Chicago Bears: This one move seems to have sparked Mitchell Trubisky
The Chicago Bears found a way to start 3-1 on the season despite Mitchell Trubisky struggling to run the offense. After falling to 3-5 on the year, the Bears made this one move that has sparked Mitchell Trubisky and this offense.
No one questioned the move when Matt Nagy and the Chicago Bears switched James Daniels and Cody Whitehair to their natural positions in the offseason. Everyone seemed to believe this was the best move as Whitehair tends to struggle with his snaps. No one (coaches, players, etc.) thought about how it might affect the communication on the line.
What sets Whitehair and Daniels apart, in my opinion, is how they command the line. Even when Daniels was playing center, often you would see Whitehair barking out orders from the guard spot. He would point out potential blitzes and assignments. Could he just be in charge at that spot? Of course. However, it seems that when the Bears swapped the two back to their 2018 positions, the line has been blocking much better. Not to mention Mitchell Trubisky has been playing better.
Leading up to Week 10, Mitchell Trubisky had only thrown five touchdowns. Three of those touchdowns came in Week 3 versus Washington. During that same span, Trubisky also threw three interceptions. That is not a great ratio. At this point, fans and analysts were calling for Trubisky to be benched and trying to decide who would replace him in 2020.
In Week 10, the Chicago Bears swapped Cody Whitehair back to center and flipped James Daniels back to left guard. Mitchell Trubisky went off and threw three touchdowns and no interceptions in that game. Whitehair showed struggles with the snaps in that game but has not been noticeable since.
Since Week 10, the Chicago Bears are 4-1 and look to be a completely different team over the last two weeks. During that span, Trubisky has thrown 11 touchdowns and ran in another two. He has thrown five interceptions, but not all of those were on him.
In that first game versus Detroit, Trubisky was sacked five times. Since then, he has only been sacked six times in total. Over the first nine weeks, Trubisky took 17 sacks. That was an average of 2.43 sacks per game. Since the swap of the linemen, Trubisky is down to 2.2 sacks per game and if we take out the Detroit game (the first game the swap happened), then the line is only allowing 1.5 sacks per game on average. This is a drastic improvement and helps a quarterback tremendously.
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It seems that the game is starting to slow down for Trubisky. Over the last two games, the offense has put up over 22 percent of their total points this season. This team seems to be finding a groove. Hopefully, this new offense did not come too late. With a less than five percent chance of making the playoffs, this team could be one to watch out for if they sneak in.