Mike Glennon reportedly didn't know Bears were drafting Trubisky, feels 'cheated on'

The incumbent QB is not thrilled about the draft situation

The Bears' situation involving the drafting of Mitchell Trubisky grows more and more bizarre as information leaks out about how the selection went down.

We all know the obvious: they traded a couple of picks in order to move up one spot and grab Trubisky. The decision to draft a quarterback high is perfectly fine in a vacuum; if Trubisky is good, then Ryan Pace is a made man. If he's not, well, pack your stuff. 

But the decision to trade up and give away future assets was a weird one. Yes, you can argue that the Bears didn't give up much in the pursuit of a franchise quarterback. But the 67th overall pick was Alvin Kamara, who was drafted by the Saints after they gave up a future second-round pick to the 49ers for the pick the Bears originally held. The 49ers also used No. 111 to move back into the first round and grab Reuben Foster. Those picks were valuable and it looks like they largely negotiated against themselves.

Then there's the fact that, according to a report from ESPN, coach John Fox was unaware that Pace was going to move up and grab Trubisky. Minor red flag there.

And now there's this: apparently incumbent starter Mike Glennon, who the team signed in the offseason, was unaware the Bears were drafting Trubisky either.  It's believable because no one knew what they were doing, even Trubisky himself.

According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, Glennon didn't find out about Trubisky being drafted until the rest of the world did. He found out while sitting at a draft party at Halas Hall and he feels like he was "cheated on."

He found out as the rest of the world did. The Bears don't believe in him as much as he thought, as much as they conveyed to him during his blissful first seven weeks on the job. Glennon felt as though he had been cheated on, according to people in the know. When admiration, affection and support abruptly become rejection, it hurts. And the pain cuts deep.

The immediate reaction will be that Glennon got $18.5 million so he shouldn't be complaining. Anyone who says that is missing the point with Glennon, a guy who has repeatedly run into bad luck throughout the course of his football playing career. He was held back on the depth chart at NC State by Russell Wilson, then leapfrogged by Jameis Winston in Tampa Bay.

He signed with Chicago expecting a chance to play and establish himself as the starter and now he's about to quickly become a guy who is given absolutely zero leash when it comes to the 2017 season.

Ryan Pace said after the draft that Glennon is the team's starting quarterback, and Trubisky agreed to as much. But lip service in April is meaningless in August, much less in September or October when the team isn't winning and the fans are clamoring for the No. 2 overall pick. 

Glennon didn't sign on to be a punching bag for a fan base desperate for a rookie quarterback to start halfway through the first half of the season. And if the Bears were going to draft a quarterback, they at least could have told him before the commissioner called his name.