If each game for the foreseeable future is a “test” for Mitch Trubisky, Sunday’s trip to Miami has two parts to it.
The first one is more of a narrow, game-specific test. The Miami Dolphins lead the NFL with 10 interceptions, with cornerback Xavien Howard one of five players in the league with three interceptions. And while Trubisky’s career interception rate of 2.2 percent may seem low, it only ranks him 15th out of the 22 quarterbacks with at least 16 starts since the beginning of 2017.
Meanwhile, the Dolphins have picked off 5.5 percent of their opponents’ passes, the second-best rate only to the Bears (5.