Chicago Bears: 5 Reasons Nick Foles wins the quarterback competition

3. Foles has experience with the new coaching staff

Most people feel that one of the advantages Trubisky has over Foles is his understanding of the offensive system and where his receivers should be when he throws the ball.

That might not be the case, though. The Bears made changes to the coaching staff. Among them, Mark Helfrich, the offensive coordinator, and Dave Ragone, the quarterbacks coach, were dismissed. The Bears replaced them with Bill Lazor as offensive coordinator and John DeFilippo as quarterbacks coach.

As I mentioned before, Foles had two runs with the Eagles and a season with the Chiefs. While with the Eagles, he got to work with Lazor, DeFilippo, and Nagy. He also worked some more with Nagy when both were in Kansas City.

As a result, Foles has a very good understanding of Nagy’s offense. Nagy is an Andy Reid disciple, and he runs a similar offense. Foles came into the league with Andy Reid as his coach. Additionally, Eagles’ head coach Doug Pederson learned under Reid and also runs a similar offense. Foles won the Super Bowl and the Super Bowl MVP with Pederson.

DeFilippo feels Foles is in a good situation in Chicago with familiar faces helping him, per SI.com:

"I think the thing that Nick needs to do is just come in here and embrace the situation that he’s in. He’s in a really good situation again with the people that he knows."

Foles won’t need much time to learn the playbook. He already understands what the offense entails. He just needs to learn the different play calls, and that can be done pretty quickly. He knows the plays and where the receivers should be, so if the receivers do their job they’ll be on the same page and have rapport.