The Facts: The Bears announced Monday they signed Collins to a one-year contract. "We've been looking around at the quarterback position for a while," HC Lovie Smith said. "Just felt it's a good addition to our team. [I] don't know if he'll play this week. As far as where he is on the depth chart and all those things, they'll work themselves out in time."
Diehards Line:Collins, 38, played in three games for the Redskins in 2009, and after rejecting an offer last week from the Bears, the veteran accepted a contract that includes guaranteed money in the "six-figure" range, according ESPN.com's Michael C. Wright. Interestingly, the team plans -- according to sources familiar with the situation -- to keep three QBs, and open the season with Collins as the primary backup to Jay Cutler, at least initially, while moving current second-stringer Caleb Hanie to the No. 3 spot. Wright reports that OC Mike Martz didn't feel comfortable opening the regular season with an inexperienced QB as the top backup.