Slay sees greatness in Trubisky, with one caveat

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Good news, Bears fans: Lions cornerback Darius Slay thinks your rookie quarterback is the real deal. Bad news, Bears fans: Slay thinks Trubisky should permanently avoid throwing in the direction of Detroit’s top cover corner.

“He’s learning,” Slay said of Mitchell Trubisky after the 20-10 win by the Lions over Chicago, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “He’s a great one. He’s going to get better. And I can see it in him. He’s got the drive to keep working, and he believes in himself and the team do, so if the team’s behind his back, he’ll be alright. But he needs to learn his lesson, though. Ain’t too many times he’s going to throw over to 23.”

23 got a pair of interceptions against Trubisky during Saturday’s game, only six days after the Bears below out the Bengals in Cincinnati. So what happened?

“Last week, I think they ran the ball pretty good on Cincinnati,” Slay said. “They can’t run the ball on us, so he had to throw the ball. Our goal was to make him beat us and we knew he couldn’t do that.”

He couldn’t, and he didn’t. As a result, the Lions moved to 8-6, and they are very much alive in the NFC playoff chase.

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