When John Fox was trying to grumble his way out of the Panthers prior to the 2010 season, they drafted him a quarterback he didn’t really want.
So naturally, now that the poor kid’s not a helpless rookie any more, Fox likes him.
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Bears are re-signing free agent quarterback Jimmy Clausen.
Clausen was 1-9 as a starter for Fox on that magnificent 2-14 Panthers team, and hadn’t played again until the Bears signed him last year as a clipboard holder, who eventually appeared in four games.
Fox didn’t necessarily having anything against Clausen in 2010, he just didn’t want to be held hostage to the last year of his contract, and prefers older to younger in almost every decision.
Maybe now the Bears can also add free agents Matt Moore and Brian St. Pierre, and Fox can collect the whole set of question marks from the final season of his first job.