While Chicago Bears fans have watched their team hang back for the most part in free agency thus far, they were treated to some interesting news about former players. None bigger than that involving Mitch Trubisky. The former #2 overall pick spent four years in Chicago. He made the playoffs twice and even reached the Pro Bowl as an alternate in 2018 but never fulfilled his potential with the organization.
That doesn’t appear to have stopped him from earning another opportunity. After spending 2021 as the primary backup with the Buffalo Bills, Trubisky has found a new home. The Pittsburgh Steelers signed him to a two-year deal worth $14 million with expectations he’ll be the starter. It isn’t the first time the organization has gambled on a former 1st round QB. Tommy Maddox helped them make the playoffs in 2002 and even beat Cleveland in the wild card round. They believe their team culture can do the same for Trubisky.
Steelers fans don’t seem to agree.
Some have expressed their considerable disappointment at the news. One took to TikTok with an innovative video set to the Backstreet Boys’ iconic “Everybody” song. This has followed a trend on the platform where people ask questions that receive satisfactory “yeah” answers only for the last and most important of them to be met with silence. When they ask two more times, they finally get a reply. Just not the one they were hoping for.
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One must understand Steelers fans have been spoiled with great quarterback play for a long time. Ben Roethlisberger spent most of his career spanning almost two decades playing at a Pro Bowl level. He won them two Super Bowls and will likely end up in the Hall of Fame. To go from that to Mitch Trubisky isn’t exactly what they had in mind. Maybe the 27-year old will find better success than he had in Chicago, but optimism doesn’t appear to be high.
