Chicago Bears: Final 53-man roster prediction after training camp

Quarterbacks (2)

Who’s in: Mitchell Trubisky, Nick Foles
Practice Squad: Tyler Bray

How many quarterbacks isn’t as big a question as who starts. The Bears will go with Trubisky and Foles. They’ll also have Tyler Bray but he’ll be on the practice squad and be activated in the event of an injury.

Now, for the question of who starts. I have maintained that Trubisky had to fall flat on his face in order for him to lose the starting job. That didn’t happen so expect him to start Week 1. In spite of that, it appears as if Foles did just enough to win the battle but it was close. Without having won by a large margin, Foles ends up on the bench. Pace gave up a lot to draft Trubisky and has taken a lot of grief for it so Trubisky will be afforded a great deal.

That doesn’t mean that it’s over for Foles. Trubisky might be the starter out the gate but Nagy will have a short leash on him. Nagy doesn’t have anything invested in Trubisky like Pace does so if he sees the same mistakes he had the last two seasons he’ll pull him.

Trubisky has looked pretty good in previous camps so that hasn’t been the problem for him. The problem comes when he gets into games. He’s slow to process a play and it costs him. Too many times he missed seeing an open receiver or made a bad decision.

There were times when he took too long and ended up running out of bounds behind the line of scrimmage, resulting in a sack. In fact, he did that eight times in 2019. If he just threw the ball away or found a receiver, the Bears’ line would rank 14th instead of 21st in sacks given up.

Foles is used to coming off the bench and getting the job done. He took the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl win and he won a Super Bowl MVP coming off the bench. Even if he isn’t named the starter, he’ll bide his time and take full advantage once he gets his opportunity.