Viewpoint: Signing Jones fills need at running back

At least someone over at Halas Hall gets it. The Bears' signing Tuesday of oft-injured running back Kevin Jones won't make them into Super Bowl contenders. But it does show that they understand that their offense is short on playmakers and long on unproven prospects. A month ago, when coach Lovie Smith was telling us that he didn't see a need to bring in anyone else at running back, it seemed that understanding was lacking. Or maybe it was overconfidence, the kind everyone has months before the first snap of the season. When Jones worked out for NFL scouts in Michigan last month to show he had recovered from knee surgery, the Bears weren't represented there. It looked as though they seriously, inexplicably were uninterested. Their chang