The Jordan Howard Appreciation Thread

Hawk...I've watched him since he was a freshman in high school....he's one of the best players I've ever seen with the ball in his hands...and I've seen some good one's here in Jersey. Nobody has been better than him. I've also seen him get torched on defense by d3 level receivers. He insisted on playing defense in college because he would "have a longer career"...which tells you all you need to know about him as a team guy. 

I agree...if I were a team drafting him he'd be a return guy and I'd hand him an offensive play book and tell him to learn it.

If he is truly the BPA at the time, yes you do.  By that I mean head and shoulders a better athlete and football player than others available.  If Elliot was available when we drafted this year, I would have taken him over Floyd.

I think he would be a great guy to draft in the second round.  Not a first rounder for me.  I miss having a weapon like Hester on the team.

I'm a much bigger fan of the way backs like Howard and Carey perform in this offense than Langford.  If you want to dominate TOP with a strong running game you need north/south backs with great vision, quickness, and power.  They have it, Langford doesn't.


After a historic performance in Week 8’s Monday Night Football, rookie running back Jordan Howard has finished the first half of his first season as the clear starting running back for the Chicago Bears.

He cemented his role at the top of the depth chart with 202 yards of offense against the top-ranked Vikings defense, the youngest player ever to go over 200 yards of offense in a single game.

“The conversations we had in between series on the sidelines — the things he was seeing and the things he was telling me — told me all that I needed to know that this kid was wired in right and ready for the moment,” said Bears running backs coach Stan Drayton.

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Despite the talk of a three-headed attack at running back, Howard’s 69-yard run in the first quarter set the table for what would be a career night — so far — for the young thoroughbred.

“Coach told me that I was going to be starting and that this is my type of game and he told me to attack it. I rolled with it,” Howard said.

The Bears head into their bye week with some momentum entering the second half of what’s been a very disappointing season so far. They’ll face the 3-4 Buccaneers in Week 10, a game that should be considered winnable for a Chicago team that is getting healthy at some critical positions.

The Bears’ next four opponents — Buccaneers, Giants, Titans and 49ers –have a combined record of 12-17.


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