3 moves Chicago Bears must make before the NFL trade deadline

1. Go Back To Mitch Trubisky

Yep, you read that right. Nick Foles has been worse than Trubisky, and the Bears’ offense hasn’t been as good. The offense hasn’t been great with either guy under center, but the numbers don’t lie.

Passer Rating: Trubisky-87.4; Foles-77.6
QBR-Trubisky-56.4; Foles 46.2
Yards Per Attempt: Trubisky 6.5; Foles 5.9
Adjusted Yards Per Attempt: Trubisky 6.3; Foles-5.2
TD/INT ratio: Trubisky 6/3, Foles 6/6 (3/6 in his four starts)
Bears’ Games With 300 Yards of Offense (Starts): Trubisky-3, Foles-0
Bears’ First Downs Per Game: Trubisky (two full games)-22, Foles (four full games)-17.5)

Foles gets praise for leadership intangibles and his short spurts of high-level play (see the comeback against the Falcons in Week 3). But he ultimately is what he is–a below average quarterback who lacks mobility to create anything on his own off-script. Trubisky is full of his own flaws, but at least he’s mobile and offers something as a runner (10.9 yards per carry this year).

It’s worth noting Foles has faced three of the league’s strongest defenses in his four starts, the Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Rams. Sunday’s game against the Saints won’t be particularly easy either, with the league’s fourth-best run defense set to put plenty of onus on a passing game that may be without Allen Robinson (concussion).

Trubisky will be gone after the season, and if he gets another shot to start there’s a decent chance Foles gets the job back at some point. But right now, the Bears have nothing to lose by making a switch back to Trubisky in search of some kind of spark.