Matt Forte signs w/ NY Jets

[wab]

He was a good player that filled a role for a long time. It's like Trace Armstrong going to the Dolphins.

[Road]

If he wants to soil himself wearing mustard & relish?
Bears have his Achilles, the ankle tackle takes him down 90% of the time.

[RING4CHI]

he wasn't someone we'll be talking about 20 years from now.

If the Bears won during his time in Chicago, we would be.

Don't get me wrong..I love the guy and it's been a joy to watch him.

But it was volume that fueled his production...not skill (I consider availability a skill...but that is another discussion).

He's numbers (average YPC, yards after contact, short yardage conversion, etc) where nothing more then league average. He was a jack of all trades / master of none. He was a GREAT asset for the Chicago Bears....just not a GREAT talent.

I know it kind of sounds like I'm bashing him...but I'm really not. I enjoyed his time here....but I don't suspect I'll ever be bragging to my grand kids that I say Matt Forte play....I will say that about Urlacher.....that's all I'm saying.

Matt Forte is a rich man's (instead of poor man's) Neal Anderson.

Great asset for the Bears during their time that people would still be talking about 20 years down the road if he helped bring a championship(s) to Chicago.

[DaDitka]

Matt Forte is a rich man's (instead of poor man's) Neal Anderson.

I had nearly made the same comparison in my post. Anderson's name jumped right to my mind, but like you said...Forte was a little better....but then again, I was much more aware of what I was watching when Matt played compared to Neal.

[Ormazd]

I'm a meatball fan and I would hate this.

[Boris13c]

He was a good player that filled a role for a long time. It's like Trace Armstrong going to the Dolphins.

not a valid comparison ... Armstrong did not leave to go to a hated rival

I don't want any Bear going to the goddam Packers and being useful ... Peppers going there, being switched to LB, and having success was painful only because the talk in Chicago was Peppers wouldn't fit in a new defense ... then he goes to Goon Bay and does exactly that

but Peppers wasn't an original Bear so not as painful IMO as Forte donning the green and piss yellow and having success would be

sorry ... guess that's my meatball showing

I'm a meatball fan and I would hate this.

I can relate

the Bears cut him so I wouldn't hold it against Forte for going where the $$$ lead him ... but I would prefer his new spot be anywhere but Goon Bay

[UOK]

@RapSheet
Among the teams interested in veteran RB Matt Forte: The #Jets and #Dolphins. His market will heat up when the other RBs sign.

[ysleblanc]

He was a good player that filled a role for a long time. It's like Trace Armstrong going to the Dolphins.

not a valid comparison ... Armstrong did not leave to go to a hated rival

I don't want any Bear going to the goddam Packers and being useful ... Peppers going there, being switched to LB, and having success was painful only because the talk in Chicago was Peppers wouldn't fit in a new defense ... then he goes to Goon Bay and does exactly that

but Peppers wasn't an original Bear so not as painful IMO as Forte donning the green and piss yellow and having success would be

sorry ... guess that's my meatball showing

I'm a meatball fan and I would hate this.

I can relate

the Bears cut him so I wouldn't hold it against Forte for going where the $$$ lead him ... but I would prefer his new spot be anywhere but Goon Bay

I'm the same, hope he does well but it's a non divisional opponent.

[UOK]

@AdamSchefter
Matt Forte is signing with the NY Jets, per source.

[DaDitka]

Back with Marshall

If the Bears don't win the SB this year, I know who I'm rooting for.

[wab]

That's a good signing for them.

[DaDitka]

Looks like Long didn't want him to be a Packer either...

Kyle ‏@Ky1eLong 3m3 minutes ago
Oh thank God Matt Forte is a Jet

[RING4CHI]

Totally okay with that.

I'm happy with John Fox as head coach of the Bears, but Bowles was the guy I wanted.

Jets will probably become my AFC team while Forte is there.

[Boris13c]

Looks like Long didn't want him to be a Packer either...

Kyle ‏@Ky1eLong 3m3 minutes ago
Oh thank God Matt Forte is a Jet

rock on Kyle

I'm pretty happy about that too ... and I wish him well in NY

[Ormazd]

@AdamSchefter
Matt Forte is signing with the NY Jets, per source.

Thanks, Matt, for heeding my tweet. Makes me happy, especially since my son in law is a Jets fan.

