Bears’ Nagy Says Trubisky Embracing Quarterback Competition With Foles

BY ADAM GREENE

Talking to the NFL Network Monday morning, Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy praised his former first round pick at quarterback, Matthew Trubisky, for his approach to the upcoming quarterback competition with Nick Foles.

“(Trubisky) has been really, really good in the fact that he’s taken this head-on,” Nagy told Good Morning Football. “He’s accepted it. He understands it. We’re all so competitive, but we’re human, too. There is a realness to the fact that ‘OK, you’re going to bring somebody else in here and have me compete’ initially it’s probably a shock. But then after that, it’s like, ‘let’s go.'”

But here’s the thing. What else is he going to do?

Trubisky’s problem isn’t Foles, who the Bears acquired from the Jacksonville Jaguars back in March. His problem is horrible Chicago scouting and mismanagement that resulted in him being selected No. 2 overall in the 2017 NFL draft ahead of both Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson.

Those two men are now superstars. One already has an NFL MVP award and Super Bowl championship. Trubisky will likely open the season holding a Microsoft Surface tablet and setting new high scores on PUBG.

Back before the Senior Bowl in 2017, Clemson head coach Dab Swinney compared passing on Watson in the draft to passing on Michael Jordan. He was, of course, right. Only the Bears had two shots at a “Jordan” in that draft and will be lucky if they ended up with a Sam Bowie.

After all, Bowie was a decent NBA player who enjoyed a 10-year career and started for most of it. At this point, Trubisky reaching Bowie status would be a dream scenario.

Today, Mahomes’ is the odds-on favorite to claim the 2020-21 NFL MVP award at +400. Watson is at +2500 but don’t think for a second that’s a bad bet. Trubisky is at +10,000 and, make no mistake, placing that bet would be akin to tossing your money into a Denny’s toilet. Even without hitting the flush handle, there’d be no saving it.

There’s no doubt to anyone, especially Nagy, that Foles will “win” the QB competition with Trubisky. It’s why they traded for him and his bloated contract. Nagy knows how to use Foles because Andy Reid did. And Reid guys like Nagy and Doug Pederson can get the best out of the oft-maligned former Arizona quarterback. With Reid, Nagy or Pederson calling the plays, Foles is 20-11 with a Super Bowl championship and MVP.

Foles is currently tied with A.J. Green at +600 as the No. 4 best bet to win the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year in 2020 specifically because of that. With Chicago’s skill players and defense, he can literally do what he’s done in the past, play smart, limit his mistakes, and get that team into the playoffs at 10-6.

With the Bears declining Trubisky’s fifth-year option back in May, they’ve all but thrown in the towel on his time in Chicago. That doesn’t mean his career is over. Certainly he could end up a career back up, like former first rounder Blaine Gabbert, and pocket plenty of money and have a lengthy career. But, barring an injury to Foles and a spectacular season he has yet to show the potential to deliver, his days in the Windy City are numbered.

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