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David Haugh: Inevitability of Mitch Trubisky promotion suggests Bears could get this right

Briefly suspend the cynicism the Bears have earned over so many years of quarterback-related incompetence to consider something novel about their current situation.

They could be on the verge of getting it right.

Pay attention to what the Bears do more than what coach John Fox says because we all have better things to do than parse sentences lacking sincerity, let alone syntax. And what the Bears did Wednesday in opening the door to quarterback Mitch Trubisky starting in 2017 by announcing he will play with the first-string offense

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