Welcome in to the Under Center podcast, which is brought to you by State Farm.

I'm Lawrence Holmes alongside Jim Miller and Alex Brown.

All right, we got lots to discuss.

Let's talk about the thing that everyone's going to talk about,

Tariq Cohen in the way that he

played. Jim, I was so impressed, and we had heard that they were going to use him in ways that we

didn't see in the preseason, but to see them do it was very impressive. It really was, because

we go back a year ago, it took them a while, you know,

to get to Jordan Howard and his impact on the offense. And right away, the Bears and Dowell

Loggins, the offense coordinator recognized the type of talent and the special skills that

Terri Cohen can bring to the table. Probably even his package in this game, the first game

against Atlanta, I think they used them more than what they wanted because of the issues at wide receiver.

Kevin White goes down.

They have some other issues.

But they could see the mismatches he was creating and I think it allowed him more opportunities.

But we saw him in a, he was the leading receiver in a box set, a bunch set to the right, where he had the overout.

Mike Lennon almost had a second touchdown to him on a throw.

It just got batted away.

He was used in a wildcat offense, almost a spread option offense down there that helped the bears get in the end zone.

And then I think you see his ability out of the backfield to make guys miss.

Numerous flat routes, swing routes routes angle routes over the middle and again is this guy he

took some big shots early pops up makes a play and so dialogue and said hey i'm gonna keep on calling

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