Comments on: Lovie Smith on Matt Forte: “It’s going to work out fine”

By: lilmiddle78

lilmiddle78 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:16:04 +0000

****aaroncurryisbust*****

As much as I want to respect your sports opinion, :-@ you’re making it pretty hard to do so!! I would love it if you could find just one Player or Coach in the NFL past or present who thinks that Forte is overrated in any way, shape or form.!.!.! For that matter find even one who would say that the man is asking for more than he’s PROVEN he’s worth!.!.!.!

Come on now!! You don’t really believe that dung you’re typing right?? You’re just trying to get a reaction out of everyone right?? Well, mission accomplished, I guess!!
But if you really do believe that scat then I guess you’re just still learning about football and we should all give you a break..

By: lilmiddle78

lilmiddle78 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:05:34 +0000

The main reason that I stand firmly in Forte’s corner on this issue (aside from the FACT that he is a stud in any formation who makes the offense eat up yardage yet can be a homerun guy at any moment), is that the Bears have been stringing him along for 3 years now!!

They never said “you signed the deal, now play out your contract”! Every year the Bears brass has stated “we are gonna work hard to get a deal done that will benefit both sides and make Matt a Bear for the long haul”!! Each game, each year he got better & better and that price should go up. If they had signed him to a good extension 2 years ago, they would have an elite back for a real bargain and their top offensive player would be happy with the front office!! He has said for a year and a half now that the franchise tag is not his idea of a solution but just a way for the team to put it off even longer.. In a few short years we will be talking about his HOF likelihood!! PAY THE MAN!!!

By: johnnyru131

johnnyru131 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:11:09 +0000

Marion Barber rushed for over 100 yards on the Broncos. Bell rushed for over 120 yards against the Packers. So even the 2nd and 3rd stringers looked good somehow with this crappy OLine. So if they can do it, stop acting like what Forte does is so special, because he’s not the only one who has good games with this so called crappy OLine.

By: mendenhallfumblemachine

mendenhallfumblemachine — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:46:52 +0000

Akd1287 there is this guy name: Lesean McCoy….

By: whitecastleisafoodgroup

whitecastleisafoodgroup — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:14:15 +0000

I didn’t realize there were more than one lineman with the name of Kreutz or Garza

One item I agree with that poster is that the Peterson and Johnson contracts were just way too much and I would go further that we will (should) never see a contract like either of those for an RB again.

Forte is awesome, all around back. 3 years, $25 M is the max he should get paid which is a little over what he’d sign as a franchised player. Even guarantee $15. But no more than 3 years.

If not, NEXT! That’s the way it is these days and it doesn’t matter who your linemen are. It’s a business. Being respected has jack crap to do with it.

By: akd1287

akd1287 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:27:51 +0000

Pay the man! He’s the best all-around back in football right after Foster.

By: eaglesw00t

eaglesw00t — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:38:53 +0000

Forte is a baby. You signed a contract. Now you’re franchised. You don’t have any legal options. Not keeping your mouth shut is going to cost your butt money.

By: ernie ernie

ernie ernie — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:14:43 +0000

I’m very optomistic that Forte will indeed be another pain in the Bears arse this year. He didn’t get the big money he wanted and now he has some more competition.
He clearly understands that if he has a great year without injury he will get the big bucks but the backside, if he gets injured or has a so so year, the bears can just as easily dump him too.

By: duhbears

duhbears — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:10:32 +0000

I think the rookie contracts should be larger (or better) for running back. As it stands, you sign them for four years at insanely low pay. Why not just ride ‘em for those 4 years and re-draft?

By: rockbottom37

rockbottom37 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:56:56 +0000

This should be a Hot seat year for Lovie Smith!

By: voiceofsweetness

voiceofsweetness — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:56:30 +0000

Anyone one on here trashing Forte that is not a Bears fan. Name me one Bears offensive lineman over the last 2-3 years not named Kruetz or Garza. Forte just got a watered down version of a hall of fame player in Kruetz and I probably just gave ya Garza.
Forte has done more behind far less than any back in the league bar non.
He does deserve to get taken care of because he does it the right way and is a smart player that would know to get out of bounds Marion Barber. He also needs to realize the contracts A.P. (which Forte is more complete than) or C.J. have already proven to be foolish contracts in this league.
Forte’s biggest weakness is short yardage and TD’s. They go hand in hand in a sense. Again name me that lineman.

