Chicago Bears 2020 Season in Review: The Signal Callers

Mitchell Trubisky may have played his final game as a Chicago Bear. The former number two overall pick has not panned out in his first four professional seasons.

Mitchell Trubisky

Trubisky's 2020 season actually started off well with a rousing 4th quarter comeback against the Lions and a solid performance against the New York Giants in week 2. But following a difficult first half and early third quarter interception, Matt Nagy inexplicably pulled the trigger to bench Trubisky for Nick Foles against the Falcons in week 3.

Following a 6 game losing streak and a Nick Foles injury, Trubisky was able to regain the starting position for the rest of the season. Strong performances against the Texans, Vikings, and Jaguars were overshadowed by offensive struggles against the Packers (twice) and Saints. However, based on my observations this season, it seems as though Mitch played better than advertised. It feels as though he was hamstrung by the ineptitude of his "offensive guru" head coach.

Mitch's performance in 2020 certainly left much to be desired, but I definitely saw improvements. I just wish we could have seen what a Lazor/Mitch combination would have looked like without any Matt Nagy intrusion in the bigger games (Packers and Saints). Grade B-

Nick Foles

Foles was brought in to be a veteran presence at QB who could compete with Trubisky for the starting job. Despite losing the QB battle in camp, Foles stayed ready and relieved Trubisky to help the Bears complete a big comeback victory over the Falcons in week 3. However, Foles was vastly underwhelming from that point forward. He was supposed to be Nagy's hand-picked guy to run his scheme, but that completely backfired as the Bears offense sputtered for weeks (capped off with an awful 15/26 106yd performance against the Vikings on MNF in week 10). 

Foles' athletic limitations were a detriment to the offense as a whole, and they were further exacerbated by poor OL play and a nonsensical scheme during the Bears 6 game losing streak. I still understand why the Bears pursued him (especially in the midst of a COVID-19 off-season), but the end results were not great. Grade D+

 

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