Former Tar Heels QB Mitch Trubisky set to miss several weeks with knee injury

Mitch Trubisky won’t see the field much for the Buffalo Bills this year, a reality that became even more apparently with his preseason injury.

The 2016 UNC football season was enough for NFL scouts to say “Hey, Mitch Trubisky is one of the best draft prospects of this class.”

Trubisky is still in the NFL, but largely considered a bust due to consistent underwhelming performances.

The Chicago Bears then took a chance on the Tar Heels’ gunslinger, selecting him second overall. Trubisky played to a 4-8 record as Chicago’s starting quarterback, but then led his team to a playoff appearance in his second NFL season.

The Bears later declined to pick up Trubisky’s fifth-year option, effectively ending his time in Chicago. Trubisky spent a year backing up Josh Allen in Buffalo, then spent a couple years flip-flopping as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ starting quarterback.

With Pittsburgh doing a quarterback reset this offseason, Trubisky once again found himself the odd man out. He headed back to the Bills, where he will once again back up Allen.

The limited playing time Trubisky will get now has to wait a couple weeks, as he injured himself in Buffalo’s Week 2 Preseason Game against – who else – the Steelers.

If you want to watch the play Trubisky got injured on, here you go. It’s a clean football play, but an unfortunate injury nonetheless.

Buffalo luckily has a superstar in Allen slinging the rock, but the depth drops off behind him. Here’s to hoping Trubisky can resurrect his career in the Empire State.

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