Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky apparently doesn't care that the Cleveland Browns failed to select him in the NFL Draft. Given the history of the Browns, who can blame him for not being upset over that?
“I don’t think it will be emotional at all,” Trubisky said, via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “I’m an even-keeled player so I’m not going to get too high, not too low. Just another opportunity for me and my team to go out there, do what we do and try to come out with a win. No added pressure. It’s not going to be emotional for me. I just want to go out there, do my job and enjoy playing the game of football.”
Thing is, Mitchell Trubisky grew up near Cleveland. It isn't just that the Browns passed on him, but he didn't get a chance to play for his hometown-ish team.
“I mostly rooted for players in the NFL growing up, and I was a big college fan and then really big fan of my high school team Mentor growing up,” Trubisky said, via Jeff Dickerson of ESPN.com. “I would say moderate [interest in the Browns]. Yeah.”
“I think just in northeast Ohio, there’s a big sense of pride, so we root for all of the teams being from there and it’s a big football area so growing up just picking up a football, going outside and playing and dreaming of being in the NFL someday,” Trubisky told Cleveland reporters. “That’s what it was for me and my goal was to get to this point and now that I’m here it’s just to get better every day. But, yeah, it’s a big sense of pride for the area, just rooting for the hometown team and just the love for football and love of the game.”
Basically, it appears the Bears gunslinger wasn't a fan of the Cleveland Browns. In turn, this is just another game in the rookie's season.