What does my name have to do with it?
Wait, my screen name? What does a baseball player have to do with football?
As a Bears fan, I am more skeptical, as are most Bears fans, of anything outside of the defense....and Jordan Howard. You are basing your opinion on fantasy numbers. And to that i say "lol".
Howard's a 1000 yard rusher on a bad team up until this year. True
Howard isn't a multi purpose back that fantasy stat mongers drool over. True
Howard's value is and always will be moving the pile forward. I don't see any Bears fan saying Howard is a problem. That, in itself matters most. Couple that with every QB he has had in front of him being inept at making good decisons (including Mitch) of just handing him the ball and getting out of the way, I'd say there's more untapped potential in JH that what he is, which is already pretty good.
Wrong.
The fact that he isn't a multi-purpose back and doesn't have true game-changer ability is why he's not a top 5 back.
Just 'moving the pile' doesn't put you in the top 5. By the end of this season he'll be passed by Barkley, if not a few others. You can argue he's top 10 but he doesn't sniff top 5 in any way, shape or form.