Mitch Trubisky is still experiencing a lot of things for the first time in his NFL career. On Sunday night, he checked off another box: Trying to hold a commanding lead in a hostile atmosphere on the road.
(Trubisky’s Bears blew out the Cincinnati Bengals last year, but the dour atmosphere at a half-full Paul Brown Stadium was far from hostile. Anyways…)
That Trubisky hadn’t experienced anything like what faced him in Green Bay before in his NFL career isn’t an excuse for what transpired in the final three quarters. Completing 15 of 26 passes for 72 yards — an average of 2.