The New England Patriots are signing Will Grier off of the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. That leaves the Bengals with just one healthy quarterback on the 53-man roster or 16-man practice squad, which is now down to 15 players with Grier’s defection.
This is certainly a curveball for the Bengals, who could be without Joe Burrow in Week 3 and need an extra quarterback behind Jake Browning. That spot would seemingly go to Grier, be it a gameday call-up or an outright signing to the 53-man roster, but he apparently feels better about the situation in New England, where Mac Jones could be losing hold of his starting job.