Chicago Bears: Playing the what if game with Mitch Trubisky

The Chicago Bears have signs of moving on from Mitch Trubisky, but what if he pans out?

This article will not be a what if the Chicago Bears drafted a different quarterback other than Mitchell Trubisky. This article will be a more optimistic outlook on the best-case scenario. I asked my Bear Goggles brothers if I was the only person who wanted the Chicago Bears to pick up Mitch Trubisky’s fifth-year option. From what I can remember, I was the only one.

Before you run away, hear me out. The fifth-year option is only guaranteed for injury. How I look at it is the Chicago Bears already sent a few warnings to Trubisky. The Chicago Bears traded for Nick Foles and opened up the starting quarterback spot. They then rescinded  Leonard Floyd‘s fifth-year option. Lastly, the Chicago Bears added much-needed speed and tight end help that benefits Nick Foles.

The quarterback will always get the hate and the glory based on how the team is performing. Outside of advanced metrics, Trubisky completed 326 passes for 3138 yards. He tossed 17 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. Trubisky completed 63% of his passes. Those were Trubisky’s 2019 passing stats that led him to win eight of the 15 games he played in that season.

While Trubisky regressed, that wasn’t what concerned me at all. It was the fact that he ran only seven more times than he did during his rookie year. He had 48 rush attempts in 15 games. In 2018 Mitch Trubisky rushed 68 times in 14 games.

It seems Trubisky takes things a bit too literally. Ryan Pace told him to drive up his hand me down Camry to Chicago when he was drafted. Trubisky did just that. I am not inside Pace’s mind, but I don’t know if he meant for the kid to drive that car to Chicago literally.

Matt Nagy talked about how Trubisky needed to become more of a leader and passer. He was found buying and reading leadership books and throwing a ton more instead of taking available running lanes. I am on round one million watching the 2018 and 2019 seasons, respectively. Trubisky, as a passer right now, is what he is.

However, he went away from what he excelled at in 2019. Intentionally moving the pocket and running with confidence is something Trubisky exploited in 2018. With Foles in the quarterback room, hopefully, he forces Trubisky to think less and just play football. Trubisky may never become Patrick Mahomes or Deshaun Watson, but he can become the best Trubisky he can be. That should be a 3500-yard passer, 500-yard rusher while scoring around 30 total touchdowns each season. If that isn’t enough to win it all with this defense, someone’s doing it wrong.