I just don’t understand what Trubisky showed in the preseason to make Nagy think he still deserved another chance.
From the very first snap yesterday, Foles looked like he had a significantly better grasp of the system and just has more general football awareness. The gap between these two looks huge, and that’s something I didn’t expect.
I think he probably knew that once you bench Mitch that is probably it and there was no going back. It was a weird offseason and Mitch's knowledge of what they were doing was probably a plus in his favor. I'm not saying that's the right way to do it, but that's my best guess. With no preseason, it's impossible to really know who looked better and my guess is that if it was "tied" you'd stay with Mitch to start.
I'm pretty skeptical of Nagy at this point, but I give him a lot of credit for pulling Mitch when he did and naming Foles the starter now. I think the easy move would have been, they were 2-0 on there way 2-1 and to not change things up. I think this was a bold and good move. I was surprised he pulled the plug when he did.
I also wish there was a way to see how that came played out with Mitch the rest of the way. Part of me wonders if the Falcons still blow it (or at least come close to doing so) as that's what they do and we saw Mitch get hot against Detroit.