Chicago Bears: 5 Takeaways from Mitchell Trubisky’s press conference

2. Trubisky knows he has an advantage and is using it

As mentioned before, Pace announced at the end of the 2019 season that Trubisky would go into the 2020 season as the starting quarterback. Despite his struggles, being the incumbent has its advantages.

Whenever training camp gets underway, Trubisky hits the practice field with the number ones. Those are the players who are the best on the teams. Foles plays with the backups. Those players will make more mistakes than the ones so Foles needs to play extremely well just to catch up with Trubisky.

Trubisky is already using that advantage. With no minicamps or organized team activities (OTAs) he’s hit the field with many of the receivers already. Foles has yet to even meet most of his new teammates.

Trubisky has worked out with wide receiver Allen Robinson (the Bears’ leading receiver in both 2018 and 2019), running backs David Montgomery and Tarik Cohen, and tight end Demetrius Harris, who also worked with Nagy when he was with the Chiefs.

Trubisky is trying to work on gaining more chemistry with his receivers. He’s always been a hard worker and that continues this offseason.

Working with his teammates is one thing but Trubisky needs to have that chemistry when there is a defense present as well. We keep hearing about how well Trubisky has the offense down when he isn’t going against a defense. Once you insert the defense he seems to panic and everything he supposedly knows goes out the window. He has to translate what he does in shorts to the field in practice and games.

Foles is an eight-year veteran. It won’t take long for him to get accustomed to his teammates. Additionally, his familiarity with the coaching staff and the offense helps him. He’ll have to play catch-up but it won’t be too difficult to do so. Trubisky knows he has that advantage today, but he needs to keep working to keep it.