Bears Mailbag -- Time To Put Mitch Trubisky Back In?

The good news is, the Chicago Bears are 5-2 and very much in the thick of the NFC playoff picture.  And I guess what also counts as good news is the Bears' 24-10 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football counts as only one loss in the standings. But let's be serious, it felt like the entire season crumbling before our very eyes.  The thorough domination in all three phases is something not even the most cynical of Bears skeptics saw coming.  But here we are, roughly 30 hours later, and the question, at least on offense, remains:  Is there any hope of getting better? Here was my post-game thread.  (No, it was not fun or therapeutic to write.)

It appears that Matt Nagy is open to revisiting his ownership of play calling duties after that embarrassment, but at least for this Sunday's game against New Orleans, he'll remain the play caller and Nick Foles will remain the QB.

On the bright side, the Bears noticed how worthless Ted Ginn was punt returns and signed Dwayne Harris to their practice squad.  I imagine it's a matter of days before he's promoted and the Bears get demolished on their home field by the Saints for the second straight year. And I'm having a cheerful Wednesday morning! With that, let's reach into this week's Bears Mailbag.  Thanks to everyone who submitted questions.  Follow me on Twitter @DhruvKoul to continue the conversation.

Bears Mailbag

Are you all ready for a fun question to start us off?

Q:  Should Mitch get another shot? -- @basilialukos

Yeah, we were all expecting this question to come sooner rather than later.  Here's what we know since the Bears benched Mitch Trubisky in Atlanta in favor of Nick Foles: -- Foles led an exceptional comeback to beat the Falcons. -- Foles and the offense were shut down against Indianapolis -- a defense that rookie QB Joe Burrow toyed with in the first half of their game! -- Foles and the offense showed *some* potential against a tough Tampa Bay team to win. -- Foles and the offense showed *some* potential against Carolina on the road to win. -- Foles and the offense were demolished in Los Angeles. So, all in all, excluding the wild Falcons comeback, the Bears' offense has shown *some* potential in two games, and has been obliterated in two others.  Then again, the offense showed *some* potential in wins over Detroit and New York (Giants) with Trubisky at QB before he melted down in Atlanta. The offensive line is absolutely atrocious.  The play calling, which I've finally come around to, is not good enough.  Foles has been cerebral a few times that's certainly helped the Bears win two of his starts, but his deep ball accuracy (which was his strength) has been very poor and he hasn't protected the football well enough. So, to summarize, it appears the offense isn't going to be *better* with Foles in the game.  So this is where I'm at:

It really is true, though.  Defenses don't respect the Bears' offense at all.  They know they can stop the run because the OL sucks.  They can focus their attention on Allen Robinson, because they aren't worried about the Bears actually hitting their deep shots.  So the offense is broken and there's nothing that scares them.  Might as well add an element that defenses can somewhat respect. Now, for the rest of the Mailbag: