By now most fans are aware of the Chicago Bears Heath Evans feud. Nobody is sure how it got started. Though it seemed to escalate after the team selected Mitch Trubisky #2 overall in the draft. For some reason Evan had a fixation on the kid being a terrible pick. The Bears were ruining everything by taking him. It’s unclear why he seemed so passionate about it. After all, Evans never played for the Bears in his career. Where’s this beef coming from?
Doesn’t seem to matter now. Evans has continued to take shots at them with every opportunity. He almost gleefully predicted they would go 5-11 during a schedule prediction show. The icing on the cake though has to be his latest comment. It came during halftime of the Panthers-Texans preseason matchup. When the top of Trubisky came up, he declared that all was not well at Bears training camp. In fact it was time to push the panic button.
Heath Evans said that reports out of #Bears camp are that Mitch Trubisky hasn't looked good. I don't remember seeing those reports.🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/dlR8u6txDM
— Chicago Sports News (@ChiSportUpdates) August 10, 2017
Chicago Bears Heath Evans information stream smells a bit stinky
First of all, Evans didn’t even make an attempt to defend his information. He credited zero sources. That right there is a red flag that his facts might be a tiny bit crap. He didn’t offer details on what exactly the problems were. Then the real kicker came when he admitted, live on air, that he never went down to camp personally and watched.
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Not sure what reports he's hearing but him admitting he wasn't there & still spreading false info, sounds a lot like Heath. Pay no mind. https://t.co/EHg0Ssz88U
— Aaron Leming (@AaronLemingNFL) August 10, 2017
In other words he’s either saying what somebody else he knows said or he’s pulling it all right out of his ass because he “knows” he’s right. The thing is though he’s not right. Reports on Trubisky have offered moments of mishap from his early fumbled snaps to the late changing in his progressions. Those things are normal for a rookie QB. All the while he’s produced some eye-popping highlights and continues to work tirelessly to improve.
Better to trust the guys who actually do the work
Adam Hoge of WGN, who has followed camp closely on the ground, offered further explanation.
“When he has the ball in his hands, you see the raw talent Trubisky possesses, but it’s everything that happens between the whistle and the snap (getting the play call, relaying the play call efficiently in the huddle, getting everyone lined up, reading the defense, identifying/changing the protection, and executing a clean snap) that is still a work in progress.
None of this is surprising. Trubisky played in a shotgun offense, with plenty of no-huddle and protections that were relayed from the sideline after everybody was lined up. You can’t just walk into the NFL and run an offense smoothly if you’ve never executed the required elements before — no matter how talented you are.
But to be clear: it would be inaccurate to say that Trubisky is struggling with his adjustment to a pro-style offense. Sure, there have been too many balls on the ground and offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains has had to order Trubisky to re-huddle every once in a while, but the quarterback seems to be getting more comfortable each day, which is encouraging.”
Check out the Ball placement from QB1 Mitch Trubisky pic.twitter.com/YnGBfvDe2M
— Stephen B. Smith (@ThaBlackPope) July 31, 2017
Heath would make it sound like Trubisky is throwing every other pass in the dirt or to a defender. That’s simply not the case and it’s okay to resent him a little for saying such things. Offer proof or don’t open your mouth in the first place. Just because you played the game for a long time doesn’t make you qualified to say whatever you like.
