4 Worst NFL starting quarterback situations in 2020
By Dustin Baker
4. Chicago Bears
Starting QB: Mitchell Trubisky or Nick Foles
The mere fact that the Chicago Bears are heading into training camp with a competition between two mediocre starters is a tell-tale sign that things will not go swimmingly. This isn’t Joe Montana, Steve Young and the 1991 San Franciso 49ers we’re talking about here.
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This is how the Bears 2020 season will go: One of the men will win the starting job in a few weeks. The fanbase will rally behind that man and understandably so. The chosen one will bumble out of the gate but still eek his way to some victories. The Bears defense will bring this to fruition.
Some time into the first two months of the season, the coaching staff will realize the backup option is hungrier, and that man will get his crack at leading the offense. He will have some glimpses of stardom; they will be short-lived. Then, the team may vacillate between both men and play depth chart hopscotch in deciding which quarterback is the better option down the stretch.
Ultimately, it will not matter because the team will finish 6-10 or 7-9, miss the playoffs, and head coach Matt Nagy will find his employment kaput. The Mitchell Trubisky era will end with a whimper in the Windy City and Nick Foles will be a backup quarterback with the Bears or another NFL team. He may, though, be a placeholder for whichever young quarterback the team selects in the 2021 NFL Draft.
Bears faithful must simply hope that the ghosts of draft’s past are exorcised and another Mahomes-like gaffe is avoided.