Mitch Trubisky can’t win Sunday.
Even if he’s great against the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium and leads the Bears to victory, it will be dubious — a fit of success in a meaningless season-ending game against an opponent more interested in staying healthy than winning. It would be almost an indictment — “now you come out laser-focused with the pressure off.” Not a great deal for Trubisky, but that’s the reality.
And in the big picture, a supreme closing performance against the Vikings wouldn’t do anything to change the narrative confirmed in the minds of many over the previous 15 games that Trubisky is not the franchise quarterback the Bears thought they were getting when they traded up to draft him second overall in 2017.