Are they though? The defense is nails, no question. But offensively? Would we say Trubisky is a Top 20 QB? Behind Robinson at WR (again as far as #1 WR’s go, a bottom, not top half guy)...it’s barren (Gabriel/Miller). RB? Obviously a lot of hype on Montgomery at the moment, but I’m not looking at this group like they are or can be the bedrock of a consistent offense.
Ranking is a bit irrelevant when we’re talking about quality of QB. In context of Trubisky & my comments, whether he’s top 20 or top 10 or whatever doesn’t matter.
first, literally anything would be better than what we saw on Thursday night.
Secondly, we saw flashes in the 4th quarter of what Trubisky can be if he gets out of his own way. He made good reads & found receivers. When he had single coverage he put the ball in a good location. While it didn’t count, the pass he made to ARob downfield on the sideline was gorgeous (good push-out by the DB for a smart play to keep 12 from tapping that 2nd foot)
but most importantly, what makes a “good” QB in this context would be not getting out over his skis. A well-called game by a team that knows it’s identify would be a great start to that.
The Bears came out thinking they were the Chiefs. This is a team that can run the.ball & play defense. That should win you more games than it loses. They came out with a bunch of gimmicky BS & looked terrible for it. And in that system, with Mitch handing the ball pff more than he’s putting it up, the play action & gadget plays can work. And you won’t need gunslinger Mitch to puke all over himself 45x a game. Addition by subtraction. Efficiency over volume. Move the chains. Put points on the board. He cant be Mahomes but he can be better tha Dilfer. And Dilfer has a ring by playing smart, moving the chains, handing the ball off & making the occasional play downfield.
So to answer your question, yes - they are better than this. If they play their style of football, find their identity & execute better, they can be much better.
they had 2 delay of game penalties on the same drive. At home! That’s inexcusably bad football.
Trubisky was set up to fail in this game. He didn’t do anything to overcome that, no, but he wasn’t given a successful game plan.
Nagy should wear this loss like a millstone.