Jordan Howard guarantees Bears will make playoffs

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Jordan Howard guarantees Bears will make playoffs   Published: Feb 26, 2018 at 02:14 AM           Around the NFL Writer                          Ex- coach John Fox believes Chicago is and finally getting out of the cellar of the NFC North. His me sage hit its mark with his former players.      Running back joined NFL Network's on Monday and was asked point-blank to give a prediction about the 2018 season. Howard took the opportunity to shoot his shot.      "The are definitely going to have a winning season. We're going to get to the playoffs. So I guarantee we get to the playoffs," Howard said.     OMG! A football player predicted in  Richard Seymour Jersey February great things will happen months from now! Tear down the house!      As we've noted innumerable times in this space: If an NFL player -- or Cam Newton Jersey  any pro athlete -- doesn't believe he/she can win every time out, he/she wouldn't have made it this far in the sport.      Howard's confidence in a turnaround after a five-win season lies in the bevy of close games the lost in 2017.         "Football is football. We can compete with anybody," Howard said. "We showed that in a lot of games last year. The , the first game they beat us by three points. The beat us by three points. The , we struggled with the first game; the second game we almost beat them. We can compete with anybody in the NFL. You've always got to be confident. If you're playing the game, Troy Brown Jersey  you might as well be confident. If you're not confident there's no reason to play."      The lost six games in 2017 by one score. Howard is correct that Chicago played each of its division rivals close in one matchup with each foe. However, they also lost to the , , and by 10-plus points in each of the other tilts. To go along with their bevy of close lo ses, the also got blown out by 20-plus points on three different occasions.      New coach Matt Nagy was brought in to smooth over those glaring edges and get the over the hump.      Chicago hasn't had a winning season since 2013, finished dead last in the NFC North four straight years, and hasn't been to the playoffs since 2010 -- when Jordan was a sophomore in high school.      To finally Kendrick Bourne Jersey  turn the corner, the must upgrade both sides of the ball in free agency and the draft. Howard has an idea where GM Ryan Pace can spend some cash: receiver.      Already owning one of the shakiest receiving corps in the NFL, the are set to become uber-thin at wideout. , and are all slated to be free agents. should be cut. is never healthy. And mi sed all last season with an ACL tear.      "We have to go after some receivers ... we definitely have to get some receivers in and help Mitch (Trubisky)," Howard said. "I feel like that's the part that's going to complete us because we got the run game down, but now we just got to get the pa sing game going. I feel like that will take us over the top."         The are likely to be linked to every big-name free agent receiver, if for no other reason than they have a gaping hole at the position. That need will help agents drive up the price on their players.      After Pace struck out badly last year in adding Wheaton, letting walk and seeing White play just one game (his fifth in three seasons), it's fair to question whether the GM will be able to stockpile the right players to allow and the offense to take the next step in his development.        This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be mi sing content or contain faulty links. Devin Asiasi Jersey  Please use the Contact Us link in our site footer to report an i sue.