Chicago Bears: 5 Burning questions for 2019 entering training camp

1. Is Trubisky ready to break out?

The biggest question of training camp is finding out how much better Mitchell Trubisky is now than he was last season. Hopefully, he avoids the sophomore jinx. He spent the last three seasons working with three different systems. Now, he is in the second year of the same system. Therefore, he’s trying to avoid the sophomore jinx.

Trubisky showed last season that he wasn’t lost. He was indecisive at times, but as the season progressed he handled the system better. He had 12 interceptions, but three of them came in one game, his first game back after missing time due to an injury. Additionally, he threw no interceptions in his final four games (including the playoff game), covering 126 passes.

There are many people holding a long look at what Trubisky does this season. He has another offseason of studying the offense and if we go by what the coaches and his teammates say, he’s got a great handle of the system now and he seems like a different player. They say he is much more confident in how he handles the huddle and how he leads the offense.

Nagy talked in awe about one of the meetings he had in which he tried to explain to the receivers the best way to run a go route. As he was explaining it, Trubisky interrupted him, via the Chicago Sun-Times:

"“Do you understand how powerful that is when it comes from a player? The accountability vs. me — it’s monotonous to hear me all the time. When it comes from your leader and your guy, that’s like me saying it 10 times. Now, that confidence creeps up and you understand. You feel good about what you’re saying because you know it. That’s where he’s at right now.”"

Trubisky appears to be a man in control of his offense. What he did to Nagy wouldn’t happen last season. His time as a student is over. Now, he knows the intricacies of Nagy’s system and his job is to diagnose defenses and pick the right play.

Trubisky spent time this offseason with some of the receivers, most notably Allen Robinson. There were times last season when they were just a little off and missed on some huge plays. With better rapport, they’ll get together on big plays.

If Trubisky truly takes that big step forward we can expect the offense to be as dominant as the defense. Even with some of the problems on offense last season, they still finished the year ninth in scoring. With added weapons and players knowing the system even better, they could be a top-five or better scoring offense.