Bears All Set At Running Back

sounded liek he is gettign some play, pr was at least expected to.

my expectations for this team are about zero considering how little the offense improved. putting some kevin jones lipstick on this pig won’t solve too much imo.

he’ll be the same no hole to run through back he was in detroit.

mike b elects to embrace negativity and post david haugh articles,real bear fans should be pretty pumped about the next couple of years.

The bears had a top 5 quality draft and those players can and will make a difference. They might be rookies now but by week 5 or 6, nobody really considers rookies…rookies.

As we’ve seen in the past rookie rbs can have big first years and this means even more when we are talking about an offense that runs the ball.

This team is starting to look like a rex grossman offense. With the vision to make hester a number one, there is no defense that will be able to guard him in passing plays out of running formations. I just dont see kyle being able to make any of these players better.

rob g report the other day supported this. there are passes that he just cant make.

on “proven” backs that are pricey and jobless for a reason. I could sit here and name team after team that last year produced at least 1 young, cheap, “unproven” back-up RB (and in some cases even 2 back-ups) that came in and torched defenses with 100-yard games just as well as well as the “proven” starters. To name a few: NYG, NO, OAK, DEN, KC, TB, GB, IND, etc., etc., etc.
Rookie running backs can come into the league and be immediately successful because RB is a skill position that requires you to be of average height, good build, and good speed. That’s it. Had the RB class not been so deep and talented in this years draft, I would have been severely disappointed with the bears picking one any earlier than the 4th or 5th round instead of getting one marquee prospect with a pick and then signing as many talented free agent RBs as possible and have them duke it out for a roster spot in training camp.
All that being said, I agree that all it SHOULD take for Forte to come in and be instantly “proven” is a solid O-Line and a respectable passing game to keep defenses honest, which I think hinges on the receivers and much less so on our QBs. That being said, I have very little faith in both of those prereqs coming to fruition, and even less faith in the media and all of the ignorant fans out there not turning around and blaming it on Forte, Peterson, Wolfe, or whoever else we stick in there as being the “unproven” culprit.

Losing Benson and having 3 running backs instead of 4 is a plus not a minus for the Bears running game. Back up Adrian Peterson is a better blocker, a much better receiver, and has better wheels in the run game than does Benson. If you count Peterson’s total yards last season, rushing and receiving, he almost reached 1000 yards. Peterson actually breaks tackles!!! I remember the commentators in the games where Peterson was running saying that he overall he is a better quality running back than Benson. Heard it more than once. If Benson would have stayed, or we bring in a free agent reject from another team, than maybe Peterson goes back to special teams because the Bears are not going to cut their 3rd round pick Wolfe, who is still a project worth working on because of his speed, great hands, and ability to slice the field. With 4 running backs we very likely lose Peterson in the run game which hurts our offense in both blocking and tailback receptions. 2nd round pick Matt Forte is bigger, faster, and presumably even a better receiver than Benson. He doesn’t avoid hits by dashing out of bounds like Benson, he takes and makes ‘em and can drag defenders with him, especially d-backs if he breaks through the d-line with a strong O-line. The way I see it, more playing time for Forte, Peterson, and Wolfe is an upgrade not a downgrade. If there is an area still in need on this offense for some offensive juice, it is the offensive line. The Bears have maybe one talented guard in Garza, but he is mostly solid, not talented. Their caliber at guard is weaker than at tackle. They need a solid guard who is an experienced starter and a monster run blocker…......Where can we get one??? Anyone??

bear fan for life mike b….. not 2005. Im not a band wagon fan nor am i misinformed. I havent a missed a game since the dave w. was in town,,...... so suck it

Ive been watching rex since he was in florida and my point was that the recievers and backs are fast and explosive like the ones he had back in the day(and by the way, put up serious heisman numbers)

you know if anyone on this blog is not a fan, its you mike b. Your comments bring no value to any discussion and your articles are from the same guy everytime. If you read one guy all the time, you’re gonna end up having one opinion. You must find it tough to go around and defend your one opinion especially in an environment where fans of the players you criticize exist.

and oh yeah, hester was not lost this year as reciever. Drakes clarified that when came into the games, he was last in the huddle. It was the responsibility of moose to tell him his route.or for instance against the redskins, when griese came, i recall one route where if the corner didnt back up on a 3 step drop, the reciever option is to run straight. When hester ran a streak, Griese the good qb he is threw an out route.

I choose to remember the 65+ yard bomb rex was able to throw to hester against the giants, with serious pressure. And yeah he dropped it, but the threat of that can open up alot of lanes for forte.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEfWGej1Na8

with future in mind, picking pieces that the offense can build on which in turn would help forte. but clearly my point was lost so whatever. We are talking potential this time of year. Based on past and present, which players potentially make the team the best.

i thought for a running based team to be successful, the defense has to fear the threat of a deep pass. hester and grossman as number ones give forte the best chance to do well

Well when “ifs and butts are candy and nuts-we’ll all have a Merry Christmas!” We’ll know more when the pads come on and we trun-up the practice-till then-speculation is all anyone has…..............