NightLink: Fantasy Football- Matt Forte Overvalued/ Overrated?

but, Im going with him as my first pick…if he is still there. I think he has the potential to have just as many, if not more yards this year on less carries due to the fact that he wont see as many 8/9 man fronts.

Also, he will pay off as a receiver too since he is always involved in the passing game. I pick 3rd in our draft, and, since clearly AP and Turner will be first, i think i can get better numbers with Forte. No way I’m not picking him first.

He’s not an elite back. He’s very good, but I don’t see him as pro-bowl caliber. He’s basically in the next tier down in my book.

Michael Turner is probably the safest bet, especially in a PPR league.

AP is going to score a boatload of points, but is oft-injured and his point total goes from 30 one week to 1 the next. still worth the 2nd overall pick.

But, and this is true for both PPR and regular leagues, who offers you more than Forte at 3rd overall? Maurice Jones-Drew has always been part of a 1-2 punch. Who knows if he can carry the load himself? Marion Barber will be splitting with Felix Jones, and most teams in the league run 2 backs.

And i know the Bears promise to give Kevin Jones a heavier workload, but theyre not gonna take away much from Forte’s value. Playing the pass is such a big part of his game, and I’m sure Cutler would rather move the chains than toss an INT.

People can doubt him all they want, but the guy broke off runs, PURE runs, with 8 men in the box. I don’t see how he doesn’t increase his rush yards this year when they have to play the pass.

Just for leagues that count receptions. Forte had 50 some catches, AP had 31 and 0 receiving TDs and Turner only had 6 recs. So LT and Forte are probably the only top-tier backs who catch a lot of passes.

I am apparently one of the few who does think Kevin Jones will be receiving a larger chunk of the workload – Forte did have an absurd amount of touches. If you’re in a league that counts receptions for RBs, then he’s a first round pick. If it doesn’t, I probably wouldn’t touch him until the 3rd round.

With the prevalence of the 2-back system, I don’t see the necessity of going RB-RB in rounds 1/2 last year, so some QBs should probably find their way ahead of Forte as well.

That being said, if he rushes for 770 yards and 4 TDs and the Bears go 13 – 3, do we care if he’s a fantasy stud or not?

I would place him more towards the late first, however that’s more because of my aversion to spending high picks on second year players than it is a criticism of him, though his YPC does worry me a little. Granted, your draft is a crap-shoot regardless of the player, but I always worry about that second year drop off. I have to admit though, the first round (at least RB wise) is looking pretty muddled all around this year, at least to me. There are so many concerns with age and injury, it’s making it real hard to read the field. I’m hoping I end up with a late pick, cause I want no part of the top of the order this year.

If Jones is the short yardage back then I could see Forte slipping to the 2nd round, but if Jones will just be taking a few more series here and there, Forte is a 1st round pick

The offensive line is improved, as well as the QB position. In addition to that, Hester and Olsen have another year under their belts. I’m certainly keeping Forte in my league, cause it’s a PPR. He’ll have more openings this year than last.

FYI- I drafted him in the 5th round last year. So he was definitely underrated.

I’ve been playing fantasy for close to ten years, but I’m a little stumped in my keeper league. I have AP (all day), Forte, Slaton, and Warner or Rodgers. I obviously plan on keeping the first two. If everyone could step in my shoes, who would keep as your third player? I’m debating between Warner or Slaton. It is a PPR league. Let me know what you think. Thanks!

If you give any back as many touches as he had you’ll get some kind of production. But, great running backs average 4-5 yards a carry. He was around 3.5 maybe that translate to mediocre.