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What Should Fans Expect From Trubisky?

Twenty-seven quarterbacks have been taken in the first round over a ten-year span from 2008 to 2017. They have made nearly 46,533 passing attempts for 325,573 yards. That is the next best thing to an average of 7 yards per attempt. Admittedly, a simple measure of yards per attempt is not the ultimate quarterback stat, but it is a decent shorthand for efficiency. First-round quarterbacks seem to manage about that degree of success. Some do it by connecting a lot (Ryan Tannehill’s roughly 63% completion percentage and 7.0 Y/A), while some do it with a bit less precision but bigger connections (Andrew Luck’s 59% completion percentage for 7.