Mitch Trubisky seems like a fast healer.
The Bears’ quarterback left Sunday evening’s sport in opposition to the Rams with a hip-pointer, placing his standing for this Sunday’s sport in opposition to the Giants unsure. He was in such discomfort on the sidelines in opposition to the Rams that he couldn’t sit on the bench and was uncomfortable on the airplane dwelling.
But Wednesday was a unique story. Trubisky had full participation in follow — he didn’t present any indicators of the harm within the drill interval open to the media — and seems on course to start out in opposition to the Giants.
“[The hip feels] a lot better,” Trubisky stated previous to follow. “Day and night almost.”
Trubisky formally was taking a cautious strategy — “Just take one day at a time” — however sounded optimistic he would play Sunday.
“I’m going to do as much as I can and as much as they allow me to do — day by day,” Trubisky stated. “They have a plan in place to where we’re not overdoing it. I feel pretty confident that whatever they give me, I’m going to keep taking it, feeling good, keep going and communicating and monitoring it and just make sure there’s no setbacks. … If it keeps improving by Sunday, I don’t see any problems.”
Trubisky’s sudden departure within the fourth quarter in opposition to the Rams ignited hypothesis that he had been benched in favor of back-up Chase Daniel. But Nagy reiterated his perception in his quarterback once more Wednesday.
But he appeared to point the necessity to see Trubisky on the sector was as a lot an analysis situation as a developmental one, heading towards the tip of a season of regression for Trubisky and the offense.
“We need to see where he’s at,” Nagy stated when requested if it will be higher to close down Trubisky and let him get a head begin on beginning contemporary in 2020, “where our offense is at and continue to just keep rolling. We want him to be at practice. We want him to be out there this week as the starter. I’m hoping that’s the case.”
It’s a little bit of a tough name for Nagy. As a lot as Trubisky has struggled when wholesome, it wouldn’t be prudent to play him if he’s damage or simply not at full capability. And there’s at all times the danger of re-injury.
“It’s such a fine balance of being injured [or] being hurt — and then becoming more injured and more hurt,” Nagy stated. “That’s the place I received to on the finish of the [Rams] sport. That’s the choice we made [to pull Trubisky].
“We’re now form of at that time with him. We need him on the market to be our starter and to be taking part in. So how will we get him to that time? We’re going to do every little thing we are able to so he’s the starter.”
Trubisky has been right here earlier than. When he suffered a shoulder harm on the sixth play from scrimmage in opposition to the Vikings on Sept. 29, he didn’t return till Oct. 20 in opposition to the Saints. Now he may very well be making an attempt to return with out lacking a sport, which doubtless carries a higher danger of aggravating the harm.
“If I feel good, I’m going to go,” Trubisky stated. “But that’s one of the things you always have to be aware of, that hits and anything or a weird movement could definitely aggravate it. [You] always put that into the equation and just go out there. And if I can go, you’ve got to make a decision.”
It’s a troublesome spot for Nagy. Quarterbacks get damage within the NFL. Drew Brees and Patrick Mahomes have missed video games this season. But with Trubisky regressing this season, his return comes with a higher diploma of unknown: Even if he’s wholesome, he nonetheless has to show he’s good.