Howard still has a way to go

I spend a lot of time on fantasy football forums and the amount of people who think he's going to be a lot better than Langford is ridiculous. I think he's going to be good but there's just this blind hatred for Langford this year that is odd. Langford is more of a product of a bad team than lack of talent.

What happened in the fantasy community is everyone read an article about how Langford was one of the worst RBs in the NFL even though he did just fine for fantasy owners. This year people see the shiny new Howard and expect him to be better because Langford is supposedly so bad. When Howard gets in everyone sees him rattle off some huge gains and the love fest begins. What everyone failed to see is how Howard got those big gains and what happened when the huge holes were not there for him.

I'm not trying to put down Howard or Langford here. I've just been trying to make everyone aware of the situation. I still think Howard is good along with Langford but they need better blocking and play calling.

Exactly right and I'm glad some people realize this.  Howard may be pretty darn good but he certainly hasn't done anything to prove it yet, not like some seem to think.  Not only did he have that 36 yard run through a huge hole he also had a 14 yard run through another huge hole.  His other 7 carries were all 3 yards and less, two of them were -3 each.

Opportunity is what makes him so attractive in fantasy football. Being on the Bears is what scares away all the others. I really hope he plays well along with the OL.