By: philtration

philtration — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:29:49 +0000

Forte has over played his hand in this.
He could have taken the big guaranteed money but he wanted more.
He risked getting hurt while playing for his rookie contract money and it happened.
He is going to be paid almost $8 million for one year and he feels insulted?
That is an insult to the thousands of fans that give up their hard earned cash to sit in the cold and watch him play.

The Bears can use more help on the O line and at WR.
Just because a couple of other teams over paid for their RBs does not mean that the Bears have to follow them down the road to stupidly.

By: cap1378

cap1378 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:27:24 +0000

I’ve had enough of this story. Pay him already and stop being cheap

By: sdwat54

sdwat54 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:21:53 +0000

@brennankm46:

Best, most reasoned post on the Forte issue I’ved read in 2 seasons.

By: bcstarks13

bcstarks13 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:21:42 +0000

I wish Emery would just trade Forte because they’re too stupid to realize how talented is.

By: KIR

KIR — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:19:47 +0000

When is the last time a pro bowl LT was in the Super Bowl. Do you see how ridiculous a question it is? That’s how you all want to judge running backs

By: KIR

KIR — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:17:08 +0000

Forte was 46% of the bears offense and the truth is Forte hasn’t made any real money (3 mil) in 4 years! Take out taxes, agent fees it’s less than a mil. Every non 1st round rookie STAR really has no choice other than to holdout complain the last year of his contract. Look what the Bears are doing. 600K his last year and he almost had a career ending injury.

They’ve had 4 backups and none have been productive. I wonder why? Bush is a solid back, but he has never had to carry the load. When he was the stater he averaged fewer than 3.6 yards per carry in six of the final seven games with one carry longer than 15 yards and three rushing scores.

By: rueg10

rueg10 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:12:17 +0000

I’m a bears fan, and no matter what the market or rb’s is now, Forte does deserve a little more respect than he is getting. Yea he is getting a big raise with the tag and deserves that too… Look at the o line he had the last few years! He is not going to get Adrian Peterson money, but like someone else said, he needs to be locked in for a few years at the right market price as a valuable part of the offense. Michael Bush hasn’t shown that he can be an every down back so there is no reason in my mind that we would risk losing Forte!!!

By: babyhorsemorgan

babyhorsemorgan — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:59:54 +0000

“Everything will be just Lovie.”.

By: dobberdubinsky

dobberdubinsky — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:57:58 +0000

Forte looks to be on the way out after this year. I don’t believe Lovie when he says Forte will be happy by the start of the year. With Bush and Bell in the mix, Forte is expendable and will be next year.

By: earlyjk54

earlyjk54 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:47:20 +0000

Not a big market for 25-30 carry backs anymore. Forte should just shut up and play.

By: trbowman

trbowman — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:42:31 +0000

I applaud the Bears. RBs are easily replaceable.

By: maddbearfan

maddbearfan — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:39:52 +0000

Guess 7.4 million isn’t enuf….be better than nuthin. I’d take the 7.4 and wait.

By: troybulletinboard

troybulletinboard — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:38:32 +0000

Forte is a good back, and while he does DESERVE a new contract, he really should stop with the circus of trying to get paid. Just ball or holdout, decide. But going off on Twitter because the Bears signed a good BACKUP is ridiculous. How about 5 years $40M with $20M guaranteed. Make this man happy, we all know cap numbers can be twisted any which way the team wants them to. Run the guaranteed #s upfront so it won’t matter if he falls off in 3 years.

By: aaroncurryisbust

aaroncurryisbust — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:34:49 +0000

Last season was only his second with a YPC over 4.

By: aaroncurryisbust

aaroncurryisbust — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:34:14 +0000

Fatt Morte is overrated trash.

By: cali49er707

cali49er707 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:34:07 +0000

of course it is LOVIE, its easy for you to say after you just recently re-did your contract!!!

By: brennankm46

brennankm46 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:25:53 +0000

Say what you will about Lovie’s game management and in-game decision making. I don’t know that he has ever lost a locker room.

His players love him, and that’s why Bears fans shouldn’t be worried about Marshall’s presumed “baggage” or the Forte drama.

By: woodg8

woodg8 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:24:03 +0000

Oh noes, poor Matt Forte is only going to make close to $8m this year, cry me a river