The Bears have until May to decide on whether to trigger Mitchell Trubisky‘s option for the 2021 season. They’ll wait until then to make the call, according to GM Ryan Pace (Twitter link via Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune).
The fifth-year option is guaranteed for injury only. In 2019, it seemed like Trubisky was dealing with nothing but injuries. Throughout the year, he was plagued with hip, shoulder, and other trouble and he recently went under the knife to fix the torn labrum in his non-throwing shoulder.
The typical recovery time for the labrum surgery is around two months. Trubisky’s surgery took place sometime in January, so the Bears should have some read on his status before the fifth-year option date.
In 2018, Trubisky posted a 95.4 quarterback rating and threw for 24 touchdowns against 12 interceptions en route to a Pro Bowl nod. Last year, however, was a pretty big step back – he had just 17 TDs against ten INTs and the Bears’ talented D couldn’t make up for the offense’s shortcomings. The Bears went 8-7 in Trubisky’s 15 starts and finished .500 on the season, leaving them short of the postseason.
Trubisky has shown promise since being selected No. 2 overall in 2017 and good quarterbacks are hard to find; the expectation remains that they’ll pick up his option. Still, it’s not a sure thing. In the past, the Bears have made these fifth-year option calls well in advance of the deadline, so their delay is telling. The Bears, at minimum, will explore their options during the early stages of free agency and possibly dig into some of this year’s top passers in the April draft.
Pace should be fired immediately if he picks up that option.
Why its only guaranteed for injury. He should be fired for picking him in the first place!
Let the kid play. Bears fans….relax. Cam ain’t coming.
Neither of these guys are taking the Bears to the super bowl and they won’t have a shot at picking somebody who can until next year. I think Nagy is a bad game manager as well and got lucky to have Fangio as the D-coord last year. 3 more years of Bears purgatory football.
Bears are better served declining his option and risking him having a breakout year and having to pay him more later.
go get winston
He’s within the Bears budget limitations but I don’t think any QB will make much of a difference until the FO invests in OL upgrades.
He’s already a sunk cost. Let him walk and forget that you made him the #2 pick
Mahomes. Watson.
L O L
That’s a real knee slapper right there!
Zinger
Bears are retiring Mahomes #15
They’re gonna talk to everybody at the combine-Agents, GMs, prospects- before they commit to Trubisky.
I would decline. But they won’t because it looks so bad bc of the trade. Two wrongs don’t equal a SB. Decline it, spend the money elsewhere, draft another QB and bring in an actual QB.
Blinks….Hahahaha….spot on. Could have saved draft picks and just waited. Although hindsight is an awesome thing to have.
Really wish we had a GM that could just admit his mistake and move on. Trade Trubisky and a 5th to Vegas for Carr. They clear a good portion of his 20 mil and it allows them to go after Brady or someone else. Bears then use whaver money they have left or can free up, plus their picks, to bolster O-line and receiving corps.