Bears Reportedly Unlikely to Pick up Mitchell Trubisky's Option and They'd Be Dumb to Consider Any Alternative

The acquisition of Nick Foles via trade should be taken as evidence that Chicago Bears GM Ryan Pace is close to giving up on Mitch Trubisky at the quarterback position.

Further evidence that Trubisky, who is expected to be in an open competition with Foles in training camp, is not in the long-term plans for the Bears is the fact that Pace and Chicago are not expected to pick up his fifth-year option, which would pay him $24 million in salary.

Bears haven’t made any official announcement on whether they will pick up QB Mitchell Trubisky’s fifth-year option, but people around the league believe they will not. Should the Bears pick up Trubiksky’s option, the salary projects to be over $24 million.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 25, 2020

Trubisky might have a 23-18 record as a starting quarterback, but his tape and stats show that is is clearly not someone Bears fans should feel comfortable with as their starting quarterback.

Trubisky threw just 17 touchdowns against 10 interceptions last year, and that TD/INT ratio and 6.1 yards per attempt shows a major regression as compared to a 2018 season in which he led the Bears to the playoffs.

Bears Not Expected To Exercise QB Mitchell Trubisky’s Fifth-Year Option https://t.co/u8B77RvN0D pic.twitter.com/RyeKkzFprZ
— NFLTradeRumors.co (@nfltrade_rumors) April 25, 2020

Trubisky is clearly on his last legs in Chicago. The arrival of Foles will either motivate Trubisky to dig deep and pull out the best season of his career or wilt and find himself in another city at the end of the 2020 campaign.