As many of you probably know, Mitchell Trubisky is receiving a lot of hate from the public. If you’re a Bears fan, you’ve probably got a question like “why do you like him?” Or “what does he do for the team?” And there’s really no excuse to use, he’s not a good starting quarterback and it’s hurting the offense of the Bears. With a running back like David Montgomery, there’s no excuse to not give him the ball and control the offensive side of the Bears.
In totality, the season is just not going how we were expecting, “the Bears sit at 3-4 after seven games. That is a far cry from where most fans thought they would be at this point. [we] thought they would be right around 5-2. I think most would agree that five wins in their first seven games would have been a reasonable prediction” (Heckman). 5-2 isn’t a crazy record at all. 5 wins, 2 losses. Very doable and with key defensive players like Khalil Mack, we should be able to win games. But there’s that one-factor that’s holding the team back and it’s arguably the most important position in the game.
People are taking this opportunity of misfortune to “clown” Trubisky and people are making “low-light” tapes of him throwing picks and making bad plays while commenting over it with sarcastic remarks saying how good he is. It’s obviously a joke but there are some really hurtful things that people are saying. In the Bears HQ, sports news is always on the T.V and people are totally criticizing the team, and although some criticism is good, at this point I can see where it’s getting a little out of hand. “‘Trying to get some of these TVs in the building turned off because you’ve got too many people talking on TV about us and what they think about us — what we should do, what we are and what we’re not,’ Trubisky said” (Florjancic). Imagine having one job in the world, and at this point, you don’t have many other options to change it. He’s a football player and honestly, I don’t think hell be able to do anything else. So to be constantly trashed in the eyes of the public must be very hard to deal with, so I can sympathize with his request to take some of the bad news off the T.V’s. At this point, it’s probably more important that they stay positive and work on the game.
And to those “fans” that are trashing the Bears, what’s the point? In my opinion, a true fan is someone who sticks by the team during rain or shine. Expectations aren’t always met, to be honest, the Bears were overhyped for this season and that’s okay, I believe the team will be able to pull through, if not this year, then the years to come.