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https://www.yahoo.com/sports/assessing-misperceptions-bears-mitch-trubisky-213324951.html
Matt Nagy and Mark Helfrich are finding out one thing about Mitch Trubisky, he simply isn't particularly accurate or effective going downfield with his passes. At least, not yet.
First things first, getting some ancient history out of the way but also looking at it in a different light….
Turns out Dowell Loggains may not have been an idiot or John Fox an offensive restrictor plate, either, in the matter of using and developing Mitchell Trubisky. They in fact appear to have known some things that Matt Nagy and Mark Helfrich are finding out about one young NFL quarterback: that Trubisky simply isn't particularly accurate or effective going downfield with his passes. At least, not yet.
The Bears did their ongoing due analytics through Trubisky's rookie year. In the requisite pursuit of putting a player in the best chance to have success, they determined what he wasn't good at, and trimmed back much of the field from his scripting and play rolodex early. The sense now is that Nagy also may be doing just that with Trubisky.
Something never made complete sense, that Loggains, had thrown the ball around Soldier and other Fields more than 61 percent of the time with Jay Cutler, Brian Hoyer and Matt Barkley. Yet with a talent like Trubisky, he was calling only a more-balanced 53 percent passing. The accuracy reality helps you understand some of the reason why; The young QB just hadn't really thrown accurately down the field, or anywhere, for that matter, looking at his 59.4-percent completion rate even with the top of the field dialed back.
Downfield accuracy can be a quirky thing. Rex Grossman, for instance, was quixotically more accurate when passes were directed longer than 15 yards, yet maddeningly scattershot on, say, bubble screens. Trubisky is not that, most quarterbacks aren't, but positive plays are the objective, wherever they lie for the particular thrower...………………………………………………………
Matt Nagy and Mark Helfrich are finding out one thing about Mitch Trubisky, he simply isn't particularly accurate or effective going downfield with his passes. At least, not yet.
First things first, getting some ancient history out of the way but also looking at it in a different light….
Turns out Dowell Loggains may not have been an idiot or John Fox an offensive restrictor plate, either, in the matter of using and developing Mitchell Trubisky. They in fact appear to have known some things that Matt Nagy and Mark Helfrich are finding out about one young NFL quarterback: that Trubisky simply isn't particularly accurate or effective going downfield with his passes. At least, not yet.
The Bears did their ongoing due analytics through Trubisky's rookie year. In the requisite pursuit of putting a player in the best chance to have success, they determined what he wasn't good at, and trimmed back much of the field from his scripting and play rolodex early. The sense now is that Nagy also may be doing just that with Trubisky.
Something never made complete sense, that Loggains, had thrown the ball around Soldier and other Fields more than 61 percent of the time with Jay Cutler, Brian Hoyer and Matt Barkley. Yet with a talent like Trubisky, he was calling only a more-balanced 53 percent passing. The accuracy reality helps you understand some of the reason why; The young QB just hadn't really thrown accurately down the field, or anywhere, for that matter, looking at his 59.4-percent completion rate even with the top of the field dialed back.
Downfield accuracy can be a quirky thing. Rex Grossman, for instance, was quixotically more accurate when passes were directed longer than 15 yards, yet maddeningly scattershot on, say, bubble screens. Trubisky is not that, most quarterbacks aren't, but positive plays are the objective, wherever they lie for the particular thrower...………………………………………………………