Chicago Bears: 3 things Nick Foles has that Trubisky doesn’t

3. Patience, intelligence through progressions

Bears fans saw this all season long from Trubisky. He would take the snap and stare down his first option within that particular play, while another guy is wide open. I believe Anthony Miller may have been the one who suffered the most from Trubisky’s lack of competence. Time and time again, we saw Miller open to make a play, yet Trubisky didn’t see him.

Of course, there was the often-debated play against the Packers once upon a time where Trey Burton was standing wide open in the end zone and Trubisky failed to see him. I’ll give him a pass on that one, though, because I do think the play happened so fast and that ball likely would have been picked off from where Trubisky had to throw it.

Still, he’s had plenty of plays show up on tape where he’s simply not getting the ball to the open man. He doesn’t do it as often as any starting quarterback should do it — but Foles does.

You can argue all day long that Foles throws interceptions, too, and I won’t fight back. But, the huge difference here is that Foles can read the field, go through his progressions and make a decision.

Too often, when Trubisky doesn’t see an opening for his no. 1 option, he will panic, backpedal and either walk backwards out of bounds, take a sack or force a bad throw. Foles has that knowledge of being able to work through all of his options and, if need be, make a concerted throw when he’s about to get hit.

Ten times out of ten I would rather have the guy who consistently works through his options on the field. There is no question about it. This is yet another reason why Foles is not only superior to Trubisky, but why he’ll end up as the starter for Week 1.