On Sunday night, at some point between the Bears’ second-to-last and last offensive possession, head coach Matt Nagy pulled embattled quarterback Mitchell Trubisky into a tight hug and began talking, obscuring his mouth on both sides by using Trubisky’s pads and a play call sheet.
After that conversation, backup Chase Daniel came in for the final possession. The Bears were trailing by 10 points with 3:24 to play and a full slate of timeouts. Daniel and the Bears offense turned the ball over on downs. Relentless speculation as to Trubisky’s future was already underway.
If we believe Nagy and Trubisky’s series of events, Trubisky was evaluated medically at halftime for a hit he took that created some discomfort in the “hip region.