Collin Kaepernick could be inching his way back toward a return to the NFL, and ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith feels that the Chicago Bears could potentially be a good fit for the quarterback.

Smith notes that no one in Chicago believes in Mitchell Trubisky any longer, and while no one knows for sure just what Bears head coach Matt Nagy and the rest of the organization (and the players) think about Trubisky, the results don't lie.

Trubisky was expected to take a step forward this season, but instead, he has regressed.

In eight games this year, the third-year signal-caller has thrown for 1,390 yards, eight touchdowns, and three interceptions while completing 63.6 percent of his passes and posting a passer rating of 85.2.

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To be fair, Trubisky put forth a solid performance in Chicago's win over the Detroit Lions last Sunday, completing 16 of his 23 throws for 173 yards and three touchdowns, but overall, the 25-year-old has been a massive disappointment in 2019.

Kaepernick has not played in the NFL since 2016 when he appeared in 12 games with 11 starts for the San Francisco 49ers. That season, he totaled 2,241 yards, 16 touchdowns, and four picks while completing 59.2 percent of his passes and recording a passer rating of 90.7.

The 32-year-old, who played his collegiate football at the University of Nevada, was originally selected by the 49ers in the second round (36th pick overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft.

He became San Francisco's starting quarterback in 2012, leading the Niners to a Super Bowl appearance that season. However, Collin Kaepernick's production waned over the next several years, and after he began kneeling for the national anthem in 2016, the 49ers—and the rest of the league—shied away from the Milwaukee native.