The COVID-19 offseason in the NFL arguably gave Mitch Trubisky as edge in his battle with veteran Nick Foles for the Bears’ starting quarterback job.
Trubisky wasn’t exactly the people’s choice after his disappointing 2019 season, but after an offseason with no on-field work, Trubisky’s familiarity with Matt Nagy’s offense and in particular his receivers figures to be an advantage, with less than four weeks of training camp and no preseason games to prepare for the regular season.
Even with that short run-up, the Bears’ first two practices in pads this week provide little if any indication of where this “open competition” is headed.