Bears: Nagy sacrifices Trubisky’s job to save his own

Matt Nagy benched Chicago Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky late in the fourth quarter on Sunday night. Don’t let the injury narrative fool you. Nagy was trying to save his job by sacrificing Trubisky’s.

As the clock wound down on the Chicago Bears brutal loss to the Los Angeles Rams in Southern California on Sunday, so too did the clock on any hope that the Bears had remaining for a playoff spot.

Though they aren’t technically mathematically eliminated from contention, the Bears are eliminated from the playoffs by any logical train of thought. In fact, you could easily argue that the Bears were never even in playoff contention in 2019.

It’s been an absolutely brutal season for the Bears and their fans, especially given that the team was a field goal away from making it to a second round playoff matchup in LA last year against a Rams team that they had picked apart at home earlier in the season.

With just a few minutes remaining in the game, Bears head coach Matt Nagy opted to bench Mitch Trubisky in favor of Chase Daniel and his four career regular season games started. Shortly after, it was announced that Trubisky had suffered a “hip injury” and that he was benched for health reasons.

After the game, Nagy claimed that they knew about his hip injury a few drives earlier.

We should stress before we get into this theory that A) No one at Da Windy City has any medical experience whatsoever and B) We certainly were not on the sidelines (thank god).

That being said, the narrative just doesn’t line up at all.

If Trubisky was in fact injured a few drives earlier, then why didn’t the Bears pull him then? It certainly isn’t because of Tru’s rich history of game-winning drives and clutch offense.

Let’s be honest. Nagy was sacrificing Trubisky’s job to save his own.

Throughout the entire season, the Bears fanbase and media has criticized Nagy for his lack of adjustments and static play-calling. As the Bears continue to spiral, there’s a legitimate risk that the locker room will turn against their coach or quarterback. That risk is only amplified if nothing changes.

Benching Trubisky will at least take the blame off of Nagy. Pair that with an injury explanation for Trubisky softens the blow to Trubisky.

After all, it seems as if Trubisky isn’t the thickest skinned quarterback in the league. Reports have surfaced claiming that the young QB has insisted that the TVs in Halas Hall be turned off so that the team doesn’t have to listen to negative media surrounding the team.

Um, you mean the truth?

Regardless of whether or not the Trubisky situation is just a smoke screen or a legitimate medical concern, the Bears have a plethora of concerns to address on both sides of the ball.

Look on the bright side, Chicago. At least the Blackhawks are fun to watch.