When the regular season ended earlier this month, Chicago felt pretty good about their chances of landing a solid offensive coordinator to take the place of the fired Ron Turner, who by all accounts was abysmal last year in the position.

But after three and a half weeks filled to the brim with candidates saying thanks but no thanks to the Bears front office, the team is down to just a few leftovers to choose from, and that could potentially cause even more trouble for quarterback Jay Cutler next fall.

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Sean Jensen went on record this morning with a passionate plea for Chicago’s decision makers to bring in former Redskins head coach Jim Zorn to fill the spot, given his track record of success in that position prior to his disastrous showing in the lead role in Washington. While there may be a potential candidate or two still out there with more impressive credentials than Zorn, it’s doubtful at this point that the Bears would be able to land such a coach, especially in light of all the recent declines they’ve received in their search.

Zorn is known for his ability to develop quarterbacks into solid performers in the NFL, and while he was unable to do that with Redskins QB Jason Campbell, that may have been more an indication of Campbell’s failures than a knock on Zorn. All in all, a decision to bring him into the fold in Chicago certainly wouldn’t hurt, and at the very least, it would allow the Bears to save some semblance of face with their rabid fans, who are demanding nothing short of the playoffs next season.

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