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Howard isn't going anywhere without a replacement in hand....
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Howard brings play action and an outlet to the passing game and enough assets to keep around if not offered enough for exchange. The reason there's talk is because other teams justifiably suspect that Nagy would prefer a Swiss army knife.
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He is really good at one thing.
The problem is not that he is really good at one thing it is that he is not even passable at a couple of important things.
Like having a contractor that can only install flooring.
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Spencer Ware and a Draft Pick. But I agree they will have someone in place before the move gets made. They may already have a pretty good idea about Ware or someone after the combine.
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Jordan Howard is better than Carlos Hyde.....by quite a bit.
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They drafted Royce Freeman last year and have Phillip Lindsay too.
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Yes but it's replacing last year's 3.7 YPA, 935 YRD JH, not the 5.2YPA,1313 YRD JH.
His YPA was 39th of 49 for qualified RB's last season.
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I agree that I think thats the plan..... not really in love with Ware's durability though.
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I hear ya, if we get Ware, instead of say, Coleman, the draft RB better be able to rush between the tackles.
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Yes some of this can be blamed on Nagy since you are playing remy's advocate
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If he gets 150 carries in a season, I can 100% guarantee you he won't be happy.
This is a contract year for him, he's not some magical anomaly for a football player that doesn't have money on his mind. He wants 250+ carries and wants to have a great year. This will be the only big contract he will get in his career, obviously he want's every opportunity to earn it.
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Cohen, Ware, Nail, and a draft pick works for me.
But better yet keep Howard, get ware, and spend our 4 picks elsewhere.
But better yet keep Howard, get ware, and spend our 4 picks elsewhere.
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5 picks....
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Given all of his shortcomings, I still think it would be extremely foolish of the Bears to trade Howard for anything lower than a 4th round pick (preferably top 100 pick). He is simply much more valuable to the Bears this season than a 2019 low round pick.
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Bears generally look out for their players and trading Howard is in his best interest in a contract year. 2 million in cap space is an added bonus that can be used for Amos or Callahan.
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With the cap savings of 2 mil, pay tevin Coleman 5.5 per year and it is like a 3.5 mil cap number net the savings.
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What's this hard on for Tevin Coleman? I'd rather just have Nagy hand pick his guy from the draft.
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Short yardage, zone run, blocking. He fine as an outlet as well. He lacks any advanced route running but I'm sure can do a wheel and he's not rump cut nifty but few have everything. He's may not be the optimum guy for this O but he has value and is worth keeping if you don't get a good offer.
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I love Howard and think he should have a nice role in this offense, but if the coaching staff has doubts about his 'fit/limitations' and Pace doesn't plan on signing him to a second contract, I'd rather get something for him.
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He is a good blocker. Short yardage and zone runs are the same thing.
He does 2 things well. When he is on the field he provides no real passing game threat and the defense knows a majority of the time they are going to be running inside zone. That is a lot of information to give the defense.