Tarik Cohen and Jordan Howard have become the backbone of the Chicago Bears offense. Those two literally carried the entire team on their backs in one of the most memorable upsets in recent team history. It really did look like a no-win scenario. The Bears had just gotten steamrolled by Tampa Bay the week before. They were 0-2 for the third-straight year. Their wide receiving corps was gutted by injuries. To top it off they faced an undefeated Pittsburgh team fresh of a conference championship appearance.
Oh and their quarterback Mike Glennon was nearly useless as a passer. How in the world could this team pull it off? With some classic Bears football. They played solid defense and fed their running backs in Cohen and Howard. In total the two would touch the ball 44 times. The wide receivers? Once.
Chicago fought, clawed and hammered their way into overtime where they would score the walk-off touchdown for an improbable 23-17 victory. It was hard to feel any emotion besides joy afterwards, but Cohen couldn’t help but express a tiny bit of frustration.
Tarik Cohen and Jordan Howard on who actually had winning TD
Most of it had to do with who scored the winning touchdown in overtime. For the moment it appeared as if Cohen did when he ran around and through the Steelers on a magnificent 73-yard dash for a touchdown. Unfortunately referees claimed he’d stepped out of bounds at the Steelers 37-yard line. Video replays were inconclusive and so the original call stood. A few plays later it was Howard scoring a 19-yard TD to put it away.
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Afterwards Cohen couldn’t help but express firm belief that score belonged to him.
Even teammates after the game who saw replays had a hard time seeing how Cohen’s right foot touched the sideline on that play. In the end the final result was the same. Still Cohen has shown himself to be a competitor. He doesn’t like being cheated out of accolades he feels belonged to him. Especially by the referees. No doubt he’s going to use that as incentive for the next game.
Green Bay best get ready.
