While many are concerned about the future of the Bears with Mitchell Trubisky at quarterback, his former high school football coach Steve Trivisonno isn’t one of them.
Trivisonno is confident that Trubisky will turn things around in 2020 following a disappointing 2019 season.
“I think he’ll be fine,” Trivisonno told the Sun-Times. “He’s talented. . . You saw at the end of the year where he was and where he’s going to be.
“I think [the Bears] will be in good shape next year and get things going.”
Trubisky’s regression was the talk of the football world when discussing the Bears’ fall from grace, although an overall regression on offense was to blame — with Trubisky at the center of it.
Trubisky is entering his fourth season with the Bears — who have yet to pick up his fifth-year option — and there is doubt about whether he’ll be lining up under center for the Bears come the regular season.
The Bears are going to explore the free agent market for a veteran that will serve as competition for Trubisky — or at the very least a serviceable backup, with Chase Daniel and Tyler Bray set to become free agents.
If the Bears are in fact committed to Trubisky in 2020 — as general manager Ryan Pace stated on Dec. 31 — then Matt Nagy has surrounded him with some great coaches that can get the best out of him in offensive coordinator Bill Lazor and quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo.
“It’s very important to him,” Trivisonno said. “He’s very focused and locked in, and he’ll represent the Bears real well next year. He’ll be fine.”
