Chicago Bears: A Misconception on Trubisky In New Offense

Everybody is excited about the new Chicago Bears offense under Matt Nagy. For the first time, it looks like they’ll finally have a QB-driven attack.

That means Mitch Trubisky will carry the team this year, right? It certainly looks like that’s the angle the Bears are working toward. Nagy was hired as head coach. Allen Robinson, Taylor Gabriel, and Anthony Miller arrive to reinforce a depleted receiving corps. Trey Burton joins an underrated group of tight ends. James Daniels fortifies the interior blocking on the offensive line. Everything is geared around making Trubisky a success.

Or is it?

Yes it is, but the misconception is it’s all for Trubisky. That’s not true. These moves were made for making the entire offense better. There’s more than one person in that Bears backfield who stands to benefit from it, and Gregg Rosenthal made a great point to illustrate what it means. Trubisky will have greater responsibilities in 2018, but the odds are he won’t be the true focal point. Not yet anyway.

L.A. Rams illustrate how Bears will likely approach Trubisky

People have liked to say the Bears have modeled their rebuilding efforts around what the Los Angeles Rams did in 2017. If that’s true, then the odds are Nagy will use the same strategy that Sean McVay did with Jared Goff in their first year together.

"“Goff’s experience in Los Angeles last season is instructive. Despite his ridiculously high ranking in the “Top 100 Players of 2018” list, Goff played a supporting role on the Rams’ offense. Todd Gurley was the centerpiece, like the Bears’ running game should be this year……From three-step drops to clearly defined reads to great pass protection and wide open receivers, McVay did everything possible to make Goff’s job as easy as possible. That’s not a knock on Goff. That’s just a good coach, and Goff responded by taking a huge step forward as a 22-year-old, one that the Rams will build upon this year.”"

Goff ended up throwing 28 touchdowns and going to his first Pro Bowl. The Rams had the highest-scoring offense in the NFL. Todd Gurley was the man who led the way with an absurd 2,093 yards from scrimmage and 19 touchdowns. The Rams knew they had a horse in the backfield and they weren’t afraid to ride it. The same can be said of Jordan Howard for the Bears.

With so many weapons now threatening in the passing game, it will force defenses to take extra defenders out of the box. Keep in mind Howard ran for over 1,100 yards last season despite facing the most stacked boxes in the NFL. So try to imagine what will happen when they can’t do that anymore. Giving him more space to run is like committing defensive suicide.

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The Bears know this just like the Rams knew it last year with Gurley. Howard is the horse. All Trubisky has to do is saddle up and not fall off.