The Lions and Giants are trash and they barely beat both. Instead, Foles looked okay during training camp. That’s what he did in 2017, when Carson Wentz suffered a torn ACL in December and the Eagles rode Foles all the way to a Super Bowl win. I’m just not sold on this team yet. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Russell Wilson throws five touchdowns, outduels Dak Prescott in 38-31 win, Report: Painkilling injection punctured Tyrod Taylor’s lung, Josh Allen: I don’t think many teams can keep up with all of our receivers, Misdemeanor charge dropped against Robert Kraft, Bears coaches to huddle on quarterback decision tonight. “He defends the quarterback position,” Trubisky [more]
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The decision has been made.
Starting quarterback Mitch Trubisky explained by phone after Sunday’s 17-13 win over the Giants the impact Foles has had on the Bears. After the trade, Pace quickly announced there would be an open competition for the starting job, but the battle was significantly shortened because of COVID-19.
Foles’ knowledge of the Bears’ offense was supposed to not just put him on even footing with Trubisky, but allow him to wrestle the keys to this offense away from a guy with the worst yards per attempt average in the NFL last year. Pace and Matt Nagy genuinely wanted to see how this played out. It’s not clear-cut,” Nagy said Wednesday after the last full practice wrapped up. Their plan was, actually, good – even if Foles did not wind up displacing Trubisky to start the season. Mitch Trubisky is proving to be the right choice. So while Mahomes is buying stakes in baseball teams and Watson’s camp is lining up a nine-figure contract, Trubisky is narrowly beating out a good backup to start. The former No. Trubisky has actually played decently, so far. Register now! With no games, no OTAs, no minicamps and fewer training camp practices, the advantage in the competition tilted toward Trubisky, who had two years of experience with Nagy, 80 percent of his offensive line and most of the guys he’ll throw to this year. Foles might’ve had a slight advantage in the quarterback competition, but it wasn’t close to an overwhelming edge.
The best-case scenario for the Bears was, is, and will be Trubisky realizing the potential that led Pace to absolutely have to have him – instead of Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson – in 2017. And to be clear: Trubisky winning the competition was not necessarily the Bears’ plan all along. So there’s that. It’s understandable if some Bears fans feel like they were sold a bag of goods when the Foles trade happened.
Foles, arguably the greatest backup quarterback in NFL history, takes over. He has a 23-18 record as the starter — including an 11-3 record in 2018 when the Bears made the playoffs — but he regressed in 2019, leading the Bears to trade a fourth round draft pick to Jacksonville in March for Nick Foles. That’s one of the reasons why Foles is so respected by anyone and everyone, especially by everyone on the Chicago roster.