There’s no short list of free agents the Bears can sift through to find a Tarik Cohen-type player to fill his void. There is no Cohen type. At his best, he’s an inimitable offensive weapon.
So when the Bears called up undrafted rookie Artavis Pierce from the practice squad, the idea was not for him to “replace” Cohen.
“He’s explosive, he can run the ball, he can run routes — at this level, that’s what it takes to be a running back,” Pierce said. “I can do a little bit of that. I’m not as shifty as him, but I got a little shiftiness to do the same thing.