John Fox's two years in Chicago have not gone exactly as planned up to this point, and it is starting to sound like the veteran coach will not return for a third season with the Bears in 2017.

Bleacher Report's Mike Freeman brought up the report, writing:

John Fox is likely gone, the coaches and officials with whom B/R spoke believe. One of the names that has come up for this spot is Lions offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter. (Love saying that name, by the way. Causes a slight tingling sensation.) Cooter has helped Matthew Stafford become an MVP candidate. Maybe he could fix the Bears offense. Not Jay Cutler, mind you, who appears on his way out too.

In Fox's nearly two seasons with the Bears the team is just 9-20 through 29 games. The team went 6-10 last season and Chicago currently sits with a 3-10 record this year. His team has been decimated by injuries, but the offense has been stagnant at times and the Bears appear to be a worse team this year than they were a year ago.

Freeman names Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter as a potential replacement if the team moves on from Fox. Cooter began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Tennessee between 2007 and 2008 after serving as a backup quarterback for the Volunteers.

He was an offensive assistant with the Indianapolis Colts between 2009 and 2011 before joining the Kansas City Chiefs as a quality control coordinator in 2012. The following year he joined Fox's staff in Denver as an offensive assistant. He then moved on to the Detroit Lions in 2014 and served as the team's quarterback's coach until he was promoted to offensive coordinator in the middle of the 2015 season.

Cooter has helped transform Stafford into an MVP candidate in Detroit this season and is viewed as one of the best young offensive minds in football at just 32 years old.

Time will tell if the Bears opt to move on from Fox after the season, but it will be a storyline worth monitoring in the upcoming weeks.