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https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2019/...trubisky-chicago-bears-quarterback-throw-left
The Bears spent this offseason believing that their biggest problem was at kicker. This made sense, as Chicago went 12-4 in 2018 only to lose in the first round of the playoffs on the infamous Double Doink. In the opening game of the 2019 season, however, the only Bears player capable of scoring was the kicker. Chicago lost to Green Bay 10-3, finishing Thursday night with one field goal, one interception, two turnovers on downs, and eight punts. Quarterback Mitchell Trubisky went 26-of-45 passing for just 228 yards, an average of 5.07 yards per attempt, the fifth-lowest figure of his career. If you include the five sacks taken and the 107 penalty yards lost, the Bears gained only 147 yards on 65 plays.
Trubisky’s brutal performance ended with a brutal interception. With Chicago approaching the end zone in the waning moments of the fourth quarter, Trubisky had a chance to tie the game and maybe steal a victory on a night when the Bears offense had produced next to nothing. Instead, he floated a deep ball into double coverage and—this is important—to the left. It soared over wide receiver Allen Robinson’s head and into the hands of former teammate and current Packers safety Adrian Amos.
The pick reinforced a surprising story line that’s developed during Trubisky’s three-year career: that he is incapable of reading the field or throwing to his left. It’s become somewhat of a meme that Trubisky is the QB version of Derek Zoolander, or my dog when she pinched a nerve in her neck a few weeks ago. (I realize this is a less popular reference than Zoolander, but I promise you she couldn’t turn to the left.)
The first mention I can find of Trubisky’s alleged inability to throw to his left comes from this 2017 Football Outsiders post, in which author Derrik Klassen breaks down tape from the first few games of Trubisky’s pro career. “Trubisky can not throw to his left,” Klassen wrote. “In watching his college tape this offseason, it was clear he had mechanical issues when throwing to his left. … Thus far, he has not fixed it and it has hurt him greatly.” Klassen noted that Trubisky went just 2-of-5 on throws to the left beyond the line of scrimmage during his first two NFL games.
The thread was then picked up by Vikings reporter Arif Hasan at the start of the 2018 season.
Soon, people began to compile highlight reels of Trubisky’s sinistral struggles.
Now, Trubisky’s inability to throw left is widely accepted internet fact.
But is this internet fact actually true? Does Trubisky skew as hard to the right as Fox News? Is he like Zayn Malik or Harry Styles, who started their careers dependent on One Direction and moved on? Or is he like, uh … one of the other guys from One Direction? (I think one of them was Irish?)
It’s fair to say Trubisky experienced issues going to his left as a rookie. Here’s his passing grid from the 2017 season, per NFL Next Gen Stats.
The Bears spent this offseason believing that their biggest problem was at kicker. This made sense, as Chicago went 12-4 in 2018 only to lose in the first round of the playoffs on the infamous Double Doink. In the opening game of the 2019 season, however, the only Bears player capable of scoring was the kicker. Chicago lost to Green Bay 10-3, finishing Thursday night with one field goal, one interception, two turnovers on downs, and eight punts. Quarterback Mitchell Trubisky went 26-of-45 passing for just 228 yards, an average of 5.07 yards per attempt, the fifth-lowest figure of his career. If you include the five sacks taken and the 107 penalty yards lost, the Bears gained only 147 yards on 65 plays.
Trubisky’s brutal performance ended with a brutal interception. With Chicago approaching the end zone in the waning moments of the fourth quarter, Trubisky had a chance to tie the game and maybe steal a victory on a night when the Bears offense had produced next to nothing. Instead, he floated a deep ball into double coverage and—this is important—to the left. It soared over wide receiver Allen Robinson’s head and into the hands of former teammate and current Packers safety Adrian Amos.
The pick reinforced a surprising story line that’s developed during Trubisky’s three-year career: that he is incapable of reading the field or throwing to his left. It’s become somewhat of a meme that Trubisky is the QB version of Derek Zoolander, or my dog when she pinched a nerve in her neck a few weeks ago. (I realize this is a less popular reference than Zoolander, but I promise you she couldn’t turn to the left.)
The first mention I can find of Trubisky’s alleged inability to throw to his left comes from this 2017 Football Outsiders post, in which author Derrik Klassen breaks down tape from the first few games of Trubisky’s pro career. “Trubisky can not throw to his left,” Klassen wrote. “In watching his college tape this offseason, it was clear he had mechanical issues when throwing to his left. … Thus far, he has not fixed it and it has hurt him greatly.” Klassen noted that Trubisky went just 2-of-5 on throws to the left beyond the line of scrimmage during his first two NFL games.
The thread was then picked up by Vikings reporter Arif Hasan at the start of the 2018 season.
Soon, people began to compile highlight reels of Trubisky’s sinistral struggles.
Now, Trubisky’s inability to throw left is widely accepted internet fact.
But is this internet fact actually true? Does Trubisky skew as hard to the right as Fox News? Is he like Zayn Malik or Harry Styles, who started their careers dependent on One Direction and moved on? Or is he like, uh … one of the other guys from One Direction? (I think one of them was Irish?)
It’s fair to say Trubisky experienced issues going to his left as a rookie. Here’s his passing grid from the 2017 season, per NFL Next Gen Stats.
