Mitchell Trubisky made a bold statement about the Chicago Bears playoff chances in 2017.

Kinda.

Trubisky met the media at Wheaton Warrenville South High School on Friday while he was attending the USA Football 7v7 Great Lakes Regional Championship and he feels strongly about his team's chances in 2017, but he's not willing to slap a guarantee on it.

“I said, ‘Yeah, I think we’re gonna make the playoffs,’” said Trubisky, via Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times. “Obviously we know we have a lot of work to do. I don’t want anyone to construe it in a way that it’s a guarantee or anything. But I believe in myself, I believe in my teammates. I know we still have work to do. That’s what it is — I think."

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The rookie quarterback remains unsigned at this point and is expected to start the year as a backup to Mike Glennon, but that will not force him to change his mindset.

“As a competitor, you should always go there and think we’re gonna win," he said.

Trubisky makes a good point when he says he and his teammates should always have the mindset they are going to win, but for someone not under contract and not set to be the starter in 2017, his comment may rub some people the wrong way.

The road to a playoff berth in 2017 will begin in late July when the team reports to training camp in Bourbonnais, Illinois.