Mitch Trubisky Pulled a Tom Brady Move During Bears Practices

With the Chicago Bears operating like they do, it's hard to imagine getting any stories out of their practices from week to week. Turns out though one can catch a fascinating tidbit from time to time. So how in the world could a Mitch Trubisky Tom Brady comparison surface from this? Well it has to do with the rookies' time spent as backup. On most NFL teams the backup quarterback is assigned the duty of running the scout team. This is primarily a group made up of practice squad players who are tasked with helping the starters prepare for games. They impersonate opponents' schemes and styles. Of course this comes with an unwritten rule. Try to play well, but not well enough that it upstages the starters. Most scout team players adhere to this hierarchy, but there are some who are just too competitive to let that slide.

Mitch Trubisky Tom Brady practice habits line up similarly

According to Adam Jahns of the Chicago Sun-Times, Trubisky has stayed busy with his job as scout team quarterback. For the most part he's fulfilled the role quite well. However beneath the being a good teammate part, there was a quiet determination to show everybody that he was not going to sit back and accept his role as backup for long.

This mindset no doubt stems from his extended time spent as backup at North Carolina. Trubisky didn't get to start for the team until his junior year, something he wasn't entirely thrilled about. So imagine how he felt about the coaches' decision to keep him sidelined in favor of Mike Glennon. A man he'd clearly outperformed in preseason. Seems he took his frustrations out on the Bears defense. Believe it or not at one point in time Brady himself ran the scout team. It seems preposterous now but the future Hall of Famer was the backup in 2000 and at the start of 2001. During his appearance on the Emmy-winning NFL Network series "America's Game," he told the story of how he too took liberties with the New England Patriots defense in practice. [video width="854" height="480" mp4="https://www.sportsmockery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Americas-Game-2001-New-England-Patriots000612.000-000635.001.mp4"][/video] Certain things like that probably didn't make the Bears defenders too happy. At the same time there was a logic to it. Performing like that in practice no doubt had an impact on the teams' decision to elevate the rookie to the starting job after just four weeks. The fact that Trubisky exhibited similar competitive and hard-working qualities as arguably the greatest quarterback in modern history? That can't be a bad thing.