Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky is coming off his best game of the season against the Detroit Lions and he should be able to continue the hot play on Thursday Night Football against the Dallas Cowboys. Against the Lions, he threw for 338 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception.

The knock on Trubisky has never been about his athleticism or arm strength, it's always been about his accuracy. Against the Lions, he wasn't missing wide open receivers, and it's shocking how well the offense can perform when that happens. The Cowboys have a good pass defense giving up 215.2 yards per game, but there is one key area that Trubisky can attack them.

The Cowboys' pass rush is good at getting pressure on the quarterback, and for quarterbacks that aren't mobile, that could cause an issue.

“These guys are elite, elite, elite in that [pass-rushing] regard,” Bears offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich said via the Chicago Sun Times. “Every O-line gets beat by these guys; every quarterback gets sacked by these guys, gets hit by these guys and you have to weather that storm.”

“You have to step up and get it out; you have to step up and run. Everybody has to be on the same page from the [aspect] of what’s the protection? How are we doing the various types of things we need to do from these guys? And just execute.”

Trubisky is an athletic quarterback and although he hasn't been rushing a lot this year as in years past, he has enough athleticism to escape the pressure.

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Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen hasn't been the best passer, but he still used his feet to get away from the pass rush and threw for 243 yards and a touchdown on Thanksgiving against the Cowboys.

Helfrich said Trubisky might not be perfect, but he still has faith as a unit that the offense can have success against the Cowboys pass rush.

“In progress,” Helfrich said. “He’s certainly not perfect by any stretch, but that’s an 11-person deal. That’s a scheme thing and we have to help him through that — trust in the rhythm of what’s there and realize that a throwaway is probably going to happen against these guys. Josh Allen made some spectacular plays, but he also had some throwaways, some runs. So it’s the full gamut of all that stuff.”

If Mitchell Trubisky struggles against the pass rush, the Bears are going to be in trouble, but there is no reason he shouldn't be in line for a big game against the Cowboys.