Trubisky Film Breakdown

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Credit to Andrew Link over at WCG for the excellent film breakdown. 

Pretty much everyone credited Trubisky's 6 TD performance to the Buccaneers poor defense, to the point Jared Goff was named NFL Offensive Player of the Week.  On a week where Trubisky threw 5 TDs in the first half alone that's telling about how biased people are.  People say that Goff did it against he Vikings but four games into the season that defense is ranked 20th in yds/game and 27th in yards per play, 30th in NetYards/pass play.   Yes, Tampa is worse but statistically there was not some huge chasm between the defenses Goff and Trubisky faced.   

Watch the film breakdown and it's clear Trubisky was far better than he's been given credit for.  He did the things you want from your starter like keying off of or moving the safety,  moving through his progressions to find the right reads.  Plus he made some dime throws all over the field routinely hitting guys in stride at all levels of the field.  Worth noting is that on several plays he was patient and pushed the ball downfield instead of quickly dropping off to the short reads that were also open.  You'll see that Tampa defenders were expecting him to take the underneath option on a few plays when he pump faked, or him looking that way drew 2 or more defenders.  Trubisky read their mistake and quickly took what they gave him further down the field.  He's making throws as soon as WRs are making their breaks, or the defenders step out of position.  Overall I think there was a lot of growth in his understanding of the offense and reading the defense.  

https://www.windycitygridiron.com/2018/10/6/17946274/2018-chicago-bears-mitch-please-episode-2-mitch-slapped-mitchell-trubisky