Tough to imagine the Bears quarterback being able to solve the game plan that evil genius Bill Belichick came up with to confuse the Rams star.
How would Mitch have done?
It’s a question that should have crossed the minds of the Bears and their fans as Super Bowl LIII played out in all its tedious brutality Sunday evening.
Under the same circumstances, against the same killer defense and with the same bright lights upon him, how would Mitch Trubisky have fared against the Patriots?
Probably about the same as the Rams’ Jared Goff did in his team’s 13-3 loss. Goff finished 19 of 38 for 229 yards with one interception and a 57.9 passer rating. Trubisky might have had a better completion percentage, and it’s unlikely he would have been sacked four times, as Goff was. He probably would have been able to run the ball. In the Bears’ 38-31 loss to the Patriots in October, Trubisky rushed six times for 81 yards and a touchdown.
But even if you threw in two new Matt Nagy trick plays – we’ll call them “Little Miss Muffet’’ and “Candy Land’’ — it’s hard to imagine Trubisky being able to solve the game plan that evil genius Bill Belichick came up with to confuse Goff.
Too harsh? Is this a silly exercise, one that can’t lead to satisfying answers? I don’t think so, times two.
What happened to Goff in the Super Bowl should be a lesson to anyone who believes that a 24-year-old quarterback is ready for anything thrown his way, especially when Belichick is doing the throwing. Goff and Trubisky share a birth year and the fact that they still have a lot to learn.
