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We have a much more relaxed and, IMO, confident Trubisky.

We really need to give a hand to this entire (first rd) QB class because now Trubisky, Watson, and Mahomes are all Pro Bowl QBs. FWIW Jim McMahon was our last Pro Bowl QB. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001012442/article/mitchell-trubisky-deshaun-watson-added-to-pro-bowl

This is OTA news and everyone in the NFL is happy (and doing great) at this time of year. So I'm always cautious with what's being said. In fact I put more value in watching the press conferences because you can see how the words are said. Facial expressions, pauses to think about what to say, all make a difference. At least for the moment it does look like Trubisky has taken a step forward with this offense. Will that lead to a more relaxed player who is more focused on his throwing mechanics? https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2019/5/29/18644961/mitch-trubisky-growing-up-fast-in-nagys-offense

Lost in the frustration in the loss against MIami is the fact that, quietly, Trubisky has moved into 7th place in QB Rating in the NFL. He sits behind Mahomes (5th and trending down) and Goff (6th) and ahead of in descending order: Wilson, Wentz, Cousins, Rodgers, Brady, Roethlisberger, Dalton, Stafford, Newton, Watson, Carr, Luck, Prescott, among others. As I always say QB Rating has it's demerits so I'm not married to it as the best way, or even a good way, to evaluate QBs. Nonetheless 7 games into the season there is some statistical relevance to it. His surge forward two weeks ago was "solely" because of Tampa's bad defense. He continued playing well ov…

NFL Network Charlie Casserly says he's hearing quite a bit about the Bears liking Trubisky. This is the start of the disinformation period before the draft but it's also about the time last year when we first started hearing the Bears liked Leonard Floyd. I thought all that was smoke.

https://twitter.com/AaronLemingNFL/status/887726217176035328

One glaring weakness in Trubisky's game is the lack of rushes. He has played in 5 games (4 full) and has 5 rushes for 21 yards. Chase Daniel has 6 rushes. Mike Davis has 9. He had 7 rushes for 32 yards against GB last year in one game. In his first 5 full games, he had 25 carries for 164 yards and 1 TD. He needs to run the ball. For QBR purposes, Trubisky has -0.9 running which is on par with Cousins, Keenum, and Winston. His overall QBR is 34.2 (50.0 is average QB). Last year Mitch had a QBR of 71.0, 3rd to only Mahomes and Brees. His Run QBR was a 22.1. Last year his passing was 43.1, this year it's down to 2.4. Dating back to last season, he has 9 straight re…

From Twitter:

If I need to explain how bad Foles has been, it's not worth discussing, lol. Everything was better with Trubisky. He's not the long term answer, but he's the only answer this year. PPG, run YPG, TD/INT ratio and TOP will all improve.

And there it is according to Adam Shefter trubisky will make his NFL debut against the Vikings on MNF

Came across this film study from a former NFL Offensive Coordinator.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...0519-story.html

It looks like the Bears are not expected to pick up the 5th year option. This will be the ultimate litmus test on how the team feels about Mitch. If they had any hope he would turn it around, this would be a no brainer. If they truly feel he has hit his ceiling and Foles is the clear QB1, then they won't pick it up. It seems like it comes down to comp picks. It seems like the Bears don't want to risk losing a potential comp pick if they pick up his option, then cut him before his 5th season (like Floyd). Outside of cap numbers, that is the main risk.

I seen this mock on FANSIDED with trades. before draft- trade AJ to Atlanta for 17th pick and 1st round next year #1-11-Myles Jack/OLB-ILB #1-17- trade pick to Jets for 20th pick-4th round-and Dee Milliner/CB #1-20-draft Hunter Henry/TE #2-trade pick 41 to Ar for pick 61 and 3rd round pick #2-61-draft Kyler Fackrell/OLB 6'5" 250 with 82 t 15 tfl 4 sacks #3-trade 72th pick and 6th round pick to 49ers for 68th pick and Bennett-draft Cris Jones/DT #3-81- Vonn Bell/FS starts from day 1 #3-93- Connor McGovern/OG 9th rated OG #4-103-Kenny Lawler/WR 52 rec and 13 TDs- 6'3" #4-115-Antonio Morrison/OLB 103 …

The best way to try and gauge how Pace will draft is to see how the Saints drafted while he was there and how both Denver and SF drafted with Fox as well as Fangio in SF some stats. NO with Pace(since he is drafting for whole team) I did 10 years of overall positions QB 2 RB 3 FB 1 WR 9 TE1(Jimmy Graham) OT 7 OG 4 C 1 DE 5 DT 5 LB 9 S 6 CB 8 K 1 P 1 SF with Fangio as DC I'm doing defensive draft picks only to see how they fed his defense. DT 1 DE 3 LB 7 CB 6 S 5 Denver running the same projected scheme that we will run under Fox drafted this way: Again defense only DT 2 DE3 LB 5 CB 3 S 2 In our projected defensive scheme it seems like th…

Stealing this mini camp comment from ESPN:

Bears | McGarigle to participate on tryout basis Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:36:51 -0700 Brad Biggs, of the Chicago Sun-Times, reports unrestricted free-agent LB Tim McGarigle (Rams) will participate in the Chicago Bears upcoming minicamp on a tryout basis. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bears | C. Cox to participate on tryout basis Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:34:53 -0700 Brad Biggs, of the Chicago Sun-Times, reports unrestricted free-agent SS Curome Cox (Saints) will participate in the Chicago Bears upcoming minicamp on a tryout basis. ------------------------------------------------------------------…

We're going to see more of this and that's one reason why, just 5 games into a new regime, I like our coaches. We haven't yet put together a complete game but I see signs throughout the games we can adjust to what is happening and put players in a position to win the down. Here Tucker is changing up how we use Shea to take advantage of the skills he offers versus a typical DE. Although it's not in the video linked below, we don't have to go into a 3-4 D to utilitize some of the concepts that defense often employs such as zone blitzes. http://www.chicagobears.com/multimedia/vid...6f-f45efefa2a70

http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1...2c-65332a882ead This is a good read and makes me really wanna see these guys in action.

Chicago Bears football practice was delayed nearly two hours today after a player reported finding an unknown white powdery substance on the practice field. Head coach Lovie Smith immediately suspended practice and called the police and federal investigators. After a complete analysis, FBI forensic experts determined that the white substance unknown to players was the GOAL LINE. Practice resumed after special agents decided the team was unlikely to encounter the substance again this season.