[TheSting]

great news, I now have an interest in watching Jets games for possibly the first time ever, and more importantly I don't have to choke back the vomit while watching Matt run up 200 yards against us in twice a year in green and yellow

[UOK]

NFLTradeRumors.co @nfltrade_rumors
#Jets Sign RB Matt Forte To A Three-Year, $12M Deal With $8M GTD

[Boris13c]

NFLTradeRumors.co @nfltrade_rumors
#Jets Sign RB Matt Forte To A Three-Year, $12M Deal With $8M GTD

that is not a bad deal, and I wouldn't have been upset if the Bears had given him the same deal ... Forte will be effective for all 3 years of this contract and I'm guessing will become the new best friend of whoever the Jets decide on at QB

but, onward and upward ... time for the Langford/Carey backfield tandem experience to unfold

[UOK]

Brian Costello @BrianCoz
Forte said he was surprised he did not at least get an offer from the Bears. Said it was “a hard pill to swallow” #nyj

Kimberley A. Martin @KMart_LI
Forte said "there's no friction" between him + Brandon Marshall. Matt said the two hashed things out over the phone after his comments

[RING4CHI]

Brian Costello @BrianCoz
Forte said he was surprised he did not at least get an offer from the Bears. Said it was “a hard pill to swallow” #nyj

I'm surprised the Bears didn't throw him an offer like what the Jets gave him before letting him walk, but it is what it is.

[UOK]

Let the sour grapes begin:

@MattForte22
Me either RT @singinsince3: The way Ryan Pace went after CJ Anderson after not even offering Forte a contract doesnt sit well with me!!

[IE]

Dear Matt ... it is because CJ Anderson has already proved he is willing to work & compete in a platoon of RBs - and doesn't expect to get the majority of the touches. He is what Fox is used to - and wants on his team.

You got your money, but your bell cow back days are over. We're all happy for both you on the Jets, AND also Fox & Bears not having to deal with the likely primadonna response about "disrespect" for you based on the # of touches you would have gotten this year and going forward.

[UOK]

My take on Matt Forte's #Bears departure, & how "no thank you" is better than sliding nickels across the table.

http://untakenblogurl.blogspot.com/2016 ... y-its.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[ramentaschen]

Forte scored 3 touchdowns against the Bills and had over 100 all purpose yards.


I'm not surprised, I'm just still bitter that the Bears let him go.


Best RB we had since Payton.

[Otis Day]

Not bitter at all. He averaged a little over 3 yds a carry last night. His OL had push on the 2 short yardage TDs and a semi could have drove through the hole on the 12 yd TD run. I liked Forte, but I don't think he has much left in him and the Bears needed to get younger at that position. He will do fine in NY because he will not be splitting many carries there.

[Boris13c]

my issue with the Bears letting Forte go is that they did not have a confirmed successor

Langford was hot and cold and had hands like a foot last season which did not inspire me at all that he was ready to step in as the starting RB

Carey got only partial time and was nothing special

so if they used a crystal ball to predict Langford was going to be the man it would seem their crystal is cracked

so yes, I have some serious regrets of Forte being in Jets green rather than Bears blue ... I felt when the Bears let him go, and continue to feel now, that he has 3 productive years in the tank ... and now he'll be doing that production in New York while the Bears will probably go through 5 potential starting RB's during those 3 years

[Boris13c]

Matt Forte’s brilliance rewards Jets’ run-game persistence

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The thing that impressed Matt Forte most was that he kept getting the ball. And kept getting it. And kept getting it.

“It’s a testament to Chan [Gailey, the Jets’ offensive coordinator] that he never shied away from the running game,” Forte said.

It couldn’t have been easy. The Jets trailed 7-3 early. They trailed 24-20 late. They were moving the ball with ease against the Bills’ overmatched secondary, but Gailey never fell into the trap of only keeping the ball in the air.

He kept giving the ball to Forte.

“He’s a workhorse,” Jets coach Todd Bowles marveled.

He certainly was during this 37-31 Jets’ victory over the Bills. He carried the ball 30 times. He gained exactly 100 yards. He found the end zone three times, including a 12-yard burst with 4:02 left in the game that all but cinched the game for the Jets (1-1).

“We have an identity now,” said Forte, signed as a free agent during the offseason after collecting five thousand-yard rushing seasons in nine years as a Bear. “There was a lot of crazy stuff that happened in the game and if you’re not a mentally tough team that can put you in the tank.”

[UOK]

SHOULDNT HAVE CUT HIM

FIRE PACE

bring back MARSHALL

[Stay_Cool]

SHOULDNT HAVE CUT HIM

FIRE PACE

bring back MARSHALL

*barf*



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[Boris13c]

SHOULDNT HAVE CUT HIM

they didn't

they simply didn't re-sign him

and I am sticking with my feelings on the matter that it was a mistake