The Chicago Bears are expected to name Mitchell Trubisky as their starting quarterback, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday.
Trubisky’s progress, leadership and overall performance throughout training camp are the deciding factors, the source told ESPN.
Bears coach Matt Nagy hinted last weekend that he would refrain from choosing between Trubisky and Nick Foles until the Bears opened the regular season on September 13, but he backed down Monday, instead suggesting he would make a decision early next week.
Trubisky and Foles have been locked in a battle for the starting position throughout training camp, evenly rotating the days in the first team since padded practices began on August 17.
In 2018, Nagy’s first season as a coach, the Bears went 12-4 as Trubisky passed for 3,223 yards, 24 touchdowns and 12 interceptions and rushed for 421 yards and three touchdowns.
Trubisky, while playing much of last season with a shoulder injury that required surgery in January, ranked 28th in the NFL overall QBR (39.4), tied for 27th in touchdown passes (17), 21st in passing yards (3,138), 32nd in yards gained per attempted pass (6.1) and 28th in traditional quarterback standings (83.0) as the Bears finished 8-8.
Chicago traded for Foles – the MVP of Super Bowl LII – at the start of the league’s new year. The Bears then turned down Trubisky’s fifth-year option and announced an open quarterback competition in training camp.
ESPN’s Jeff Dickerson contributed to this report.
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