John Fox's plan of not having a quarterback plan has somehow managed to work out for Chicago. The Bears coach has been able to avoid a quarterback controversy this year due to the fact that he's only had one capable starter healthy enough to play each week.

(For argument's sake, we're not going to count Matt Barkley as a capable starter).

That trend of one healthy quarterback is going to continue in Week 8 because Brian Hoyer is officially out (broken arm) and Jay Cutler is officially in after missing the past five weeks with a thumb injury.

Fox announced on Monday that Cutler has been cleared to play and is expected to be the team's starter when Chicago hosts Minnesota in Week 8's Monday night game that's set to be played on Halloween.

If Cutler hadn't been cleared to play, the Bears' Halloween game could've turned into the most frightening thing scheduled for next Monday. Just think, with no Cutler, it would've been Barkley (zero career touchdowns, six career interceptions) against the Vikings defense.

Instead, the Bears will be rolling with Cutler, which is apparently good news to fans in Chicago.

Before being injured in Week 2, Cutler was playing like Cutler: He put up some good numbers, but he was also a turnover machine. Cutler threw two interceptions and lost a fumble in less than seven quarters of action.

Cutler went 0-2 in his only two starts of the season, losing to the Eagles and Texans.

It's possible the Bears offense will take a step back now that Cutler's in the lineup and Hoyer's not. During the four games where Hoyer played all four quarters, the Bears averaged 427.3 yards per game. In Cutler's two games, the Bears averaged just 271 yards per game.

Speaking of Hoyer, the Bears quarterback underwent surgery over the weekend. Fox said on Monday that Hoyer will likely be placed on injured reserve.