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Fox: Bears evaluating everything, including QB

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Chicago Bears coach John Fox said he’s evaluating every position, including quarterback, after Mike Glennon had four turnovers in Thursday night’s ugly 35-14 loss to the Packers.

“We need to make a lot of changes,” Fox said when asked specifically about quarterback. “We will evaluate everything, and we’ve got a lot of work to do before we line up against Minnesota on [Oct. 9]. We are going to look at everything.”

If Bears coach John Fox decides to move away from Mike Glennon, above, as Chicago’s starting quarterback, Mitchell Trubisky is waiting in the wings. Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images

Fox refused to pin all of the Bears’ woes on Glennon.

“I don’t think all of those were Mike’s turnovers,” Fox said. “Again, there are a lot of people out there that are involved. We had dropped balls. We had penalties. There was plenty of stuff to pass around.

“I think we evaluate every day. It’s not going to be a new novelty; it’s just that obviously we have to fix some things on our football team. We are 1-3 to start the season. Not just the quarterback. Everybody wants to talk about the quarterback. We have more issues than the quarterback.”

But none seemingly more pressing.

The Bears promised Glennon — signed for $16 million guaranteed — the starting job in 2017, even after drafting quarterback Mitchell Trubisky second overall in April. But Glennon has eight turnovers in four games.

According to Elias Sports Bureau, Glennon is the only Bears player in the past 40 seasons with three turnovers in a half twice within the first four games of a season.

“The No. 1 thing we obviously have to fix are the turnovers,” Glennon said. “I’m not giving our team a chance when you turn the ball over like that.”

Trubisky — elevated to No. 2 on the QB depth chart ahead of Mark Sanchez four weeks ago — sparked the Bears’ offense in the preseason, passing for 364 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions for a 106. 2 passer rating.

“Again, Mitch is a young player, four regular-season games into his rookie season in his NFL career,” Fox said. “Like I said, we have a big gap here [in terms of Trubisky’s experience versus Glennon’s]. We will look at everything and everybody, not just the quarterback position.”

Soccer

Report: Manchester City's Aguero hurt in serious car accident

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero suffered a fractured rib and is in hospital after being involved as a passenger in a car accident in Amsterdam, reports Argentine news outlet TyC Sports, as well as Fabrizio Romano of the Guardian and Sky Sports.

Aguero was reportedly in a taxi heading to the airport for a flight back to Manchester after attending a concert for Colombian singer Maluma, with whom he was photographed earlier in the evening. TyC Sports reports Aguero asked the driver to slow down and then put on his seat belt, before the taxi driver lost control of the vehicle and hit a pole.

TyC Sports adds Aguero could face around two months of recovery.

Aguero and his City teammates were recently in Holland for a Champions League group stage match against Feyenoord, which they won 4-0. He was set to return to Manchester before a trip to London for a Saturday encounter with Chelsea. Afterward, Aguero would be turning his focus to a pair of critical World Cup qualifying matches for Argentina against Peru and Paraguay.

The accident likely sees him miss all three fixtures, and potentially a few more as Pep Guardiola’s side suffered its second major loss in the last 24 hours; the club announced earlier that Benjamin Mendy was also ruled out long-term with a ruptured ACL.

Aguero has been a critical part of Manchester City’s strong start to the 2017-18 Premier League campaign. The 29-year-old has six goals and three assists in the Premier League over six matches, as well as one goal in two Champions League tilts. In his absence, Gabriel Jesus will likely slot in up top.

For Jorge Sampaoli, losing Aguero sees Argentina without its preferred striker up top, but with Lionel Messi and Paulo Dybala available for selection, the Albiceleste should still be able to field a pair of strong attacking players. Mauro Icardi is another option.

Argentina will hope Aguero’s absence does not cause major issues, however, as the usually-dominant South American outfit sits fifth in CONMEBOL’s World Cup qualifying table.