The Chicago Bears had plenty to celebrate following Thursday’s 24-20 victory over the Detroit Lions. But perhaps none more so than the clutch performance of quarterback Mitchell Trubisky.
Trubisky had his best performance of the season — and one of the best of his career — against the Lions, where he orchestrated clutch scoring drives en route to a comeback victory.
In a game that was ugly at times, Trubisky shined completing 29-of-38 passes for 338 yards for three touchdowns and one interception for a 118.1 passer rating.
“A lot of players made a lot of plays, but today was Mitch’s day,” Nagy said., via The Athletic. “It was his day. He did a lot of things today in regards to making special throws at special times.”
Trubisky led the Bears back from a 10-point deficit, including two second-half scoring drives. But there was no drive as impressive as the nine-play, 90-yard scoring drive that was perhaps Trubisky’s best drive of his young career.
Trubisky connected with receiver Anthony Miller on two deep completions on third down, including a 32-yard completion on third-and-five that set up the game-winning touchdown pass to running back David Montgomery.
“He needed a game like that,” Miller said of Trubisky’s impressive performance. “That 90-yard drive, that’s not easy. It doesn’t matter who you’re playing in the NFL. It’s not easy at all. He just handled it with complete poise. I’m just so proud of him for doing it.”
Following his lone interception, Trubisky completed 10-of-11 passes for two touchdowns, with his only incompletion being a drop.
“We had a quarterback that stepped up and made throws and gave our guys chances,” Nagy said. “And then when the chance was there to make a play, they made plays. I think that’s where we finally feel like, you get that, ‘OK, we know we can do this.’ It’s something that has to synchronize everybody together, whether it’s me calling the right play and then when the play is called, them executing it. We finally had one of those games where everything felt good for a majority of it.”
This performance against the Lions was the fourth straight in a string of positive performances for Trubisky, who struggled mightily most of this season. If Trubisky can keep playing well throughout these final four games in 2019, there might be hope yet as the Bears look to retool their offense in the offseason.
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