It goes without saying that the success or failure of the Chicago Bears in 2019 will rest squarely on the right arm of QB Mitch Trubisky. Sometimes, that right arm will be charged with making deep throws down the field.
Trubisky was an aggressive passer in 2018 and had varying degrees of success when letting it rip. That said, he needs to become more consistent with his ball placement and QB coach Dave Ragone is using an interesting strategy with his young pupil at training camp. He’s comparing deep throws to golf.
“Does he pick the right club?” Ragone said via the Chicago Sun-Times. “Does he put enough air under it, or is it too flat? That’s innate things. You have to be able to process that within three seconds to know which type of ball to put out there.”
This is a really smart way to bring context to the deep passing game. So much of a quarterback’s accuracy depends on his ability to have a variety of tools in his throwing arsenal, including the understanding of when more or less juice is required on a particular route or rep.
The fact Ragone is openly talking about this as a teaching point in camp suggests it’s an area where Trubisky still needs growth. And that’s OK. The good news is he has a coach who is more than capable of bringing him along and getting him to the point where his consistency on all three levels of the passing game takes a big step forward in 2019.
