Nick Foles seems to be the people’s choice in his competition with Mitch Trubisky for the Bears’ starting quarterback job — which is quite the irony, considering Foles’ only significant success in the NFL is as a No. 2 quarterback. If you’re certain that Foles is the Bears’ best quarterback, maybe you should be rooting for him to lose the competition. Historically, he’s much better coming to the rescue.
And don’t count Trubisky out yet. While the former No. 2 overall pick is not Patrick Mahomes and hasn’t shown the instinct to make plays that aren’t there, turn bad situations into touchdowns and put a team on his back, he’s not unsalvageable.