The Chicago Bears chose to decline the fifth-year option for Mitch Trubisky, making him a free agent in 2021. Despite not picking up his fifth-year option, Bears general manager Ryan Pace claims that the team still has faith in Trubisky moving forward.
He said of what's next for the quarterback — and team — on WSCR-AM (via the Chicago Sun-Times)
“We’ve always had the approach that we’re honest and we’re truthful with our players and our staff, and we move on and we get to work … Mitch gets it. Everyone’s competing. Everyone’s focused on better results. That’s the entire team. That starts with me and everybody.”
Earlier this offseason, the Bears acquired Nick Foles to serve as competition for the starting quarterback job in 2020. Just a season ago, Trubisky showed major regression, finishing with 3,138 yards, 17 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
In addition, Trubisky has yet to prove that he was worth the No. 2 pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. If the Bears had picked up his fifth-year option, they would've owed him $24.8 million to possibly be the backup. While speaking about Trubisky's option, Pace mentioned Kyle Fuller as an example:
“We believe in Mitch — that doesn’t change … I think you can point to Kyle Fuller as a great example of a player that didn’t get his option exercised. I think we would say it worked out well for him and for us.”
Similar to Trubisky, the Bears didn't exercise the fifth-year option for Fuller. However, after not picking up his option, Chicago would then sign Fuller to a four-year deal. Even though Pace and the Bears have continued to express confidence in Trubisky, it's hard to believe he'll be back with the team in 2021.
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