The Jordan Howard trade rumors sent the entire Chicago Bears fandom into a mass panic last month. Here the team was. They had just added a slew of new offensive weapons. Allen Robinson and Taylor Gabriel at wide receiver. Trey Burton at tight end. Suddenly the Bears offense around Mitch Trubisky looked formidable. Then, out of nowhere, word emerges they might be shopping their best player.
Howard is 23-years old. He just completed the best first two years as Chicago running back has ever had with over 1,000 each. He did most of that with teams stacking the box to stop him. Now just when the box is about to get lighter, they want to deal him. Why? Some misguided belief he’s not an ideal fit for head coach Matt Nagy’s offense, which demands the running back be able to catch passes.
Admittedly with 12 drops so far in his career, that’s not a strength of Howard’s game. Yet he’s still a budding star. Could Nagy really not find a use for his obvious talents? People wanted to know. At last Howard himself was given the chance to address these matters after the teams’ first practice of 2018.
Jordan Howard was informed Bears have no trade plans for him
Everyone knew the questions were going to come up. Howard spoke about Nagy the coach and also his quarterback, Mitch Trubisky. Soon enough though somebody asked about the trade situation. Howard explained quite clearly that the Instagram incident where all his Bears photos vanished was nothing and that his agent was informed directly by the Bears that no trade was in the works or being planned.
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Jordan Howard on his #Bears photos disappearing on Instagram: “Wasn’t nothing to it.”
— Adam Hoge (@AdamHoge) April 17, 2018
Howard says #Bears told his agent Adisa Bakari they have no plans to trade him and he called that “comforting.”
— Brad Biggs (@BradBiggs) April 17, 2018
There it is. Straight from the man himself. Now he could be deflecting to avoid making a scene, but Howard is a straight shooter. He’s not one to deceive like other players might. It’s okay to take him at his word. This means he will be a Bear in 2018 and hopefully for years to come.
