The Chicago Bears have been criticized this season for not opening up their playbook and giving Mitchell Trubisky a chance to shine, but that clearly was not an issue during Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Coming into Week 4, Trubisky had thrown just two touchdown passes in three games. In fact, he had just 10 touchdown throws in 15 career games. What’s a good way to get those numbers up? Throwing five TDs in the first half alone is a good place to start.
Trubisky needed less than 30 minutes of football to become the first quarterback in Bears history (in the Super Bowl era) to throw five touchdowns in a single game. He also finished the half with 289 (!) yards through the air.
Mitch Trubisky is the first Bears QB in the Super Bowl era with 5 TD passes in a single game. pic.twitter.com/s2Vqnth1fm
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) September 30, 2018
Twitter was in awe of the performance:
Trubisky is the first QB with 5 first half touchdowns since Aaron Rodgers in 2014.
— Gregg Rosenthal (@greggrosenthal) September 30, 2018
Watching Mitch Trubisky right now … pic.twitter.com/O9ZTGO32hz
— Sports Mockery (@sportsmockery) September 30, 2018
Let's count Mitch Trubisky's touchdown passes together… pic.twitter.com/YeELKMcAQO
— Danny Parkins (@DannyParkins) September 30, 2018
Sitting here with Trubisky on my bench when he has 45 points at half like pic.twitter.com/39VpJsbtQL
— Erich Schmitt (@Erich_Schmitt13) September 30, 2018
How many TDs is Mitch Trubisky throwing today? #TBvsCHI pic.twitter.com/Xbe2jC5HsI
— Daniel Alejandro (@DdotLara) September 30, 2018
Mitchell Trubisky is making his critics eat their words and making sure they have room for seconds.
— Taylor Vippolis (@tvippolis) September 30, 2018
The Bears took a 38-3 lead into halftime.
