Given the teams’ strict media policy it’s always important to be careful about Chicago Bears “sources.” Their credibility tends to be shaky more often than not. Nonetheless no team is totally immune to leaks, provided the right information is involved. One can imagine the Bears wouldn’t be too upset about the Mitch Trubisky locker room status.
By now everybody knows the situation. The third preseason game is at hand. Chicago will travel down to Nashville for a showdown with the Tennessee Titans. Mike Glennon is the starter as usual. The major difference this time is Trubisky will start the second half playing with the entire first team offense.
This is something he hasn’t gotten a chance to do before, signaling a major shift in the Bears’ line of thinking. After watching Glennon struggle against Denver and Arizona, that’s not a big surprise. However, it may not just be the play on the field that is convincing them to open this door for the rookie.
Mitch Trubisky locker room presence has grown
When training camp began several players lauded Glennon for his leadership and ability hold teammates accountable on and off the field. He was establishing himself as a locker room leader. Not much was said about Trubisky at the time. No surprise. He is a rookie and rookies sit quietly and learn.
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It seems a lot has changed in the past month. Peter Schrager of Fox Sports appeared on “Good Morning Football” on NFL Network. There he revealed a text he got from somebody in the Bears organization describing Trubisky behind the scenes.
Understand that it’s rare hearing that a 23-year old rookie QB has become the “alpha” of a professional NFL locker room. That speaks to not only the personality of Trubisky as a player, but also his growing confidence. He even stated during his most recent press conference that he felt the coaches realized he’d “progressed more than they thought he would.”
It has become more evident by the day that he thinks he deserves a chance to start. Not surprising. This is a young man who has made a living out of fighting for his job. One can imagine how he felt about the idea of sitting behind Glennon. Clearly that’s not part of his plan and he’s forcing the Bears’ hand on it.
The fact he is already a driving presence this quickly? It has to seem encouraging for everybody else in the locker room.
