Mitch Trubisky hasn’t gotten widespread respect from the NFL yet. There are plenty of reasons for this. His inconsistency throughout the first half of last season. The stigma that he was drafted ahead of Patrick Mahomes. Also, the fact he’s a Chicago Bears quarterback, something that has been synonymous with inevitable failure for decades.
Overcoming all of that takes time. Thankfully he’s taken some nice steps in that direction. He had the most efficient passing season a Bears quarterback has ever produced last year and made the Pro Bowl. Even so, there are plenty of holdouts who believe he is several notches below what could be called a “good” quarterback. One of their biggest arguments?
He can’t throw the ball deep. Trubisky did have some moments where he missed wide open guys for what would’ve been certain touchdowns. However, the idea that he can go long at all is wildly off base. That was proven when NFL.com indicated no QB had more 50-yard completions through the air than him last season.
Mitch Trubisky can throw deep and does it well
That’s right. Trubisky stood alone at the top with six such completion. One must understand how difficult that is. Completing a 25-yard pass that ends up going for over 50 is one thing. Tossing it through the air past that distance to a moving target that was often short than 6’0? People should be more impressed by this. It doesn’t stop there either.
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Trubisky ranked 7th in the league in longest completed air distance at 60.7. That tied him with MVP Mahomes himself. This despite having an aggressiveness factor of 17.7%. Those are passes in which the quarterback threw it into tight coverage where the receivers had one yard or less of separation from defenders. All the people ranked ahead of him never went higher than a 58.6 for completed air distance.
Trubisky can throw the football. His problem isn’t a lack of natural accuracy. It’s fundamentals. Once he gets those ironed out, he will be delivering some incredible passes.
