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It’s no secret that Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky doesn’t have many supporters left following a disappointing three-season career.
In fact, Trubisky has been the butt of many jokes across the NFL — whether it’s for his blatant overthrows from last season or comments about turning televisions off at Halas Hall, which he might’ve made as a joke but didn’t exactly come off that way.
One of Trubisky’s biggest doubters have been the folks over at Pro Football Focus, who have not been kind to Trubisky in the past. But that took a turn following the quarterback’s Week 2 performance against the Giants, where Sam Monson came away impressed by Trubisky’s first two outings. Well, impressed is one way to put it. The fact that he doesn’t consider Trubisky to be a problem at this point is certainly encouraging.
Through two weeks, Trubisky has played at a level we haven’t seen from him in a long time. He earned an 80.2 PFF grade against the Giants, his best single-game grade since Week 12 of the 2018 season.
All of a sudden, Trubisky was the one being let down by his teammates — not the other way around. He completed 64.3% of his passes, but he had two key passes dropped, both on third down, and one of which would have been an absolute dime of a touchdown.
There’s no doubt that Trubisky has improved this season, and it goes beyond the numbers. He’s going through his progressions, showing better decision-making and keeping plays alive with his legs and delivering. But Trubisky still needs to prove he can play consistently on a consistent basis.
Monson believes that if Trubisky can play the way he has in these first two games in the final 14 regular-season games, the Bears can punch a ticket to the postseason.
This is a team that has the ability to play postseason football, but everybody forgot that fact because their quarterback was Mitchell Trubisky. With Detroit seemingly not the force many expected them to be, and the Minnesota Vikings suffering badly from the loss of talent on that roster, the door is suddenly widely ajar for Chicago to challenge the Green Bay Packers for NFC North supremacy.
Even if they come up short within the division, there are three wild card spots up for grabs. If Trubisky plays the remaining 14 games at the level he has played the opening two, Chicago will earn one of those spots and be playing January football once more.
While Trubisky still has a lot to prove if he hopes to save his career in Chicago, these first two games have certainly been encouraging. And it’s not crazy to think that if Trubisky can play consistent football that, with this defense and these weapons, the Bears could make a playoff push.