Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky is facing a new challenge this season. No longer is he the clear-cut starter. Instead, he’ll have to battle newcomer Nick Foles for the starting quarterback job, a competition that will dominate preseason discussion.
The hope is that Trubisky will rise to the occasion and win the starting role. But to do that, he needs to be healthy.
Last season, Trubisky suffered a partially torn labrum in his non-throwing shoulder against the Vikings in Week 4. While Trubisky missed just one game after that, he played through the injury with a brace for the duration of the season.
While it wasn’t Trubisky throwing shoulder that was impacted, there’s no denying that the injury affected parts of his play, including limiting his mobility — one of the stronger parts of his play.
Trubisky had surgery on his left, non-throwing shoulder earlier this offseason, and general manager Ryan Pace believed he’d be 100 percent by the start of training camp in late July.
But according to Trubisky, his shoulder is 100 percent right now. Trubisky appeared on former Bears quarterback Chase Daniel’s show “Chase Chats,” where he said while he hasn’t been able to get a physical in order to be cleared, that “I pretty much cleared myself.”
While that self-diagnosis certainly isn’t enough to get him back on the field, it’s a good sign for the former No. 2 overall pick, who will need to be at his best when battling Foles for the starting job.
