If anything has steeled Mitch Trubisky for the scrutiny, focus, pressure and roller-coaster ride that comes with being anointed a savior as a franchise quarterback, perhaps the darkest days he spent at North Carolina will provide him with the strength to deliver for the Bears, an organization in desperate need of a facelift at the position.
Trubisky’s perseverance through three seasons as a backup for the Tar Heels is what makes teammates proudest of him. The Bears, like every other team searching for a quarterback, surely demanded answers for why Trubisky left Chapel Hill, N.C., with only 13 career starts after playing behind Marquise Williams, who signed as an undrafted free agent with the Vikings last May and then spent training camp with the Packers before being released Sept.