Mitch Trubisky 2020 Fantasy Outlook

Trubisky was obviously not very good in 2019 (17 touchdowns, 10 interceptions, 83.0 passer rating), and that translated perfectly to fantasy as QB26 for the season. Even his rushing production (198 yards, 2 TD) fell from 2018 (421 yards, 3 TD).

He did have some useful weeks though.
Week 3: QB12
Week 7 : QB14
Week 10: QB9
Week 12: QB9
Week 13: QB7
Week 14: QB3
Week 15: QB14

Trubisky topped 275 passing yards in three of those four games from Week 12-15 (over 330 yards twice), with three touchdown passes in the other. During that important stretch of the fantasy schedule, he was QB5. Quarterback streamers who were willing to hold their nose and use Trubisky got paid.

Two of those aforementioned useful games in 2019 (Week 10 and Week 13) came against the Lions, the Bears’ season-opening opponent. Improvements have been made overall to the defense in Detroit, but they also traded away top cornerback Darius Slay.

In 2018, Trubisky finished as QB15 in fantasy over 14 games played. But six of his 24 touchdown passes came in one game (Week 4 against Tampa Bay), with 15 of his touchdown passes and three of his four 300-yard games for the season in a four-game stretch that started there. So consistency has been elusive.

Is Trubisky worth checking out on the waiver wire?

Trubisky is on the fantasy streamer radar for Week 1, and he would be a streaming option in Week 2 in a favorable matchup against the New York Giants. Week 3 brings a possible pass-heavy game against the Atlanta Falcons.

Trubisky will be a streaming option in fantasy when he 1. Starts and 2. Has a favorable matchup. He looks likely to be a streaming option for the first three weeks, as long as he holds the starting job. But that three-week run can’t even be confidently predicted right now. Even if he somehow manages to start all 16 games in 2020, as he leaves those who might have faith to try to predict his usable weeks, Trubisky’s season-long fantasy ceiling is not high.