Bears' Mitchell Trubisky: 'I Let My Teammates Down' in 10-3 Loss to Packers

Mitchell Trubisky is shouldering responsibility for the Chicago Bears' woeful 10-3 loss to the Green Bay Packers in the NFL's regular-season opener Thursday night at Soldier Field.   

"I definitely feel like I let my teammates down and the fans down with how I played," the 25-year-old quarterback told reporters after the game. 

Trubisky underwhelmed with 228 yards, no touchdowns and one interception on 26-of-45 passing. 

Head coach Matt Nagy's game plan heavily favored the passing game—the team ran the ball 15 times—and Packers cornerback Tramon Williams made no secret he felt it played to his squad's favor:

"I didn't help (Trubisky) at all," Nagy said, per Kevin Patra of NFL.com. "I didn't help him. I've got to help him. And then we've got to get the run game going. That's 15 rushes in 65 plays, you're down 7-3, but we -- again, that's something that we're going to as a staff get back together and we're going to figure out, okay, what are we doing as coaches and how can we get better to help these kids out."

To Williams' point, Trubisky was the opposite of clutch down the stretch. Down by one touchdown and on the Green Bay 16-yard line on 3rd-and-10, he threw an interception to Adrian Amos in the end zone on the first play after the final two-minute warning: 

Chicago's defense granted the offense one more chance to force overtime, but Trubisky couldn't get the ball out of his hands on 4th-and-8 with 1:02 left in the fourth quarter before the pocket collapsed and he was sacked:

In other words, the 2017 No. 2 overall pick did not look like a player who was at one point this summer the most popular bet to win NFL MVP at Caesars Palace. 

Trubisky and the Bears have an extended break to regroup and rise to the level of their defense before they face the Denver Broncos on Sunday, Sept. 15 at Empower Field at Mile High.