If you talk to most NFL experts, they know that one area the Chicago Bears could improve is running back. No, that doesn’t mean Jordan Howard is a bad running back nor does it mean that anyone who suggests the Bears need to upgrade at running back means they are dogging Howard.
Howard doesn’t fit this offense, and he doesn’t fit it on multiple levels. The biggest issue is pass catching, and while Howard improved his pass catching abilities coming into last season, he still wasn’t able to do anything with the football once he caught it, which, in the Matt Nagy offense, he needs running backs that can make things happen in space once they’ve caught the football and are headed up field.