Andy Dalton, who agreed to a one-year, $10 million deal with the Chicago Bears earlier this week, said Thursday, March 18th, during his Chicago Bears introductory press conference (Watch the full video below) that he’d been told by the Bears that he will be the starting quarterback. That means the former Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys QB won’t be competing with veteran Nick Foles for the starter job.

To quote Dalton about 5 minutes into the conference, “They told me I was the starter. That was one of the reasons why I wanted to come here. So every conversation I’ve had has been that, so that’s the assurance that I’ve gotten.”