What is the best possible outcome for Tarik Cohen and what is his worst scenario.
As we get ready for the 2017 Bears season, it is a good time to look at the ceiling and floor of every player currently on the Bears roster. Of course, career ending injury is the absolute floor, but we will try to keep it to an on the field scenario. Also, this is the most reasonable ceiling to be set, Mitchell Trubisky is not going to be Super Bowl MVP, MVP and Rookie of the Year this season. With that all said, this edition will look at running back Tarik Cohen.
Best Case:
You can tell from his first preseason game that Cohen is going to be a problem. He wins the job as a punt returner easily and puts on a show with four preseason touchdowns. Cohen makes the team easily and is inserted as a backup and top pass-catching back. All of the sudden Cohen is having a rookie season similar to Tyreek Hill of a year before. He is a passing game threat, change of pace option, and a player who can line up next to Jordan Howard in the backfield. Cohen finishes with 300 receiving yards and 300 rushing yards, but more importantly six touchdowns, two in the return game as a dynamic weapon who changes the face of this offense.
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Worst Case:
There is a reason that Cohen went to a small school, and it becomes obvious in the preseason. All of the videos and highlights are nice, but the NFL is a lot faster, and a whole lot bigger than anything he has seen. He ends being hurt most of the preseason and spends the majority of the season as an inactive. Cohen saw work in a few games during the middle of the season, but some more injury issues had the team place him on the IR, ending his season with just five carries.