The hardest part in sorting through quarterback Mitch Trubisky’s right shoulder injury this week, coach Matt Nagy said, was getting him to be honest. Trubisky had never missed a snap because of a medical concern, so it was new territory for him.
“He’s gotta communicate to us how he feels, and then we’ll do the same,” Nagy said Friday. “And figure out where it goes on a day-to-day basis.”
The Bears don’t think Trubisky’s injury — which he suffered on Vikings safety Harrison Smith’s late hit Sunday night — is a serious one. After missing his first NFL start Thursday, he’s a candidate to return and start the Bears’ next game, Dec. 2 against the Giants.
Nagy compared Trubisky’s injury to outside linebacker Khalil Mack’s ankle problem, in the sense that both wanted to play.
“The day-to-day thing, the communication, knowing, ‘Hey, how do you feel here?’ ’’ Nagy said. “And sometimes protecting the player from the player is really what you run into.”
Trainer Andre Tucker and the Bears have asked Trubisky to rate his pain from 1 to 10 every day. Nagy said he has been honest when he talks injuries with Trubisky.
“We work together with Andre and our doctors and find out exactly, ‘What do they think? Where is he at?’ ” Nagy said. “And we play all different situations and then so, day-to-day, ‘OK, where are you at?’ ’’
NOTE: Running back Benny Cunningham, who left the game Thursday, has a sprained right ankle and is day-to-day, Nagy said.
