ESPN Forte Article

cbo0485 · Dec 1, 2016

Pretty good read if your wanting a little nostalgia, and tired of thinking about how bad we are. It's insane the level that he goes to keep his body in shape. Obviously he's doing something right, on pace for almost 300 carries and 1100 yards and he's 31.

http://www.espn.com/blog/new-york-j...father-time-by-eating-healthy-weird-and-green

Warrior Spirit · Dec 1, 2016

Jordan Howard has more yards even with 53 fewer carries. Matt is what he's always been, a reliable workhorse who isn't really going to wow you with many of his carries. Funny they compare his season this year with the Jets to his rookie year cause his average per carry is almost exactly same and very low. Good on him for taking care of himself and having a long career but I prefer the Jordan Howard type rb much more.

BringBackDitka54 · Dec 1, 2016

Spartan said:
Jordan Howard has more yards even with 53 fewer carries. Matt is what he's always been, a reliable workhorse who isn't really going to wow you with many of his carries. Funny they compare his season this year with the Jets to his rookie year cause his average per carry is almost exactly same and very low. Good on him for taking care of himself and having a long career but I prefer the Jordan Howard type rb much more.

Jordan Howard is the GOAT.

Omeletpants · Dec 1, 2016

DJMoore_is_fat · Dec 1, 2016

BringBackDitka54 said:
Jordan Howard is the GOAT.

Howard is yet another in a long line of HOF Bears RB.

Howard
Langford
Carey
Lewis Tillman
Cedric Benson
Rashaan Salami
Moron Barber
The Ultra Back
The shitty midget black guy from Northern Illinois

Ares · Dec 1, 2016

DJMoore_is_fat said:
Howard is yet another in a long line of HOF Bears RB.

Howard
Langford
Carey
Lewis Tillman
Cedric Benson
Rashaan Salami
Moron Barber
The Ultra Back
The shitty midget black guy from Northern Illinois

That's Mr. Garret the GOAT Wolfe motherfucker

cbo0485 · Dec 1, 2016

Rushing | Receiving | Touches
............G Att Yds TD Y/A Lng |Rec Yds TD Y/R Lng |Att Yds Y/A
Forte - 131 2237 9361 52 4.2 68 |513 4318 20 8.4 89 |2750 13679 4.97
Peterson - 122 2412 11725 97 4.9 82 |240 1944 5 8.1 63 |2652 13669 5.15

Was bored so I went to compare Forte's numbers to Peterson's numbers. Forte is the top and Peterson is the bottom. Overall if you add in the receiving, Peterson only averaged about .18 yards more than Forte per touch. I'd take that type of production for another 10 years. Hopefully Howard can provide us the same type of output.

So looking ahead, are both Peterson and Forte HOF worthy, only Peterson?

DC · Dec 1, 2016

Should have let Forte retire a Bear. He was cheaper to sign than we all thought and it would have been great to retain some leadership through these troubling times. Much happier with Howard's potential ceiling though don't get me wrong.

mcmahon85 · Dec 1, 2016

Howard is a good back but he is slow. He has no speed.

bearmick · Dec 1, 2016

Spartan said:
Jordan Howard has more yards even with 53 fewer carries. Matt is what he's always been, a reliable workhorse who isn't really going to wow you with many of his carries. Funny they compare his season this year with the Jets to his rookie year cause his average per carry is almost exactly same and very low. Good on him for taking care of himself and having a long career but I prefer the Jordan Howard type rb much more.

If Jordan Howard has more offensive yards than anyone else in the NFL over the next 8 years, I will be happy indeed.

I love Howard too but Forte was a great Bear. Not a solid or good Bear, a great Bear.

FirstTimer · Dec 1, 2016

cbo0485 said:
So looking ahead, are both Peterson and Forte HOF worthy, only Peterson?

If Forte wasn't a Bear you wouldn't even be asking this question.

cbo0485 · Dec 1, 2016

FirstTimer said:
If Forte wasn't a Bear you wouldn't even be asking this question.

You're right and if I wasn't a bears fan i wouldn't be here. Point?

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Omeletpants · Dec 1, 2016

Forte is a top 5 Bears RB all time. Great player, better person

DMelt36 · Dec 1, 2016

bearmick said:
If Jordan Howard has more offensive yards than anyone else in the NFL over the next 8 years, I will be happy indeed.

I love Howard too but Forte was a great Bear. Not a solid or good Bear, a great Bear.

And I don't see Howard getting there because he's so far behind Forte in terms of pass-catching ability. Forte came into the league with ability to be a dual-threat guy. Howard is not. He could develop, sure, but he's nowhere near Forte yet.

Still incredibly excited to see where Howard's career takes him.

DMelt36 · Dec 1, 2016

Omeletpants said:
Forte is a top 5 Bears RB all time. Great player, better person

1. Payton
2. Sayers
3. Forte
4. Anderson
5. Thomas Jones?

I think Forte ends up over Anderson because of career longevity. Also I couldn't think of anyone else for No. 5 so that's why I went with TJ. I'm not too familiar with the careers of guys like Nagurski, Gallimore, Casares, Feathers, etc. so I wouldn't know how they compare and at the moment I'm too busy to look into it.

botfly10 · Dec 1, 2016

Spartan said:
Jordan Howard has more yards even with 53 fewer carries. Matt is what he's always been, a reliable workhorse who isn't really going to wow you with many of his carries. Funny they compare his season this year with the Jets to his rookie year cause his average per carry is almost exactly same and very low. Good on him for taking care of himself and having a long career but I prefer the Jordan Howard type rb much more.

OK, but I will take Forte over Carey as the 3rd down back and reliever any day of the week.

Warrior Spirit · Dec 1, 2016

cbo0485 said:
You're right and if I wasn't a bears fan i wouldn't be here. Point?

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Believe his point is quite simply you won't see Forte as a future hall of famer if you remove the homer glasses.

legendxofxlink · Dec 1, 2016

mcmahon85 said:
Howard is a good back but he is slow. He has no speed.

He was the 2nd fastest RB in the league after week 8 behind tevin Coleman...

Warrior Spirit · Dec 1, 2016

mcmahon85 said:
Howard is a good back but he is slow. He has no speed.

Jordan reached a max speed of 20.76 MPH in the game vs the Vikings. It was the 2nd highest speed recorded for any player that week. I'm not trying to show you to be an idiot. The facts do seem to point to that though.

legendxofxlink · Dec 1, 2016

Spartan said:
Jordan reached a max speed of 20.76 MPH in the game vs the Vikings. It was the 2nd highest speed recorded for any player that week. I'm not trying to show you to be an idiot. The facts do seem to point to that though.

The article i read had him as the 2nd fastest RB of the season, not just that week

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