Jeremy Langford: Bears need me to make plays with Matt Forte gone

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LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Jeremy Langford knows the pressure is on compared to last season.

“It’s a lot different,” Langford said at organized team activities. “It’s up to me, how I deal with it. Last year, it was more, ‘Let’s see what he can do,’ and now it’s ‘We need you out there to make plays.’

A fourth-round pick out of Michigan State, Langford made plays in 2015, finishing with 816 all-purpose yards and seven touchdowns. He joined Hall of Famers Walter Payton and Gale Sayers as the only Chicago Bears rookies with a rushing touchdown in four straight games since 1960. Langford also became the third player in franchise history with 100 receiving yards, one rushing touchdown and one receiving touchdown in a single game.

Langford, however, played mostly a complimentary role next to veteran Matt Forte.

That all changed when Bears management let Forte (now a …

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