Chicago Bears: Why Trubisky will set single-season passing record
The Chicago Bears have had a lackluster history at the quarterback position, but one record is set to fall in 2019.
If you are a Chicago Bears fan, you have long endured a painful history of quarterback play. Depending on how old you are, you may have seen dozens of signal-callers cycle through Soldier Field like a turnstile at Chicago Union Station.
After the infamous trade for Jay Cutler, fans finally thought they had their guy and the perfect compliment for a dominant defense and run-minded team. Sadly, it was not meant to be.
And so a franchise as historic as the Bears — a charter member of the league — continued its mediocre history of quarterbacks. Perhaps no singular stat encapsulates that mediocrity more than the team’s single-season passing yards record of 3,838 yards in 1995, set by NFL journeyman Erik Kramer. In his previous seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, and Bears, he never threw for more than 1,635 yards.
Now it’s time for that record to fall for such a storied franchise, and 2019 seems like the perfect time for it to happen.
The Bears have, what they believe to be their franchise quarterback, in place. He is in the second year of a complex, but explosive offense with an increased familiarity of his weapons. He also has a stable of running backs (Tarik Cohen, David Montgomery, and Mike Davis) who are all better pass catchers out of the backfield than Jordan Howard.
In 2018, Trubisky played 14 games (he missed two with a shoulder injury) and still threw for 3,223 yards — and that was with Anthony Miller and Allen Robinson both missing time due to injuries. That was good for an average of 230 yards per game, so assuming he had an average performance for the two games he missed, that would have put him at 3,683 yards or just 155 yards short of the record.
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Considering Trubisky still didn’t look right during the Los Angeles Rams game, and the fact that he should be much more comfortable in this offense, it’s hard to imagine him not breaking the record. If so, it would be long overdue and would be a welcome sight to the Bears’ record books. The Bears finally feel like they found their franchise quarterback and so it’s time for him to put his mark on the franchise.