All signs are pointing towards the Chicago Bears electing not to pick up quarterback Mitchell Trubisky‘s fifth-year option in 2021. After a promising 2018 season, the former number two overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft regressed considerably last year. He’s set to earn $9.3 million in 2020, but a fifth-year option would cost the Bears nearly $24 million.
As a measure to, at the very least, put some pressure on Trubisky to perform, the Chicago Bears acquired former Super Bowl MVP, Nick Foles, for a compensatory fourth-round draft pick.