"The Bears could put the franchise tag on Forte next offseason and pay him what's expected to be around $8 million for 2012. But will Forte be as cooperative as he was this last offseason? In addition, with a handful of traditionally aggressive teams struggling to get production at running back, the Bears might have to strike while the proverbial iron is hot before next year's NFL draft. Depending on how he finishes the season, Forte could net at least a second-round pick, which would allow the Bears to recoup their initial investment in him (ESPN)."
If the Bears trade Forte they are the dumbest football team in the NFL only behind the Seattle Seahawks. Forte, in my opinion, is the 2nd or 3rd best RB in the entire football league (Peterson/McFadden or the only other one's I put above him, maybe Ray Rice). He does everything right now for this offense, and he does it with a below average offensive line.
What doesn't Forte do? He catches a ton of passes, he can run any which way on the field. I mean we have even seen Martz change his stupid pass happy offense a little bit last week, because this guy is on fire.
You are going to trade all of that for a 2nd round pick? You have to be out of your fucking mind. Right now, Forte is that offense, he is only 25 years old, so the Bears would be smart to lock him up to a 3-4 year deal.
Before you give me this whole "Well, he only had 119 yards rushing coming into that last game" (which he blew up for 205 rushing yards) look closer at the stats. Two of those game he didn't get anymore then 10 rushing attempts. On top of that he caught 22 passes for 287 yards in those 3 games. Not many RBs put up those kinds of numbers.
Basically, I am sick of Forte not getting the credit he deserves.
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