When the Chicago Bears selected Mitchell Trubisky with the second overall pick of the 2017 NFL Draft, they thought they were getting their franchise quarterback.
However, three years into Trubisky's tenure, many are unsure if he is the long-term answer in the Windy City.
To make matters worse, Trubisky was chosen ahead of Patrick Mahomes (No. 10 overall) and Deshaun Watson (No. 12 overall), both of whom have developed into elite signal-callers.
Heck, Mahomes won the MVP award last year.
As a result, Trubisky is continuously being compared to his peers, and he understands that those comparisons will never cease:
“The comparisons are out there and they are never going to stop,” Trubisky said, according to Jeff Dickerson of ESPN.com. “It's kind of me, Pat and Deshaun are kind of all grouped together because we are in the same draft class, drafted in the first round and all that. But there are no do-overs. We are where we are.”
But Trubisky isn't worried about Mahomes and Watson, saying he is only concerned about being the best version of himself.
“Our careers are going in different paths and they will for the rest of time and they'll be compared against each other,” Trubisky said. “It's just the nature of the beast, but I'm in competition with myself and just trying to be the best version of me and go out there and win games for the Chicago Bears. It's just something that I can't control. It is what it is. But two good guys to be compared to. Hopefully we just keep getting better and help the league.”
The problem is, the best version of Trubisky will probably never end up being on the same level as the best of Mahomes or Watson, so that stigma is always going to follow him.
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