LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Break the huddle early and Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky will let you hear about it.

On Wednesday, Trubisky backed up the story veteran left guard Josh Sitton shared on a conference call with Green Bay reporters before last Sunday's 23-16 loss to the Packers.

"A few weeks ago, we started to break the huddle early, and he said, 'Get the f--- back in the huddle, and don't break it until I break it," Sitton said.

"He kind of cussed at all of us linemen, and I was like, 'Hell, yeah. I respect the s--- out of that.' So things like that, that you don't usually see with a young player, he's kind of taken over and tried to be the leader."

Trubisky confirmed Sitton’s version of events.

"Yeah, I remember it,” Trubisky said.

“The quarterback position is a role of leadership, and I feel just who I am as a person, I bring different types of leadership to the table. When I'm in the huddle, it is my huddle, and I mean, that's how it needs to operate. And that's how we need to be more efficient; so like I was talking about before, it starts and stops with me and the operation. I just need to direct traffic, get everyone lined up, in and out of the huddle and make sure everything is crisp so that everyone is on the same page. And I'm going to continue to do that.”

Trubisky has worked hard to ingratiate himself with the team. The rookie is often the last player off the practice field each day, and according to offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains, Trubisky works overtime to watch film and prepare for the upcoming opponent.

So far, the on-field results have been mixed.

Trubisky has completed 51.3 percent of his pass attempts and turned the ball over three times in five starts. The rookie quarterback has also been guilty of holding on to the ball for too long sometimes in the pocket, and he's been sacked 16 times.

But big-picture, Trubisky thinks his teammates are starting to believe that he’s the right guy to be their quarterback in the future.

“The most important thing for me right away was to earn the trust of my teammates and to show them how much I care,” Trubisky said. “So that I can earn their respect in that when I say something in the huddle that it holds weight. And I think it has gotten to that point.”