Trey Lance trade: Cowboys’ Will Grier accounts for four TDs in preseason finale after being told he’ll be cut

Instead of preventing for a place at the Cowboys’ roster, Will Grier used Dallas’ preseason finale towards the Raiders as an audition tape. Grier performed the whole thing of Saturday evening’s recreation regardless of being told by way of the Cowboys that he would possibly not be with them transferring ahead, according to the Dallas Morning News. 

And what an audition tape he put in combination, Grier had a hand in four touchdowns in a 31-16 win over the Las Vegas Raiders in a preseason finale Saturday evening, an afternoon after the Cowboys crammed his third-string function by way of obtaining Trey Lance in a industry with San Francisco.

With famous person Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott calling the performs, Grier threw for 305 yards with two TDs and ran for 54 yards with two extra rankings in what may had been his ultimate act with the Cowboys after two seasons in the back of backup Cooper Rush.

Grier was once made expendable after the Cowboys traded a 2024 fourth-round pick out to the 49ers in alternate for former first-round pick out Trey Lance. The Cowboys knowledgeable Grier of the industry sooner than it took place, in line with the record. 

With Dak Prescott sitting out, Grier and Cooper Rush have treated the Cowboys’ quarterback obligations this preseason. Through two video games, Grier has long gone 35 of 39 (a 71.4 of completion proportion) for 335 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. He’s been sacked six instances and has compiled an 86.7 passer score. To examine, Rush (who has thrown 23 fewer passes this preseason than Grier) has finished 73.1% of his passes this preseason with one landing, no choices and a 104.5 passer score. 

Grier’s common season enjoy is simply two video games throughout his rookie season. He went 27 of 44 for 224 yards with 3 choices in a late-season loss to the Colts. His 2d get started lasted not up to two quarters after he was once injured following a sack by way of Saints go rusher Cameron Jordan. 

The 28-year-old Grier would possibly not be staying in Dallas, however the Cowboys are however giving him a possibility to turn the NFL’s 31 different groups what he can do forward of the beginning of the common season.