Chicago Bears: Mitch Trubisky earns the first Bear Goggles game ball

Mitch Trubisky’s comeback performance earns him the Week 1 BGO game ball in Chicago Bears victory over the Lions

Here’s the thing. Mitch Trubisky would not be my choice for the player to earn the game ball in Week 1. Nope. However, we left this up to a vote and the majority of the votes went to Trubisky. Instead, my top choice was Chicago Bears rookie cornerback Jaylon Johnson. Johnson made some amazing plays, but apparently it was not enough to sway our Bear Goggles On writers.

Nope. Instead, the majority of our writers chose Mitch Trubisky as the property winner of the Bear Goggles On game ball for Week 1. The only other name that popped up was Anthony Miller. Miller too had a fantastic game. Miller caught four of his six targets for 76 yards and a touchdown. His touchdown grab was amazing, but so too was an amazing, toe-tapping sideline catch. Miller led the team in yardage too.

While talking things out with the other writers, most felt that Mitch Trubisky was the absolute best decision. After looking mediocre the first three quarters, Trubisky finally put things together in the fourth quarter. It was almost like they replaced Mitch Trubisky with Peyton Manning while no one was looking.

It could be that Matt Patricia decided to do the unthinkable and switched coverage from zone to man late in the game. This could be due to the fact he lost two of his starting corners before the fourth quarter. You would think you’d play more zone in a situation like that, you know, to help your not as talented players? Apparently not.

Mitch Trubisky and the Chicago Bears did what?

The good news is that Mitch Trubisky and the Chicago Bears coaches realized the switch and started attacking through the air. This is when Trubisky’s heroics really started to kick in. In fact, Trubisky did something that no other quarterback has done over the last five years (maybe ever).

Did Trubisky become elite after three quarters of football? Were those three quarters his preseason and now the game slowed down that much for him? My guess is absolutely not. However, I am a Trubisky stan and I want to believe this is what we will see more often out of him going forward. Although the stats are somewhat deceiving, Trubisky outplayed Deshaun Watson this week and basically matched Patrick Mahomes. Kind of crazy, huh?

What truly is crazy is the BGO writers chat calling Trubisky trash and wanting him pulled from the game just like most fans on social media were screaming. I did my best to talk some sense into the truly negative ones as I saw subtle changes in Trubisky’s game even in those first three quarters. He did what Matt Nagy and the Chicago Bears wanted him to do, even though it was not always a productive outcome.

Mitch Trubisky did not move out of the pocket often with happy feet and many throws included multiple progressions followed by decent footwork. Unfortunately, there were some major flops along the way too. It will be interesting to see how Trubisky comes out in Week 2 vs the Giants. Luckily for him, right now all he needs to worry about is celebrating a Chicago Bears victory. We all should be. That was a fantastic comeback.