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Team contemplating two iffy options

Amusing quote yesterday from Chicago head coach Matt Nagy. Asked about his quarterback situation, with incumbent Mitchell Trubiksy and newcomer Nick Foles, he said there's not really a battle at present. "There's no competition going on right now over Zoom," says Nagy.

Reasonable, of course, to wait until players can actually take the field for Nagy to choose a 2020 starter. Most believe it will be Foles; Chicago made tentative steps to moving on from Trubisky first by acquiring Foles, and then deciding not to pick up Trubisky's fifth-year option.

Just maybe Trubisky is the starter in Week 1, but probably not -- and even if he is, it will likely be short-lived.

We all recall Foles great season under Chip Kelly, and then his Super Bowl-winning run replacing Carson Wentz. But when you add up all of his (regular-season) starts over the past three seasons, he's been very much a lesser fantasy quarterback -- as has Trubisky.

Table shows the per-game numbers for all quarterbacks who've started at least 10 games the last three seasons. Foles and Trubisky, the two options the Bears have to choose from, are both down near the bottom of that group. And nobody else down there, with the possible exception of Tyrod Taylor, will open the 2020 season as a starter.

QUARTERBACK PER GAME NUMBERS, 2017-2019
PlayerStPYdRYdTYdsTDPts
Lamar Jackson22193.280.1273.32.3628.1
Patrick Mahomes31303.616.1319.72.5827.5
Deshaun Watson37259.832.9292.72.3026.4
Andrew Luck16287.19.3296.32.4425.3
Jameis Winston38296.316.9313.31.8724.4
Daniel Jones12250.822.8273.72.1724.2
Russell Wilson48240.427.2267.62.2124.0
Ben Roethlisberger33294.94.6299.51.9723.6
Ryan Fitzpatrick23273.317.8291.11.8723.5
Carson Wentz40260.215.9276.12.0523.2
Cam Newton32227.238.8265.91.7523.0
Matt Ryan47286.98.8295.71.8322.9
Dak Prescott48252.319.6271.91.8522.7
Drew Brees42269.2.7269.92.1222.4
Jared Goff47279.44.2283.61.8522.1
Aaron Rodgers39259.514.8274.31.7922.1
Josh Allen27188.541.3229.81.7422.1
Kyler Murray16232.634.0266.61.5021.9
Tom Brady48270.62.0272.61.8821.6
Kirk Cousins47255.27.8263.01.8921.5
Ryan Tannehill21218.015.5233.52.1021.4
Philip Rivers48280.0.7280.71.7321.2
Baker Mayfield29253.59.4262.91.7921.1
Matthew Stafford40268.15.9273.91.7321.0
Gardner Minshew12237.427.5264.91.5021.0
C.J. Beathard10243.719.1262.81.5020.9
Alex Smith25248.920.9269.81.5220.8
Kyle Allen13250.49.2259.61.6920.7
Jimmy Garoppolo24259.94.3264.21.6720.5
Blake Bortles28227.423.6251.01.3219.4
Andy Dalton40234.56.8241.31.6519.3
Sam Darnold26226.57.7234.21.5018.6
Derek Carr47246.84.1250.91.3818.5
Mitchell Trubisky41208.621.0229.71.3418.5
Eli Manning35251.71.5253.21.3718.5
Josh McCown16216.69.8226.31.5018.4
Case Keenum38232.86.4239.21.3718.0
Jacoby Brissett30199.616.3215.91.3017.4
DeShone Kizer15192.927.9220.91.0717.4
Marcus Mariota34201.122.0223.11.1217.1
Tyrod Taylor17182.530.2212.81.1217.1
Nick Foles12215.73.6219.31.2516.3
Joe Flacco33225.13.6228.71.1216.3
Jay Cutler14190.42.3192.71.3615.2
Trevor Siemian11194.510.7205.21.0015.0
Josh Rosen16169.28.7177.9.7512.5

I've seen some talk to the effect of Allen Robinson having the best quarterback he's ever worked in Foles this season. Maybe so, but it's still a pretty low bar. I'm not particularly keen on Chicago's offense in 2020.

--Andy Richardson

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