Mike Glennon quarterback experiment. Get used to those words being uttered a lot. That’s pretty much how most Chicago Bears fans and national media will view his signing. Even his contract structure proves it. Sure, it’s a $45 million deal. That means nothing. The devil is in the details. Most of the guaranteed money in his contract will be gone after the first year. In essence the Bears could cut him with minimal fallout in 2018.
Basically 2017 will be a one, long audition for the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers backup. He has remained upbeat and confident in every interview. He gives off the aura of a man who patiently waited for this opportunity after years of being given the runaround by his former team. Regardless, GM Ryan Pace showed plenty of belief that Glennon can be the starter.
Should anybody believe him? It’s been hard trusting this team with anything of late after seasons of 5-11, 6-10 and 3-13 over the past three years. Still, there remains an undercurrent of optimism about what the Bears might have planned. Much of it centers on some traits Glennon showed during his brief time as a starter.