LAKE FOREST, Ill. - Chicago Bears coach John Fox cited Alshon Jeffery's soon-to-be expired contract as a major motivating factor for Jeffery keeping himself in shape during a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances.
"You'd like to think, and I think it would be true in Alshon's case, you're in a contract year, you're missing four games and you've got three games left -- I'd say you'd probably be pretty hard-pressed to be in shape," Fox said.