The Chicago Bears kickstarted their quarterback competition with the addition of veteran Nick Foles, who will battle it out with Mitchell Trubisky for the starting job.
There’s a reason the Bears brought Foles to Chicago, including his experience in an Andy Reid offense and his history with some of the Bears’ offensive coaches.
Chicago traded a fourth-round pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars for Foles, where they addressed a quarterback need that’s loomed all offseason. Whether Foles ends up starting remains to be seen, but things will certainly be interesting at training camp this year.
Let’s get to know the newest Bears quarterback:
1. Foles has history with Bears coaching staff
There’s a reason the Bears went after Foles. And a big reason has to do with his history with some of Chicago’s offensive coaching staff. Foles has played under Matt Nagy during his time with the Eagles and the Chiefs, which means that he has experiencing operating an Andy Reid offense.
Given some of the uncertainties with the coronavirus, that gives Foles an advantage as he’ll be familiar with a lot of what Nagy wants to do. Nagy knows that Foles can run this offense. So if Foles wins the starting job over Mitchell Trubisky, he’ll be ready.
But Foles also has history with two new members of Chicago’s offensive coaching staff. Offensive coordinator Bill Lazor served as Foles’ quarterbacks coach in Philadelphia in 2013. Also, quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo was his offensive coordinator last season in Jacksonville and his quarterbacks coach in Philadelphia in 2017.
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