Bears Trade Rumors: Andy Dalton, Nick Foles Linked; Trubisky to Compete for Job

The Chicago Bears appear to be in the market for a quarterback.

According to Ed Werder of ESPN, the Bears are interested in bringing in a veteran like Andy Dalton or Nick Foles to compete with Mitchell Trubisky:

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported Monday afternoon that the Bears were negotiating with Teddy Bridgewater, with the expectation that he would be brought in as the team's starter. That was later refuted, however. 

Regardless, it seems clear that the Bears are ready to add some Trubisky insurance. The 25-year-old took a step back in his third season after a promising 2018 campaign, throwing for 3,138 yards, 17 touchdowns and 10 interceptions and completing 63.2 percent of his passes. His yards, touchdowns and completion percentage were all worse than his 2018 numbers. 

He also averaged just 6.1 yards per pass, ranking him 32nd in the NFL. And the Bears went from being 12-4 and in the playoffs in 2018 to 8-8 with no postseason appearance.

The Bears have publicly backed Trubisky, however, even though he's failed to live up to the expectations that come with being a No. 2 overall draft pick. 

"We believe in Mitch," general manager Ryan Pace said in late February, per Jeff Dickerson of ESPN. "Mitch knows he needs to be better. We need to be better around him. And that's our goal."

Head coach Matt Nagy added that identifying and clarifying the offense's best style of play remains the most pressing goal.

"As we go through this offseason here, we need to figure out offensively what is our identity," he said. "I think more specifically, too, in the run game, we struggled there. So we got to figure out what our identity is, and that's going to be an objective for us. ... There's a sense of urgency for us going into this year. It needs to happen sooner."

For the time being, Trubisky is the starter. But it seems likely that Chicago will bring in competition to push him for the job.