It was very clear that the first game vs Indianapolis after the Super Bowl loss (when Forte had that long touchdown run) that he might have made a difference in the SB. I say that, but then Thomas Jones was averaged 7.5 yards a carry, so perhaps they should have just run him more. Or maybe played any semblance of defense whatsoever lol.
somehow Jordan Howard was a better pure runner though
I don't see how that matters at all seeing as how Forte was in college for the Bears Super Bowl.
Matt Forte's first game was vs Indianapolis, and he had a 50 yard touchdown run. My point was, had the Bears had Forte, he might have made a difference.
I didn't say that. I am suggesting that maybe when a guy is averaging 7.5 yards a carry like TJ did, perhaps they should have given him the ball more, and I was contrasting my point that Forte might have made a difference because even with a guy that was averaging 7.5 yards a carry, the coaches stopped giving him the rock.
It was a turning point for sure. But let's not forget that defense also gave up 191 yards rushing.
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It was the topic of discussion on Carmen and Jurco. Carmen said he was hearing things that that was the problem was Caleb's camp wanted to drop the 5th year option so he's guaranteed to get his bigger contract sooner and Jurco was saying the quickest way for that to happen was to play well. He'll get extended sooner if he plays as well as Mahomes did.
No it's not possible to remove it but it's what they were talking about during their show yesterday. That the holdup is entirely on Caleb's end because there's literally nothing to negotiate under the structure of the rookie salary contracts but that guys who are already millionaires coming out of college have more leverage to try things because they've already been paid. So it's basically young guys who have already been paid pushing to up end the current rookie salary structure and that they're trying to challenge the option part of the 5th year saying that there should be the option to opt out of it on the player's end just as much as the team has the option not to pick it up.
They've wanted to do unprecedented things every step of his career. They're trying to push the envelope. I mean good for him for trying to be an agent for change but how far are they willing to go?
2 massive injuries on the defense. The Benson fumble.
I would offer a performance based removal. That gives him even more incentive to perform and be a good leader and is worth it for the Bears anyway if he performs well enough.
“It won’t be long before they have their deals done”
