The Mike Glennon revenge game is on.
After competing with Gardner Minshew during the week, Glennon will start Sunday against the Bears, according to national reports. Glennon started three games this season — losses to the Browns, Vikings and titans in Weeks 12-14 — before Minshew took his place. He is 61-for-100 for 600 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions on the season.
Glennon was, rather, infamously, a Bears quarterback for one season. The Bears signed him for a three-year deal, $45 million deal months before they drafted Mitch Trubisky in 2017. Trubisky replaced Glennon after four games. The Bears cut him at the end of the season after paying him $18.5 million. Glennon didn’t start another game again — until Week 12.
“There’s not a whole lot of guys left that I played with [on the Bears] , but there’s a handful,” he told reporters earlier this week. “I think anytime you’re going against your former team, there’s always some added excitement. I” think that’s kind of natural to see. And we’ll see what happens, though.”
Glennon said he’d never participated in a quarterback competition that played out during the week.
“You would like to go out on a higher note than what I did against Tennessee, but really, it’s just another opportunity, or potential opportunity, to start in the NFL and hopefully help this team get a win,” he said. “I don’t think it’s necessarily redemption. You always want to put your best foot forward. And that’s what the goal is this week.”
