BEYOND THE FAIL
Organization eager to see how Trubisky handles adversity
RookieMitch Trubisky will fail. He’ll throw interceptions and get sacked. He’ll look bewildered and appear overwhelmed. And all of that is OK. As strange as it sounds, the Bears don’t mind if it happens. They don’t mind seeing their prized quarterback struggle. They want to see Trubisky under duress. Why? Because how Trubisky responds matters more than all the mistakes he’ll makeMonday night against the Vikings and beyond now that he’s the Bears’ starter.
“There will be some sort of success, no matter what,” veteran quarterback Mark Sanchez said. “There are going to be bad plays. I don’t care who you are. Tom Brady. Drew Brees. Aaron Rodgers. All those guys have bad plays in the game.
“It’s what you make of those plays. Are they going to ruin the entire game? Or is it just going to be, ‘ Oh, man, I’d like to get that one back’? I know [ Trubisky] can handle it. He’ll be fine.”
Of course, the Bears, as an organization, believe that, too. It’s why Trubisky was their consensus choice at quarterback. They see a player who has first- round physical talents and the right mental makeup to make it all work.
Truth be told, though, Trubisky hasn’t experienced much on- thefield adversity since becoming the Tar Heels’ quarterback, a top draft prospect, then the Bears’ starter.
The magnitude of Trubisky’s mistakes will be greater now, too.