It didn't take long for new Chicago Bears coach John Fox to face the question of whether Jay Cutler would be the team's starting quarterback in 2015, as he was asked during his introductory news conference Tuesday.

Fox wisely gave a noncommittal answer, but the question isn't going away for Fox and new general manager Ryan Pace. It also might not even be Chicago's biggest roster issue, as the Bears desperately need to turn around a defense that in 2012 was our fourth-rated unit at Pro Football Focus and dropped all the way to No. 32 in 2013. The Bears improved in 2014 thanks to some savvy work in free agency, but the unit was still a major weakness, in large part because of terrible pass coverage.

But I actually think the Cutler answer can be a simple one for the Bears: They should keep him, but use him differently than Marc Trestman and his staff did in 2014. Some marks in favor of Chicago keeping Cutler:

1. The contract situation isn't as bleak as it's been made out to be.

Only $38 million of Cutler's deal is fully guaranteed.