How Dowell Loggains Failed To Hide His Mitch Trubisky Boner

Kudos to Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains. He did everything in his power to make it clear that the failure of the past month was a team effort. The decision to bench Mike Glennon was not the original plan by any stretch. There was plenty of blame to go around from the pre-snap penalties to the failed execution on routes and blocks. It's a fair criticism. These are definitely nagging issues the Bears offense has suffered through. At the same time it was clear to everybody with eyes that Glennon had to go. There were too many things wrong with his style of play. He couldn't run at all. Teams knew he refused to throw any deep passes. That allowed them to stack the tackle box with eight, nine and even 10 defenders. It made running the football almost impossible for Jordan Howard and Tarik Cohen. Last but not least, his vision and accuracy were erratic. Too many times he either missed open receivers or didn't see them at all. This led to him holding the ball and taking unnecessary sacks or throwing it to the other team. So while Loggains' defense of him was sincere, he also failed miserably to hide his emotions when Mitch Trubisky became the subject.

Dowell Loggains clearly chomping at the bit to get Trubisky going

After getting his Glennon comments out first, Loggains wasted no time in his praising of the rookie. The excitement was dripping from his voice as he led things off with a rather intriguing statement about Trubisky's readiness to play.

There are a few things that make that a fascinating line. For one Trubisky, as has been covered many times, brings just 13 games of starting experience from college. For him to be this far along already? It speaks to his natural understanding of the game. Not to mention his tireless preparation. Then there's the fact that Loggains has already been around two previous first round quarterbacks before. Jake Locker played under him in Tennessee in 2011. He'd started for four years at Washington. Then he coached Johnny Manziel in Cleveland, who'd started 26 games at Texas A&M. The fact that Trubisky is ahead of them in Loggains' eyes? Good sign.

He immediately shot down the idea of any bust potential

Most of the time coaches caution against getting expectations too high. To be fair Loggains did that when he insisted Trubisky isn't a "magic wand" that will fix the problems. At the same time he was quick to shoot down questions about whether he's worried about Mitch facing adversity and becoming a bust.

That would seem to indicate he has a firm belief the Bears have drafted a guy with "the right stuff." Players around the locker room including Leonard Floyd and Zach Miller have backed that up. They've raved about his performance on the practice field but also his calm confidence in the huddle. Loggains reinforced it with one final statement.

For a man who tried so hard to deter expectations with his opening monologue, Loggains failed miserably to kill the Trubisky hype. If anything it's only getting stronger.