Feeling a Brees: How Mitch Trubisky’s intangibles are changing Bears

Posted Oct 27, 2017
When you trade up to draft a quarterback with the No. 2 pick, you do so with the hope of forever changing your team for the better. In that regard, Bears general manager Ryan Pace sees Mitch Trubisky as his new version of Drew Brees. It’s the only standard to hold Trubisky to - Pace’s starting point for quarterbacks. Pace and Brees were together nine years in New Orleans. (Chicago Sun-Times)

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