LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Not even Jordan Howard anticipated the heavy workload he received in Monday night's 20-10 win over Minnesota.
The debate heading into Week 8 centered on how the Chicago Bears would divvy up playing time in the backfield between Howard, Ka'Deem Carey and Jeremy Langford, who returned from a high-ankle sprain after missing a month.
All of the pregame chatter proved meaningless.
Howard played 50 snaps on offense (82 percent), while Carey (six) and Langford (five) combined for just 11 reps.
"I definitely didn't think they were going to lean on me that often," Howard said.