Opinion: Trading Mitchell Trubisky is probably not a good idea

On Saturday against his old team, Buffalo Bills’ backup quarterback Mitchell Trubisky had himself a game. He went 20-of-28 for 221 yards and a touchdown (should have been two, Matt Breida) against the Chicago Bears. With that very public performance and his pedigree as a top-2 pick, there has come some renewed interest in trying to flip Trubisky for a draft pick. I don’t think that’s a good idea.

He wants to be in Buffalo

First is the message it sends to players of a certain caliber looking for a team in the future. They convinced him to sign a short, low-cost deal for a one-season career rehab in Buffalo. Flipping him for a draft pick thumbs their nose at the whole argument they made when…