The Bears have questions to address surrounding the quarterback situation this offseason following a disappointing outing by third-year quarterback Mitchell Trubisky.
While Trubisky wasn’t the only issue on offense, he was a big reason why they failed to establish any sort of identity. In a season where he was supposed to take the next step, Trubisky regressed to the point where he was a detriment to the Bears offense.
The Bears are publicly backing Trubisky, but there’s no doubt that they’ll bring in competition for him through free agency and/or the NFL Draft.
One name that has been mentioned is Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota, another former No. 2 overall selection that hasn’t lived up to expectations. Mariota was someone that caught Pace’s eye back in 2015, and now he’ll likely hit the free agent market with Ryan Tannehill dethroning him in Tennessee.
But the Mariota to the Bears speculation might hit a snag. Last month, Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune had this to say about Mariota’s potential landing with the Bears, via NBC Sports Chicago.
… those quarterbacks share the same agent, and that makes no sense for the agent because the agent then guarantees one of their two clients is not starting. And, furthermore, the agent probably sees Trubisky as a guy who should be a starter, who shouldn’t be challenged for the starting job, so there’s almost no way that they would take another one of their clients to go challenge another one of their clients for the job. Mariota’s just an absolute non-starter for the Bears, no matter how they even evaluate him …
Both Trubisky and Mariota are represented by Rep 1 Sports, which would certainly complicate matters having two clients battling for a starting quarterback position.
Biggs is usually someone that has a finger on things like this, and his saying that Mariota is a “non-starter” for the Bears makes it sounds like if the Bears are going the veteran route, it’s not going to be Mariota.
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