Was moment too big for Mitchell Trubisky?

Mitchell Trubisky needed to show poise on the road to finish off a win. He did not deliver

We all know what happened in the Chicago Bears loss to the Green Bay Packers. While all of the attention will go to Aaron Rodgers for making a comeback, and Matt Nagy, for getting conservative with his play calling, some real questions have to be pointed to Mitchell Trubisky.

When the gamelan was on script, Trubisky looked clutch. He knew what to do with the football, and it led to the Bears first half lead. However, as things got off plan, he began to falter.

We saw it first on the second drive that led to a field goal. On third and goal Trubisky rolled to his right but could not find anybody. He hesitated and threw across the field to Taylor Gabriel behind the line of scrimmage.

Things got off script, and he resorted to the check down. From the first quarter on Trubisky was 15-of-26 for 72 yards. He put up 2.8 yards per attempt.

The check down was the theme of the entire second half. Whether it was the play calling of Nagy or the hesitant nature of Trubisky, the Chicago Bears were not pushing the ball down the field.

Trubisky would hold the ball and often extend the play. However, then, he would check down. It began to get repetitive and predictable to the point where we saw this collapse.

On the last drive, with the game on the line, you could see it in his eyes. It was not necessarily that he did not want to be in that moment. However, he felt as though the gravity of that moment was too big for him at this point and time.

It was a bit of a deer in the headlights look. This should not be stunning. We all knew that in drafting Mitchell Trubisky that the biggest question mark with him came from lack of repetitions. This is why I advocated from the day he was drafted to start Week One (thanks, John Fox).

So, while it was disappointing to see Trubisky stumble at that moment, it is better that he had that moment, and can now learn from it.

Aaron Rodgers was calm, cool and collected in the second half of the Packers comeback. This was not his first time in this type of environment. He has seen this story play out before.

Mitchell Trubisky hasn’t. Now, he has. While it was on the other side, the more comfortable he gets in that environment, the faster he will realize that it can be him with the relaxed demeanor as the young kid on the other sideline watches in fear. Until then, Matt Nagy has himself a strong teaching moment.