The Bears have six games left to figure out what they have in quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, who has struggled mightily in his third season. But it might be less.
Trubisky injured his hip on the final series of the first half of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams. He tried to play through it, but Matt Nagy pulled him with less than four minutes remaining as the Bears trailed by 10.
If Trubisky can’t play Sunday against the New York Giants, the Bears will turn to NFL journeyman Chase Daniel for as long as Trubisky needs to heel his hip.
Hip pointers can last anywhere from one week to six weeks depending on the severity.
“We’ve played with Chase before, so it’s a familiar face,” wide receiver Allen Robinson said, via the Sun-Times. “It’s just our job as the receivers and supporting cast to — whoever’s under center — support those guys.”
Daniel has started five games since entering the NFL in 2009. Chicago signed him because of his connection to Nagy, where they spent three years together in Kansas City.
This season, Daniel has seen essentially two games of action, where he replaced an injured Trubisky against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 4 and got the start in Week 5 against the Oakland Raiders.
In those two games, Daniel completed 73.3% of his passes, averaged 213 yards and added three touchdowns and two interceptions for a 95.6 rating.
Daniel filled in for an injured Trubisky last season against the Giants, where he completed 26-of-39 passes for 285 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions for a 75.3 rating.
