INDIANAPOLIS – The Chicago Bears meeting with recently released quarterback Josh McCown is subject to some interpretation.
Maybe the Bears are just kicking the tires on a potential veteran backup.
"I think there’s obviously interest or we wouldn’t have met with him,” Fox said.
But pair that with Fox’s lukewarm comments on quarterback Jay Cutler, and it gets a little more interesting.
Fox had many chances to say he definitely wanted Cutler to be his quarterback in 2015. Many chances.
“So we’re going to ask this about eight different ways?” Fox said to one of the final questions about Cutler at the NFL scouting combine.
And his answers were lukewarm on Cutler.
“I don’t think there’s any question there’s ability and talent there,” Fox said to one Cutler question. “There’s a lot more that goes into that. We’re evaluating that as we speak.”
The evaluation clearly centers around what is best for the franchise, sticking it out with Cutler and his contract that is way beyond what he has produced as an NFL quarterback, or rebooting at the most important position. The Bears could trade Cutler and get out most of his deal. They can probably find a desperate team that would trade for him, too. But it's tough to restart at quarterback. Maybe McCown could be a bridge to a new quarterback, but he's clearly not more than that, especially since McCown will be 36 and is coming off a bad season in Tampa Bay.
Fox generally doesn’t say many definitive things in the media, so perhaps there’s nothing to be made of him not excitedly supporting Cutler. He gives bland answers to many questions. He said he hasn’t gotten to really know Cutler and fully evaluate him either.
“I don’t want to stand up here and give you a final evaluation when I’m maybe a fourth through the test,” Fox said.
Fox said he has met with Cutler, but was non-committal about Cutler being the Bears quarterback in 2015.
“We’re not up against a deadline,” Fox said. “We’ll keep you posted."
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