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Of all that weirdness that is Trubisky& #39;s career, watching his ability to make the right read on RPOs completey vanish has to be the most confounding.
"Wait, BWF, Trubisky always sucked at RPOs!"
The Bears had the most yards on the ground from RPOs Trubisky& #39;s rookie year of any team in the league. It wasn& #39;t close:
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The Bears had the most yards on the ground from RPOs Trubisky& #39;s rookie year of any team in the league. It wasn& #39;t close:
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This was with the electric receiving corps of Josh Bellamy, Kendall Wright, and Dontrelle "the Neck Junior" acquired halfway through the season in desperation.
Compare that to last season& #39;s roster. Allen Robinson is worth a cool dozen Josh Bellamys.
Compare that to last season& #39;s roster. Allen Robinson is worth a cool dozen Josh Bellamys.
Even looking at one of Trubisky& #39;s best games last season, against the Cowboys, and he brutally misreads RPOs over and over.
First drive: motions Cohen, defender follows, clears space and indicates man. Snap, Trubisky reads the edge that& #39;s crashing in, and... hands it off. WHY
First drive: motions Cohen, defender follows, clears space and indicates man. Snap, Trubisky reads the edge that& #39;s crashing in, and... hands it off. WHY
Cohen& #39;s motion pulls the entire defense with him, including 23 and 92. Trubisky has space and a blocker on the left. KEEP IT SON
Instead, he misreads the edge defender and hands it off to Montgomery despite 7 defenders in the box.
Instead, he misreads the edge defender and hands it off to Montgomery despite 7 defenders in the box.
Drive ends when Trubisky underthrows a TD on a play action pass designed to overload a left zone on what ends up being man coverage. Even the simplest motion would& #39;ve helped Trubisy sniff it out. Confounding playcalling from Nagy and awful throw from Trubisky for an INT
Next RPO set up by a 30-yard PA TE screen. 6 in the box, TE motion in for another blocker that pulls his defender in with. Now the box has 6 blockers against 7 defenders for a ludicrous 13 bodies Montgomery has to get through. Tough read because of 54 is spying Trubisky.
Another infuriating trend is that Nagy, despite having a system designed to get the ball to players in space, consistently calls runs towards the near hash. Bears are pushed to the left side of the field, so Trubisky has no chance to break away from the LB if he keeps it.
Next play, motion shows zone, Trubisky audibles. Hard counts to tip the D& #39;s hand further, Allen Robinson does what he does and Trubisky throws an absolute PERFECT strike.
This is high-level NFL QB lay. Recognizes, adapts, executes. He& #39;s capable of this. Why not on RPOs?
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This is high-level NFL QB lay. Recognizes, adapts, executes. He& #39;s capable of this. Why not on RPOs?
Next drive, Montgomery trucks for a first down. RPO with Montgomery, Trubisky freezes the edge defender just enough to allow Montgomery to work his magic. This play is 90% Montgomery and that& #39;s fine. Doesn& #39;t need to be perfect, just needs to be enough to give Montgomery room.
New formation, but Nagy calls similar play as before - TE motion left RPO. Barely worked last time and doesn& #39;t at all this time, especially against zone where the entire D is eyeing the QB. Bad read against a loaded box while Tarik is open in space in the flat with a blocker
