If there is one spot on the depth chart Bears fans can feel good about it’s running back.
The naysayers will immediately accuse me of damning with faint praise based on the question marks almost everywhere else on the roster, but they’d be wrong.
Starter Jordan Howard is much more than a 2016 Pro Bowl replacement player. He was second in the NFL last year in rushing with 1,313 yards including three games in which he got only six, nine and seven carries, second in the league averaging 5.2 yards a carry and with last year’s fellow rookie and league rushing leader Ezekiel Elliott set to sit out the first six games of the season, one could argue Howard opens the season as the best in the NFL.