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It took them long enough, but Bears finally made right call at QB

After the Bears’ game Sunday against the Falcons, I have two questions:

First, did we really have to go through this quarterback nonsense?

Second, are the Bears really undefeated?

After much pondering, I have the answers:

Sadly, yes.

And, good Lord, yes.

It took the Bears three-plus years to acknowledge Mitch Trubisky is not a starting-caliber quarterback.

Good guy, good teammate, good athlete, good tackler. (Did you see him nail the Falcons cornerback after that third-quarter interception?) But a good quarterback? No.

So why did it take so long to bench him and install somebody else — in this case, Nick Foles — as the offensive leader?