I think that you are correct on all counts. If they truly

wanted to replace Mitch with a premier QB, they would have shot higher than Foles. Although Foles has been better than Mitch, many QBs have, the decades long inertia in the Bears front office (wash, rinse, repeat?) has become almost as legendary as GSH.

That said, I think Foles has more talent and skills than Mitch. However, if he does clutch the seemingly non-coveted job of Chicago Bears QB, it may end his career. After all, it is 21st Century Bears (Pace Edition, Ver. #?). I hope that Papa Bear weeps. However, I am numbed to a near comatose state. (I remember the 1-13 Bears were so bad we tried to predict what comical antic/mistake would occur on every play. It kept our sanity and replaced our existential weeping. We laughed until we cried.)