Nas wrote:
When I first made a comment about (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky here in the offseason of 2018, I had never really seen him play. I was focused on Baby Nas recovering and didn't watch much football in 2017. It was just part of my 20 year meatball bit. If I didn't claim the Bears would go 13-3 or better every offseason, pick them to win in every gameday thread, or claim a new quarterback was the savior, MANY would be concerned.
I wasn't sure about him for a while. His Buccaneers performance gave me some space to lean into the bit. By the end of the 2018 season, I was confident he was a guy you can win with and occasionally because of. That hasn't changed.
Despite statistically being the best quarterback in Bears history and the only quarterback who managed to win with Nagy, fans and the media act like he's Jonathan Quinn or he played the way Justin Fields actually is playing. That narrative has traveled all over the country. Some of it race based.
I recognized the sports media is mostly lazy and fans get their opinions mostly from reading or listening to someone else before this year, but it hit home even more when I followed the Steelers training camp and preseason games. (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky was okay to good in every game with a special play sprinkled in a couple of the games. After his final preseason game, media members said he clinched the starting job with a great performance. Not only was it not a great performance, but it was also probably his worst of the preseason. It's clear most people aren't actually watching the games or press conferences. They're taking a quote from someone else out of context, box score hunting, and trying to create self fulfilling prophecies.
Cannot argue.
Mitch is not an elite QB and never will be. Those elite QBs are in the league less than a handful at a time and usually is straight up luck in terms of drafting and acquiring.
A team can win with Mitch. Not because of Mitch but he's sure as shit better than Trent Dilfer. He's potentially equal or better than Eli Manning. Winning with a QB and surrounding him with talent is much easier strategy than finding the next Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers. Finding the next Brady, Rogers, Peyton is basically betting on being really lucky.
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1. block or enclose with a wall of bricks
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