good these last two games. Will that be enough for you to be comfortable going with him as the backup QB in 2020?

[JawnyBlaze]

Comfortable with his as third string. Allen hasn’t been so bad as to get cut or lose his backup job. It’s just clear he’s not a starter. I’m fine with him as our backup. 

[Ivan The Awesome]

Didn't Kyle Allen look good in the last couple of games last year? Would that be Allen effect 2.0? To answer your question, i'd be pleased to see him have success. To have two good back ups would be a blessing. It all depends on Newton and if he stays. 

If Newton is gone, you'll have to draft a QB. Unless the plan is to tank for a QB next year. 

[Verge]

Depends on how good he looks, I think from a certain level you already know what he isn't, and that is a franchise QB.

[Ivan The Awesome]

I would have liked to have seen Grier sooner to actually see if he is a better back up than Allen at this point. Two games isn't enough to be honest. The probabilities of him looking good are higher since there is no tape on him at all, at the NFL level. Preseason tape doesn't count in my opinion. Also a two game sample isn't enough either.  IF he would have started as soon as Rivera was fired, I believe that would have been enough. It depends if the Saints  have anything to play for, the colts I believe are out of the playoffs or have really slim chances to win. If he beats the Saints with their starters. I'd be very intrigued. 

 

IF your scenario happens where he does play great, at least we'll have a young back up that can win in case Newton or whomever is the starting QB goes down again. 

Floor, have a decent young back up. Ceiling, maybe find a starter? I just don't think Grier will have enough games to be able to tell. 

[SpeedOFLight]

Honestly it’s hard to tell off two games. If he looks good, I would let me compete for QB2 spot. I just hope Cam comes back healthy and stays healthy that we we can give our young QBs time to develop and learn some more. Obviously I want him to succeed .i am not a fan of tanking 

[Khyber53]

I always want our guys to look good and I hope he has success out there.

More likely, though, is that he will struggle, take some sacks and have some turnovers. And it won't reflect on his ability in the future, no matter how many hot takes get posted here saying he's trash.

He and Allen are basically rookie QBs that were thrown into the fire behind a bad o-line with young receivers and a ton of injuries. They were also playing alongside a defense that took moral victories anytime the opponent didn't run up 30+ points on them. And the coach was fired mid-season while having one of the harder schedules in the NFL.

It's not a recipe for success for a young QB. It is, however, a great way to get experience, if you can survive it.

We might learn something about Grier in the next two games, but hopefully he'll learn even more. Let's take it easy on him, though, in our evaluations. He's basically being thrown to the lions like Kyle was before. But that's the NFL.

[Hotsauce]

He can look great as far as I am concerned, as long as he scores less points than the opposing team

[KillerKat]

It's not enough to fully evaluate. He should've been starting sooner so we could. Right now, I can't say that we have a backup QB. Allen has looked so terrible and no, it's not all because of the line. I don't even want him as a backup anymore.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

47 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Let's say Will Grier looks good these last two games. Will that be enough for you to be comfortable going with him as the backup QB in 2020?

Sure.  Pencil him in as the backup with the thought of bringing another journeyman in to compete. 

more importantly it will also  give us a multitude of endless  Grier vs Cam nonsense threads up until the draft.

the gift that keeps on giving...

[top dawg]

It depends on how good he looks. The Saints game will tell the story. People equating last year's Saints game to this year's last game are off the mark. 

People still ringing the bell for Turnover Kyle are off their rocker.

[cookinbrak]

It doesn't really matter how he does, you can't judge his play based on our crappy Oline. Brady, Wilson, Mahomes, Brees, nobody could show what they can do with this crap-o-rama. Pray that Cam comes back healthy and get linemen.

[BrianS]

1 hour ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Let's say Will Grier looks good these last two games. Will that be enough for you to be comfortable going with him as the backup QB in 2020?

You aren't going to learn anything more about Grier in these two games than you learned about Kyle Allen in his first two games . . . 

[ForJimmy]

I would be ok for him as a backup. Think of it this way, if Cam happens to get hurt again (hopefully won’t happen) and Will comes in and plays terrible we will need to draft our new qb anyway so an earlier pick would do us good. This draft will have Lawrence and Fields already.  If Cam gets hurt and Will keeps doing well we could roll with Will the following year. The last option is Cam staying healthy and we extend Cam while Will keeps developing as the back up.