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The Chicago Bears have a quarterback controversy on their hands heading into 2020. Due to Mitchell Trubisky's poor campaign in 2019, the Bears went out and acquired fellow quarterback Nick Foles in a trade with the Jacksonville Jaguars earlier this offseason.
Obviously, there is no guarantee that Trubisky will be the Week 1 starter. But he still feels he has the edge in the competition, especially considering that there were no organized team activities due to the coronavirus pandemic:
“I think because it’s a small sample size, the advantage goes to me,” Trubisky said, according to Kevin Fishbain of The Athletic. … “At the end of the day, it comes down to on-field performance. We both know that. Our coaches know that. Our teammates know that.”
As for how Trubisky feels about having to compete for the starting job? He is putting a positive spin on it:
“I’ve been motivated ever since,” Trubisky said, referencing the Foles trade (via the Bears' Twitter account). “I’ve been motivated since our season ended last year. It didn’t end the way we wanted it to and we left a lot out there.”
Trubisky is coming off of a lackluster season in which he threw for 3,138 yards, 17 touchdowns and 10 interceptions while completing 63.2 percent of his passes and posting a passer rating of 83.0.
Largely due to his poor performance, the Bears were one of the NFL's most disappointing teams in 2019, going just 8-8 and missing the playoffs in spite of entering the year with Super Bowl aspirations.
That came after a season in which Chicago won 12 games and captured the NFC North division title.
