Mitch Trubisky
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  • 215 lbs
  • 6' 2"
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Scouting report

by Jordan Heck

CHI QB Mitch Trubisky - Week 7 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 7 vs. New Orleans Saints

Mitchell Trubisky is expected to return this week after missing the Bears' previous game, and having a full bye week to rest up. But his return may not mean a whole lot for fantasy purposes as the quarterback wasn't very good to open the season. He threw three touchdowns in a game against the bad Redskins defense, but was unable to score in his other three-game appearances. He's averaging 193 passing yards (we excluded Game 4 where he left early) so his value isn't very high. He faces the Saints this week, who have allowed a lot of fantasy points to quarterbacks, but that number is a bit inflated due to the four rushing touchdowns they've allowed to the position. New Orleans has a solid pass defense, which makes Trubisky a below-average option this week.

by Jordan Heck

CHI QB Mitch Trubisky - Week 4 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 4 vs. Minnesota Vikings

Mitch Trubisky had his best fantasy game of the season as he was surprisingly effective, completing 25-of-31 passes for 231 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. It was his only game this season where he scored a touchdown. Expect a decrease in production this week, however, as he gets a much tougher matchup against the Vikings. He struggled last season against Minnesota, finishing with 165 yards and 163 yards, respectively, in his two games. He scored just once against the Vikings in 2018 while throwing two interceptions. He's a bad option in Week 4.

by Jordan Heck

CHI QB Mitch Trubisky - Week 3 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 3 at Washington Redskins

Mitch Trubisky has now played two games this season and has no touchdowns (either passing or rushing). He played worse in Week 2 with fewer passing yards (120) although he avoided turning the ball over. Still, getting no touchdowns out of your quarterback in two straight games is not a good look.

This week will be very telling as Trubisky gets a favorable matchup against the Redskins. Washington has allowed the fourth-most fantasy points to QBs so far this season. Washington allowed three passing touchdowns in each game to Carson Wentz and Dak Prescott. Trubisky gets a great matchup, but he's not a strong fantasy option considering what he's done so far.

by Jordan Heck

CHI QB Mitch Trubisky - Week 2 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 2 at Denver Broncos

Mitch Trubisky was pretty awful in his 2019 debut. He finished completing just 26 of 45 passes for 228 yards with no touchdowns and an interception. He also ran the ball three times for 11 yards. He went up against an improved Packers defense, but it's still troubling to see him struggle so poorly. You at least expect to get one score out of your QB.

He'll face a Broncos defense that was tough on QBs a season ago, but didn't play too well in Week 1 against Oakland. The Broncos allowed Derek Carr to complete 22-of-26 passes for 259 yards. Expect a better game than last week, but not too much better. We have Trubisky as one of the poorer QB options in Week 2.

by Jordan Heck

CHI QB Mitch Trubisky - Week 1 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 1 vs. Green Bay Packers

Mitch Trubisky didn't play at all in the preseason, but after a strong second season in 2018, there's a lot of optimism surrounding the Bears' quarterback. Chicago added a few new weapons for Trubisky in Riley Ridley (rookie), Cordarrelle Patterson (free agent) and David Montgomery (rookie). He also retains Allen Robinson, Trey Burton, Taylor Gabriel and Anthony Miller. In short, Trubisky has a lot of support around him, which he didn't have at points last season due to injuries.

He opens up 2019 against the Packers. Green Bay allowed the 12th-most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks last season, but added some key players in free agency to help strengthen that side of the ball. Last season, Trubisky didn't play great against Green Bay. He finished with 171 passing yards and no passing touchdowns (he did score on the ground) in his first game and had 235 yards and two passing touchdowns in his second game.

Trubisky won't be an elite option in fantasy this week. He's not a terrible start, but there are several more quarterbacks who offer something more.

by Jordan Heck

CHI QB Mitch Trubisky - 2019 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside

Mitchell Trubisky had times last season where he looked like a true QB1. From Week 4 to Week 10 (with a bye in Week 5), Trubisky threw for 17 touchdowns with just four interceptions while averaging 285 passing yards. In that six-game span, he also ran for 256 yards while scoring twice on the ground. He took a big leap in his second year compared to his first despite learning a new offensive system with brand new receivers. After finishing as the 15th highest-scoring QB in 2018, Trubisky gets another year to learn under Matt Nagy while keeping the same top offensive weapons.

Fantasy Downside

Although Trubisky played well at times in 2018, he was very inconsistent. After throwing 300+ yards in four of six games, Trubisky followed by averaging 183 passing yards in his last five regular season games. He also had just one multi-touchdown game in that span while turning the ball over six times.

2019 Bottom Line

There’s a lot to like about Trubisky heading into 2019. As we mentioned in the upside section, he’s retaining all of the key people around him, which is huge for a developing quarterback. He’ll be 25 by the time the season starts, which is around the age we start to see quarterbacks hit their peak. His inconsistency from 2018 can also be attributed to his shoulder bruise injury. Before the injury, he averaged as QB7 from Weeks 1-11. When he returned after a two-game absence, he averaged QB23 in the final four games. There’s a lot of upside in Trubisky, but he should be viewed as a later-round option.

by Jordan Heck

CHI QB Mitch Trubisky - Week 18 Fantasy Football Outlook

Wild Card Playoffs vs. Philadelphia Eagles

As expected, Mitch Trubisky struggled last week against a tough defense. He finished with just 163 yards and no touchdowns, just the second time he's been held scoreless all season. Although it was the fifth time he's been held under 200 yards, which will be a reason why he's not a reliable every week guy.

He gets his first career playoff test this week against the Eagles, which is a decent matchup. The Eagles gave up the 11th-most fantasy points to quarterbacks during the regular season, although they finished the year on a high-note holding Washington to just 91 yards. However in the three games prior the secondary gave up over 300 yards in each outing.

Depending on the game flow, we could see a decent performance from Trubisky this week. He's not one of the stronger playoff QB options, but there are a few worse choices.

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