Chicago Bears: Would Mitchell Trubisky have succeeded elsewhere?

3. Indianapolis Colts

This is one of the lesser likely scenarios, because the Indianapolis Colts had prime Andrew Luck on board back in 2017 and he would go on to throw 39 touchdowns in 2018. But, he did miss the entire 2017 season and Indianapolis could very well have looked to a backup plan, should he never return.

If Trubisky slid and the Colts wound up with him, it would have turned out to be an excellent situation.

Like the other two teams, the Colts have a strength up front. His name is Quenton Nelson.

In all seriousness, the Colts offensive line is phenomenal. You could argue it’s the number one line in football, in fact. That, alone, would have changed the scene immediately for Trubisky. He’d have some maulers up front.

I won’t talk much on T.Y. Hilton, because everyone knows he’d have been great for Trubisky. But, the Colts’ tight ends have had some talent over the last few seasons. Eric Ebron is no longer there, but having him for a year would have helped Trubisky on crucial downs. Jack Doyle is also highly underrated and would be an above average option there, too.

Looking at Luck’s retirement last year, the Colts would at least have had a replacement option who, based on his first two seasons, would have had some starting experience. In Luck’s absence, Trubisky would have had to start all of 2017 as a rookie. It might have been a rough season, but that’s fine.

He’d go back to the bench in 2018, learning behind Luck and figuring out how to correct mistakes he made as a rookie. This is all in hypotheticals, of course, but you’d like to think he would be a better player, present time, if he had wound up in Indy.