Mitch Trubisky

Week 4 vs. Minnesota Vikings

Mitch Trubisky had his best fantasy game of the season as he was surprisingly effective, completing 25-of-31 passes for 231 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. It was his only game this season where he scored a touchdown. Expect a decrease in production this week, however, as he gets a much tougher matchup against the Vikings. He struggled last season against Minnesota, finishing with 165 yards and 163 yards, respectively, in his two games. He scored just once against the Vikings in 2018 while throwing two interceptions. He's a bad option in Week 4.

Week 2 at Denver Broncos

Mitch Trubisky was pretty awful in his 2019 debut. He finished completing just 26 of 45 passes for 228 yards with no touchdowns and an interception. He also ran the ball three times for 11 yards. He went up against an improved Packers defense, but it's still troubling to see him struggle so poorly. You at least expect to get one score out of your QB.

He'll face a Broncos defense that was tough on QBs a season ago, but didn't play too well in Week 1 against Oakland. The Broncos allowed Derek Carr to complete 22-of-26 passes for 259 yards. Expect a better game than last week, but not too much better. We have Trubisky as one of the poorer QB options in Week 2.

Fantasy Upside

Mitchell Trubisky had times last season where he looked like a true QB1. From Week 4 to Week 10 (with a bye in Week 5), Trubisky threw for 17 touchdowns with just four interceptions while averaging 285 passing yards. In that six-game span, he also ran for 256 yards while scoring twice on the ground. He took a big leap in his second year compared to his first despite learning a new offensive system with brand new receivers. After finishing as the 15th highest-scoring QB in 2018, Trubisky gets another year to learn under Matt Nagy while keeping the same top offensive weapons.

Fantasy Downside

Although Trubisky played well at times in 2018, he was very inconsistent. After throwing 300+ yards in four of six games, Trubisky followed by averaging 183 passing yards in his last five regular season games. He also had just one multi-touchdown game in that span while turning the ball over six times.

2019 Bottom Line

There’s a lot to like about Trubisky heading into 2019. As we mentioned in the upside section, he’s retaining all of the key people around him, which is huge for a developing quarterback. He’ll be 25 by the time the season starts, which is around the age we start to see quarterbacks hit their peak. His inconsistency from 2018 can also be attributed to his shoulder bruise injury. Before the injury, he averaged as QB7 from Weeks 1-11. When he returned after a two-game absence, he averaged QB23 in the final four games. There’s a lot of upside in Trubisky, but he should be viewed as a later-round option.