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And someone, please smack Tru for that ignorant throw! He can't keep doing that if he 'Tru'ly wants to progress....

Why is Holtz out there and why is the ball thrown in his direction?  There was no creativity in the pass patterns - still Mitch should have thrown it away or scrambled to extend the play.

You could see Trubisky throughout the game avoiding risky throws.  He made 2 today and one was costly. 

You hate to see the pick but you like the 33 points and even though Montgomery had a huge day Mitch made some critical throws on 3rd down.

Hard to say.

Trubisky hasn't faced top defenses lately.  There's no big names on the Vikes front 4 and their leading tackler Kendricks was out. 

Trubisky looks a lot better with an offensive line that pass blocks and opens holes for the run game.  But the Bears interior 3 are opening up holes that weren't there in October and NOvember.

Anytime the Bears win at Minneapolis, I am an extremely happy man...

But then I think about next year and the salary cap hell, George's hesitation to shake things up, and a quickly aging Mack and defense potentially without Fuller.  Even if the Bears wanted to keep Trubisky with the Tannehill lightbulb on in his head (redzone INT notwithstanding), they can't afford him and he hates Nagy.  So they will be stuck with Foles/rookie/FA.  But hey they got a kicker who kicks ass...

Best comp I can think of is Mariota at 2 yr/$17.6/$7.5 guaranteed.  If Mitch balls out that could be the floor considering his competition in the FA market.  Who's to say there would not be a team that considers him a starter?  Jax spent on Foles, Bears with Glennon, Seattle with Flynn, and so on.  Before this season started, Pace pulled out the credit card and really invested in Foles and Quinn in a win now save his ass mode.  I don't see how they can fit a ton of money into the QB position even if Foles didn't hit his juicy incentives to allow for an early opt out.  We'll see I guess...

Others on the market with him are Cam Newton, Jamis Winston and Phillip Rivers. Not to mention Stafford and Prescott could be had via trades...  I think that keeps his cost down considerably.

Loved the wood he was laying during his runs but Walter he is not (nor can anyone be). Walter could vault over the line, throw the football and kick fieldgoals ! Damn its been a long time without that........

When Walter was great, the rest of the team sucked. When the team got better, Walter was a shell of his former self. Great athlete, great person. Players today could learn a lot...