Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky underwent surgery to repair the partially torn labrum in his left, non-throwing shoulder shortly after the end of the season, ESPN.com’s Jeff Dickerson tweets. The typical recovery time for the procedure is around two months, which means that Trubisky should be ready to go well before training camp gets underway. 
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Although it’s not as serious as, say, surgery for his right shoulder, it’s a situation worth monitoring. Trubisky is coming off of a rocky year and even though the Bears intend on moving forward with him as their top QB, the issue could prompt the Bears to spend on a veteran backup.
There’s also the matter of Trubisky’s fifth-year option. The 2017 first-round pick can be cuffed through the 2021 season at a rate of $25MM, guaranteed for injury only. The Bears, at this point, are expected to trigger that option by the May 5th deadline, but a hitch in Trubisky’s recovery could give them pause.
The shoulder wasn’t Trubisky’s only injury in 2019, there was also a hip injury and other maladies along the way. All in all, Trubisky threw for 3,138 yards with 17 touchdowns against ten interceptions – a pretty big step back from his strong 2018 Pro Bowl showing. The Bears went 8-7 in Trubisky’s 15 starts and went 8-8 on the year, falling short of the playoffs.
so that explains why he was so bad last year
Bears going to super bowl…… they just need to buy tickets to get into the game
I always enjoy when teams simply won’t admit to a mistake. So they keep the player around showing everyone ‘hey it wasn’t a mistake!’ card.
I always enjoy when a team like the Chargers give on on a player like Drew Brees and let him sign elsewhere.
We all know that isn’t the case with Trubisky.
Phillip Rivers wasn’t exactly a slouch
When you draft a guy #2 the contract is large and guaranteed. Not much they can do at this point. He is going to take up over 10 million of their cap, so they aren’t going to make another significant signing for the same position.
Agreed. They will get a low cost replacement for Chase Daniels as the backup guy. With Bill Lazor on board that could be McCarron or Driskel who also spent time with the Bengals while he was OC there. If the Bears bring Glennon back I’m gonna blow my brains out.
Lol .. The Red Rifle , Andy Dalton will be a Bear before the draft is over. You heard it first here ….
That little tidbit has only been in about 20 articles in the last two months so you’re far from “first”.
You actually are trying to pretend you came up with the Dalton to the Bears possibility?
It’ll be Dalton with them hopefully drafting Fromm.
This is the break Ryan Pace needs to save face. He can now bring in legit competition and draft a QB and say he had to do what’s best for the Organization. He’s been given a free get out of Jail card let’s hope he uses it
Pretty much needs to have this figured out this year.
They don’t have the cap space or a first round pick. And it would be Pace admitting he totally blew the Mitch pick and he just won’t do that.
None of the big named free agent QBs are fits for the offensive system. Would be funny to see Brady running for his life with the crappy o-line, though. Big drop off after Tua.
How is this the break they were looking for? The entire football world knew he tore his labrum in week 4. He missed two games and wore a harness for the rest of the season. It was widely talked about…
Exactly. This is not a secret or a break
How did he “ blow the pick on Trubisky”? Ummm oh yeah Patrick Mahomes and Desean Watson. Plus the million picks San Fran got. How is the guy still a GM and Mitch still a Bear?
Like Solomon Thomas is all that better or Reuben Foster for that matter. It was 4 picks not a million. I would rather have Mahomes or Watson over Garrapolo also. Why trade 2 picks for a QB who you only trust to throw the ball 8’times.
Dont let people forget that SF turned down 3 2nd round picks and a future 1 from Cleveland because they didnt think Reuben Foster would be availble at 12…
That makes no sense. He threw 8 times in the game because he only had to throw 8 times. Open your eyes. They were pounding the rock. GB could not stop their running game so why would SF stop it for them? Just so they can have the QB pass?
It has nothing to do with trust. It has everything to so with a good coach seeing what was happening and being smart enough not to get in his own way.
The issue will never be what they gave up. The issue is that they took the wrong guy. The process was fine. They gave up a few mid round picks to guarantee Cleveland wasnt going to jump them and take their guy. The evaluation that convinced them Trubisky was better than Watson was trash.
I’m sure O’Brien was thrilled that he got the evaluation on Watson right as the team was blowing a 24 point lead.
Good points. While I think Pace never had to make the trade in the first place that takes a back seat to the real issue that you so clearly nailed.
Did they surgically attach a throwing arm to him?
True Biscuit!