The Tarik Cohen you saw in 2019 is not the Tarik Cohen you will see in 2020.
This is not based on anything, necessarily, I’ve seen from Cohen over the first week of practice at Halas Hall. Cohen looks fine. He's still quick, he's still fast. He's still Tarik Cohen.
This has everything to do with what I’ve seen from the Bears’ tight ends – plural – so far in training camp.
And if the Bears' tight ends keep this up in the regular season, it'll massively benefit the 25-year-old Cohen.
The story said only two running backs were targeted more out of the slot than Cohen last year (Christian McCaffrey and Austin Ekeler), yet seven running backs had more receiving yards from the slot. Cohen’s 1.09 yards per route run from the slot ranked 39th among running backs; in 2018, Cohen averaged 3.19 yards per route run from the slot, 7th highest. Cohen is obviously a PPR-type back and is likely a later target in drafts for those using the Zero-RB strategy.
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