After rocky four years with Bears, Mitchell Trubisky 'getting that love for the game back' with Bills By Jay Skurski News Sports Reporter Aug 21, 2021 Aug 21, 2021 Updated Apr 19, 2026 0 Bills quarterback Mitchell Trubisky will face the Bears on Saturday – the team that drafted him No. 2 overall in 2017. James P. 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