It's hard for a quarterback to get a team to buy in. Especially when that team is the Chicago Bears. Can anybody name the last QB who had this franchise believing they were ready for a legitimate Super Bowl run? People might say Mitch Trubisky in 2018 but it never felt like he was at that level. One would probably have to go back to Jay Cutler in 2011 before he got hurt to remember that feeling. Has Nick Foles already grabbed the Bears in a similar fashion?
It sounds crazy to think. The 31-year old has played less than three games with the team. His teammates still barely know him since they've been together just a few months. How could a guy with a journeyman background make a team filled will plenty of cynics trust he can get them where they want to go.
The answer lay in two key plays he's made over the past three games. Plays that a lot of quarterbacks don't make yet he seems to make routinely. Passing game coordinator Dave Ragone told Dave Ragone about them.
“In the pocket, he’s able to stand in there and make a throw under duress to a receiver who, at the time, maybe is not even open,” Ragone added. “He’s throwing them open. I walk away impressed by those type of throws because the reality is those type of throws win you football games. “With Nick early on (this season), he’s been able to do that. And through the course of his career, you see those throws show up. Those aren’t ones you really practice or talk about. Those are instinctual. And I feel like he has made those plays happen just by having faith and belief that he can make those throws.”[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://www.sportsmockery.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Nick-Foles-under-pressure.mp4"][/video]







