Chicago Bears: Why Mitch Trubisky will be a top 10 QB in 2018

Trubisky throws a great deep ball, which is perfect in the new offense.

Once again, I have to give Trubisky some props on succeeding in a tougher area for a young quarterback. The NFL is a much faster game than college ball. Defenses especially make this difficult on a quarterback. Plays develop quicker. Defenders are bigger and faster. In order to get the timing down on a deep pass, and execute them consistently, it takes a special player.

For the 2017 NFL season, Trubisky ranked fourth in the NFL in passer rating on deep throws with a rating of 108.1, per PFF.

Let’s take a moment to think about this. Trubisky posted that kind of efficiency on deep throws when throwing to: Kendall Wright, Josh Bellamy and Dontrelle Inman for the most part.

Now, he’ll be throwing deep balls to Robinson, Gabriel, Miller and, maybe at times, Cohen or Burton. That’s quite a difference in just a year.

If you look at the Chiefs last year and what Hill was able to do on big plays, your mouth should be drooling over what the Bears could do on such throws in the upcoming season. What helped the Chiefs’ deep passing tremendously was the fact that they had a threat in the back field.

The Bears don’t just have one threat in the back field — they have two. The kind of play-action Nagy is going to draw up with Howard and Cohen on the field, along with the other weapons going downfield, is going to be something fun to watch.