With so much competition on this Chicago Bears roster, this is the worst possible time for an unconventional season. But that’s life, you have to deal with the challenges, even in the NFL.
That means an entirely virtual offseason and no preseason games for head coach Matt Nagy to make some pretty important decisions, including who his starting quarterback will be. With a plethora of starting jobs and roster spots up for grabs, that leaves just training camp for players to prove their worth to Nagy and general manager Ryan Pace.
Let’s take a look at eight Bears players that need a great training camp.
1. QB Mitchell Trubisky
Mitchell Trubisky needs a great training camp, great practices, a great regular season and pretty much a great everything at this point if he wants to keep his future in Chicago intact. But let’s start with a solid training camp, because if that doesn’t happen, the rest doesn’t get a chance to happen either. Trubisky is coming off his worst season as a pro, which was evidenced by Pace’s decision to go out and trade for his potential replacement in Nick Foles, and he’ll have to earn his starting job.
There were many that had already written Trubisky off in this quarterback competition. But in a strange a turn of events, Trubisky actually has a slight advantage heading into this battle. With the virtual offseason and no preseason games, Trubisky’s familiarity with Chicago’s skill players gives him an edge over Foles. Still, Trubisky needs to come out strong in training camp and prove to Nagy that he’s cleaned up the issues that plagued him last season, including his mechanics and reading defenses.
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