Heading into the offseason, Bears fans didn’t know if they’d be stuck with Mitchell Trubisky as the starting quarterback for the 2020 season or if general manager Ryan Pace would bring in some sort of competition for Trubisky.
Well, surprisingly enough, Pace went out and traded a fourth-round compensatory draft pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars for former Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles. Many thought that this trade absolutely sucked and some thought the trade was a win for the Bears.
After trading for Foles, the Bears restructured his contract, but they inherited the final three years of his contract, which includes a total of $21 million in guarantees.
Some Bears’ fans argue that Foles isn’t much of an upgrade over Trubisky. But then Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune believes that the Foles trade wasn’t done to push Trubisky — it was done to replace him.
The Bears didn’t give up the 120th pick in the draft and guarantee him more than $20 Million to Foles to have his arrival spark a fire under Mitchell Trubisky.
The Bears don’t have time during the season to determine if things are going to suddenly click for Trubisky. If they struggle offensively from the start and find themselves behind a month into the season, that creates an uphill climb. No matter how the team frames an offseason or training camp competition for the job.
I firmly believe Foles will emerge as Nagy’s guy before the opener
Heading into training camp, the Bears will have a quarterback competition. So who starts Week 1?
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