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The Chicago Bears just landed Nick Foles, but the windy city is buzzing with rumors that another signal-caller could potentially be on the move…
The Chicago Bears just landed quarterback Nick Foles from the Jacksonville Jaguars for a compensatory fourth-round draft pick. This news got the city of Chicago buzzing with excitement, both positive and negative. With the arrival of the former Super Bowl MVP, one does have to ask themselves, “What does this mean for Mitchell Trubisky?”
After an up-and-down 2018 season, Trubisky all but hit rock bottom during his 2019 campaign. Though Ryan Pace tried to downplay the growing negative narrative surrounding the former second-overall draft pick, all bets were off once word leaked out that the Bears were courting the likes of Teddy Bridgewater and Andy Dalton.
Fast forward to the present time, and some very connected media sources have come out stating that Mitchell Trubisky’s roster spot may not be as secure as the public tends to believe. What’s that? Yes, Mitchell Trubisky is on the trade block.
Adam Jahns of The Athletic recently released his article, “5 thoughts on Bears’ trade for Nick Foles, Mitch Trubisky’s future.” Within the piece, Jahns goes in-depth regarding Chicago’s recent transaction, and then drops this very interesting nugget regarding the Bears’ quarterback depth chart, “Foles is more than ‘competition,” he’s arguably the in-house leader.”
In addition, Jeff Hughes of Da Bears Blog upped the ante and brought a bit more of clarity to the situation in his most recent article, “The Bears have been trying to trade Mitch Trubisky for weeks. Nobody wants him. I don’t see a competition with Foles moving forward because I’m not convinced Trubisky will stick around.” Now, it’s important to remember that Hughes is very well connected within the Bears organization and has been out in front of many Bears organizational changes (i.e. Mark Helfrich hire/fire, Juan Castillo hire, Robert Quinn signing, etc.)
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So, there you have it… Just three-years removed from trading up from third to second overall to select Mitchell Trubisky out of North Carolina, Ryan Pace seems set to trade away the draft bust. Unfortunately, it only seems to fit that Trubisky will join Jay Cutler and Rex Grossman on the list of Chicago Bears’ quarterbacks.
Does it hurt that the Bears traded up to draft Trubisky in front of the likes of Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson? Absolutely, but what hurts more is that Trubiksy busted so badly that the front office is now having to deal draft capital to land a journeyman quarterback just so that they can then carry out their plan to trade their former first-round selection — just three-year later.
Well, it sure isn’t going to land a top-round pick, but I’m sure the Bears would love to land a late-round draft pick in return for shedding both the shadow of Mitchell Trubisky and his contract. However, until the moment the Bears can trade-off Trubisky it looks like Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy have their hands full trying to decipher through their quarterback conundrum.