Chicago Bears: No fans, Josh Rosen is not the answer

With the Chicago Bears having struggles on offense after five weeks, a lot of fans have brought up the possibility of Josh Rosen being the Bears’ next quarterback. For many reasons, this doesn’t make much sense.

The Chicago Bears have struggled so far this season, even when Mitchell Trubisky has played. With there being no discussion that we know of happening on switching Trubisky out at quarterback, there are still rumors of the Bears possibly grabbing Dolphins’ quarterback Josh Rosen.

Josh Rosen was drafted 10th overall during the 2018 NFL draft by the Arizona Cardinals. Even though he only had 13 starts there, he only managed to pull out three wins, and was traded to the Miami Dolphins during the off-season, in favor of Kyler Murray, the 2019 first overall draft pick.
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out if the Cardinals didn’t want Rosen as their starting quarterback and gave him away for a fifth-round draft pick, why should the Bears? If the Dolphins who have a terrible quarterback situation and traded for him and didn’t start him right away, why should the Bears want him? Yes, the Cardinals have Murray but they traded away Rosen before they even knew what Murray was capable of.

Before people say Rosen hasn’t played with anyone good, let’s name some players he had his rookie season and only managed to score 11 touchdowns with them. Larry Fitzgerald and Christian Kirk were his two top wide receivers. If you didn’t know, Fitzgerald is a first-ballot Hall of Famer and Kirk is a young stud with a great career ahead of him. Don’t forget David Johnson at running back, one of the league’s best.

Rosen had a 3-10 record his rookie year, with 11 touchdowns and 14 interceptions for 2,278 yards. Not elite numbers but he did have elite weapons on offense.

Rosen has only played two games in Miami and he has thrown one touchdown and added three interceptions to further make him less valuable to the Bears. I’ll add that all up for you, 12 touchdowns, 17 interceptions in his short career. He has a 3-12 record as a starter, but yeah, he is a great replacement for Trubisky.

Who did Trubisky play with his rookie year? Dontrelle Inman, Tanner Gentry, Kendall Wright, Josh Bellamy. Will any of those wide receivers be a Hall of Famer, no, some of them don’t even have jobs currently, but Larry Fitzgerald will be. Trubisky managed to have a 4-8 record in his 12 games as a starter during rookie season while throwing seven touchdowns, seven interceptions, for 2,193 yards.

Trubisky in 2018 had a record of 11-3 as a starter, had 24 touchdowns and 12 interceptions with 3,223 passing yards. He was also a pro-bowl quarterback last season. That is interesting for a guy that “stinks”.

Who did Trubisky play with last season? Allen Robinson, Taylor Gabriel, Anthony Miller, Trey Burton, Tarik Cohen, and a few other receivers and backs. Not an elite group at all, but Trubisky made it work. Robinson, Gabriel, and Burton were all backups on their respective teams before coming to Chicago.

This season, Trubisky has struggled early on, we all can admit that, but do two bad games mean you should run the guy out-of-town? Every player will have two bad games in their career, it’s the human in them. If players were run out-of-town for two bad games, no player would have a job.

When looking at Trubisky’s struggles, has anyone considered the injured offensive line? Has anyone seen how many balls his receivers have dropped so far this season? No, if you’re going to make an argument about the guy, come with facts and the truth.

I have watched Bears’ football for many years and I have seen bad-to-terrible quarterbacks come through. Since 2010, we’ve seen Todd Collins, Caleb Hanie, Jason Campbell, Jimmy Clausen, Mike Glennon, Matt Barkley, Josh McCown, and Jay Cutler. Of those guys, only Jay Cutler managed to give us one winning season, with a lot more heartbreak.

As a Bears’ fan, I understand the frustration, I get being annoyed from two bad games after such a great season last year, but in reality, do you want to get rid of a quarterback that finally gave us that winning season we have strived for since 2010 like Trubisky has given us?

Before you give up on Trubisky, understand his circumstances. The offensive line is injured, he hasn’t had much time in the pocket, and receivers have dropped a lot of balls. Not to say Trubisky is perfect, he is far from it, but give him a chance. Let’s see what happens when he comes back. If the front office, coaches, and teammates have already given up on Trubisky, they’re missing the point.

It is time that past Bears’ players like Matt Forte, Earl Bennett, Lance Briggs, Kyle Long’s brother Chris Long, and others stop craping on Trubisky. That is fueling this divide between Bears’ fans and is giving Trubisky an unfair shot in Chicago.

I am expecting a complete 180 when Trubisky comes back from injury. There is a lot of people he will be proving wrong. Instead of rooting against Trubisky to succeed, the fans should be rooting for him.