After the end of the 2020 season, Mitchell Trubisky’s NFL career was uncertain. Returning to the Chicago Bears wasn’t an option that most people thought was possible. After hearing the rift between Matt Nagy and himself, we now know why.
The free agent quarterback market wasn’t great in 2021, but Trubisky was passed up. Veterans like Ryan Fitzpatrick were offered starting roles right away, but Trubisky had to sit and wait.
As said by Trubisky himself, the options weren’t there. The most interesting offer he got to reset his career was to go to Buffalo and back up Josh Allen. After 50 starts in Chicago — winning 29 of them, and taking the Bears to the playoffs twice in four years — he was now a backup quarterback.