Mitch Trubisky says he’ll support Nick Foles following Week 3’s benching
The Mitch Trubisky era may go down as one of the most forgettable, and damaging, in Chicago Bears history.
After being selected as the first quarterback in a draft class that yielded Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson, Trubisky’s inconsistencies were finally too much for coach Matt Nagy to handle in Week 3 against the Atlanta Falcons.
Trubisky was benched. And what happened next — Nick Foles leading the Bears back from a 16-point deficit with three fourth-quarter touchdowns and their third win of the season — may have been the final chapter in the book on Trubisky.
Trubisky said after the game that he was happy his team got a win, even if he wasn’t a part of it.
“Coach made a decision that he felt was best for the team,” Trubisky said of his benching. “I’m really happy for this team. They battled back. It was awesome to get a ‘W.'”
Trubisky’s final stat line doesn’t look atrocious — 13-of-28, 128 yards, one touchdown, one interception — but he missed several big plays, and his third-quarter interception was the perfect storm of poor accuracy and poor processing.
Foles, who could’ve had five touchdowns but for a defensive back ripping the ball from Allen Robinson’s hands in the end zone and Anthony Miller dropping a perfect throw in the paint, finished with 188 yards and three scores in less than two quarters.
“If Nick (Foles) is the starter going forward, it is what it is,” Trubisky said. “I got to have his back like he had mine.”
