Chicago Bears: Team records that are now breakable in 2018
By Erik Lambert
The Chicago Bears are a fun team to watch again and may actually be the most talented they’ve been in 10 years or more. That’s no joke.
Despite clearly not playing their best football to this point, they’re 3-1 with their lone defeat coming in the opener where they surrendered 21 points in the 4th quarter to lose 24-23. Since then they’ve delivered in every game with big performances from their big-name players. This has allowed fans to start thinking big. Maybe even about the playoffs.
That’s fine, but what about the individual performances? Here’s a fun question. When was the last time a notable Bears single-season record was broken? The answer is 2014 when Matt Forte set the NFL record for receptions by a running back in a season and Jay Cutler set the record for most passing attempts, completions and 300-yard games in a season by a Bears quarterback.
Not bad but there’s a possibility that some far more notable marks could fall in 2018.
Mitch Trubisky gaining steam to become the first QB with 30 TD passes
Throwing for 30 touchdown passes in this day and age shouldn’t be that difficult. Even slightly average quarterbacks have done it. The new rule changes have made it easier than ever before. Yet it’s an accomplishment that has eluded Bears quarterbacks forever. Eric Kramer came the closest in 1995, throwing 29 as part of the best single passing season in franchise history. Jay Cutler had 28 during the 2014 season.
Following his 6-TD explosion against Tampa Bay, Trubisky is suddenly catapulted into that conversation. At his current rate, he would finish with 32 touchdown passes on the season. Put another way, all he has to do is throw 22 over the final 12 games to reach the mark. That’s an average of 1.83 per game. Far from an impossible task in that offense.