Mitchell Trubisky has already grown tired of listening to critics on social media after just one NFL season, so he has decided to take a page out of the LeBron James handbook to eliminate that negativity from his life.
While speaking with reporters on Thursday, Trubisky indicated that he is frustrated with all the naysayers doubting the Chicago Bears.
“I’m tired of it all, all the doubts, all the comparisons,” he said, per ESPN’s Emily Kaplan. “I’m ready for camp to start.”
One of Trubisky’s strategies to remain focused heading into his second NFL offseason has been to get off social media, which he says is something both he and veteran offensive lineman Kyle Long agreed to do. But with the way Trubisky described the hiatus, you have to wonder if he was inspired by LeBron.
“I went Zero Dark 10,” Trubisky said, in reference to his jersey number. “Me and [offensive lineman] Kyle Long have kind of agreed to that. Just block it out to be myself and realize I’ve got a great opportunity. I’m trying to put all my focus and energy into this game and what I’ve got to do. Whatever anybody else says on the outside, whether it be positive or negative or hype or just trying to tear me down, it really doesn’t matter to me. I know who I am. I know what player I can be. And I know my role on this team.”
Trubisky has not posted on Twitter or Instagram since July 2. LeBron, of course, has been cutting out social media at the start of the playoffs for the last several years, and he describes it in a very similar fashion.
With a new head coach in place in Matt Nagy, it’s natural to compare Trubisky’s situation in his second season to the ones Jared Goff and Carson Wentz faced a year ago, when both were entering their second NFL seasons. If the results are anywhere close to as good for Trubisky as they were for the other two, the Bears could surprise some people.
