Rush street

The Bears are often compared to the Rams because of their quarterbacks and their young, offensive-minded head coaches. Mitch Trubisky is experiencing what Jared Goff did last year under center, while Matt Nagy is this year’s Sean McVay, on and off the field.

“Being with a creative offensive mind, it just gives you that much more confidence as a quarterback to just play your game, speak your mind, bring up plays that you’re comfortable with and just continue to grow that relationship,” Trubisky said. “I know it has helped us, and it has helped [the Rams] as well.”

But the similarities between the teams only start there. Both have invested in other marquee positions: pass rusher, cornerback and wide receiver.

The Giants signed left tackle Nate Solder to a four-year, $62 million contract this offseason to handle pass rushers like Khalil Mack. But Solder still became Mack’s latest viral victim, thrown into the feet of quarterback Eli Manning in the first half of the Bears’ 30-27 overtime loss last week.

“What a lot of people don’t have is the set-up that [Mack] has, where he can get a guy in that position, then know what move to make,” outside linebackers coach Brandon Staley said. “You’ve seen that the last couple of weeks. [It’s] him generating that speed, getting the guy off balance and then being able to get that inside hand in there with physicality.”

The Bears are getting what they hoped they’d get and more when they acquired Mack from the Raiders and signed him to a six-year, $141 million contract. He’s a candidate for defensive player of the year.

To a lesser extent, the Rams sought the same when they sent two draft picks to the Jaguars on Oct. 30 for Dante Fowler, the