Bears (4-6) quarterback Mitch Trubisky says that he is feeling, “day and night,” better Wednesday compared to Sunday when he was benched after suffering a hip pointer during a sack.
Matt Nagy sat the 25-year-old midway through the fourth quarter of the 17-7 loss to the Rams. Trubisky was 24-of-43 for 190 with a touchdown and interception at the time he stepped off the field for the day, leading to the belief that the head coach’s decision to pull the QB was based on performance. Postgame, Nagy made it clear that the decision was for the benefit of Trubisky’s health.
Nagy was hopeful Wednesday that Trubisky would return to practice and said that he was “day to day,” in regard to playing status for Sunday’s home game versus the Giants (2-8).
Trubisky explained that he was in too much pain to actually take a seat after being taken off the field Sunday, which made it appear perhaps like the decision was benching for poor play, explaining the feeling of the injury this way, “It’s above the hip. It’s like getting a Charley horse or a dead leg on the [quadriceps] except it’s above that area and it just makes your whole body tight. Running, and then obviously throwing when you gotta pull your right hip through … That motion, it just doesn’t feel comfortable.”
