5 potential landing spots for Jaguars QB Gardner Minshew in 2021
NFC North. Chicago Bears. 2.. player. 57. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis.
Mitchell Trubisky might be doing enough at the end of this season to convince the Bears to keep him around. If GM Ryan Pace and head coach Matt Nagy are back, that move to keep the status quo at quarterback can’t be ruled. Nick Foles’ contract says he’s probably back in Chicago next year. But the same would have been said a year ago, when Foles was with the Jaguars and they traded him to the Bears to clear the way for Minshew to start.
If Minshew displaced Foles or Trubisky in Chicago, a circle of quarterback life revolving around the Windy City and #DUUUVAL would be oddly (and dysfunctionally?) complete.
Here's the craziest part: Mike Glennon got benched in 2017 for Chicago's Mitchell Trubisky, who got benched this year for Nick Foles, who got benched last year for Gardner Minshew, who got replaced by Luton, who is now benched in favor of Glennon
— Mark Long (@APMarkLong) November 25, 2020
The Bears can never get their quarterback situation right, with a lengthy list across regimes of poorly conceived draft picks and the wrong moves for veteran “solutions” to their ongoing woes at the position. Minshew may not be a great answer either, but even if he doesn’t play well consistently he is at least interesting. Foles, for a pertinent example, is a bad quarterback and he’s boring to watch play.
If the Bears’ coaching staff remains in place and intact in terms of potential departures, it’s worth noting quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo was the offensive coordinator for Minshew’s rookie season in Jacksonville. So perhaps there’s a better fit in Chicago than anywhere else.