Which Chicago Bears RB will see the End Zone more in 2010?
by Kev H on Jul 3, 2010 8:51 AM CDT
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One is a young back, whose breakout freshman campaign was hampered by an injured sophomore season. The other is a slightly older, likely wiser, back who has most recently been backing up a potential legend in the making.
Both talented players, which one will we see make the journey past the goalline most? Follow us to the netherworld that is beyond the jump.
The logical choice is Matt Forte. He's going to be the starting running back, after all. More touches surely means more End Zone, right?
But I think it's going to be Chester Taylor, and here's why. Taylor's skill set, I believe is going to launch him quickly into the go-to, where he'll be in in a lot of red zone situations. These red zone situations will increase his number of end zone views.
They're very similar players, to be sure. If you extrapolate Taylor's numbers from the last few years out to a full season, they're not unlike the very numbers Forte put up. But I think Taylor is going to have that little something extra to prove, now that he's got a chance to get out from behind AP up in Minnesota.
So what say you, fans? Feel free to play around with the numbers in your reasoning.
Forte's numbers at nfl.com
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It's his forte
Matt Forte will have a breakdown campaign, therefore he will have more td’s
by Dozjah on Jul 3, 2010 9:11 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Martz's offense
will bring out the best in Forte. Forte’s skill set is a great fit for this offense.
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Chester
Forte’s not a great short-yardage back, with his upright running style. Both are good receivers but I expect Taylor to shade it with more goalline runs.
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Forte
Taylor really didn’t put up great numbers as APs backup last year, that’s with Minny’s line. I expect him to be a really good option to spell Forte but I think Forte will be the go to guy.
Minnesota's rushing line was lower ranked then Chicago's.
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by Timothy Hockemeyer on Jul 3, 2010 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Depend on how often Forte can break out
Cause his strong point isn’t the goal line.
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Matt Hands down
I think Matt Forte will. He claims his speed is back. His bursting energy is higher. Lets hope so. I live in Minnesota and see a lot of the Vikings. Chesters good but he isn’t a No. 1 back for a reason. There’s always someone in front of him that can score.
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Depends
Inside the 20 – 5 range i believe it is still going to be Forte, but inside the 5 i believe CT is the way to go.
Forte is my bet
I think he’s got something to prove after last year. Granted, he was injured much of last season, I’d be willing to bet all of the negative articles and “one year wonder” hits are eating him up insidel. I think he’ll end the 2010 season in the top 10 in rushing yards. Top 5 in total td’s for a runningback.
Aw man I shot Marvin in the face.
Woot woot!
I love Forte!!! :]
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It's almost a crapshoot
Because last year even when they were inside the 5 they threw it a lot with play action. I don’t know if that was a product of Turner knowing that the o-line sucked or what but w/ Martz on board it would be easy to think that could be the case again. I still think though that Forte will get more TDs but some of them from much longer runs than we’ve seen in the past.
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If Forte is the starter
he will have more opportunities and will more than likely have more scores.
Forte – 7 rushing, 3 receiving; Taylor – 4 rushing, 1 receiving.
Imma go with Taylor.
He’ll drop four TD’s on Minnesota alone. Plus, he has a great last name.
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I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.
I have to go with Garrett Wolfe as the RB that will spend the most time in the end zone....
mostly because by the time the season starts, he’ll probably be part of the ground crew painting the letters.
i think it will be close, maybe forte but not by many.i dont know what the touchdown record for the bears in a season is, but this year we will break it. this is because of the new system and also picks from our dominating defence.oh btw cutler will still throw interceptions, maybe not as many as last year, but we will win.
Forte, and it will not be all that close
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Aaron McKie... Fullback dive...
Oh… he’s no longer around…oh, and and neither is Turner? Well Forte then I suppose…
you mean Jason McKie?
wrong sport, champ.
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by David Taylor on Jul 4, 2010 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, must've been tough to notice
his two comments right next to each other.
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by Steven Schweickert on Jul 5, 2010 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Ah, I love that movie.
It’s one of the first DVD’s I ever bought! Lol
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Ditto
I have no idea how many times my roommate in college (Packer fan; shouldn’t I get a Congressional Medal of Honor or something? ;-)) and I watched that as a drinking movie. Good times.
by Steven Schweickert on Jul 5, 2010 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions
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by Steven Schweickert on Jul 4, 2010 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm inclined to say
Taylor will have more TDs, but Forte will have the better overall numbers- att, rec, yds, etc. If I’m not mistaken CT is the better runner in between the tackles.
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Forte.
If Forte’s recovered, it’ll be him.
by Steven Schweickert on Jul 4, 2010 7:33 PM CDT reply actions
Agreed
a healthy Matt Forte should get more touches… more touches equates to more chances to score
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by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Jul 6, 2010 8:57 AM CDT up reply actions
More scores equal more wins
And more wins equals a Super Bowl.
Ergo, Forte healthy = Super Bowl. ;-)
by Steven Schweickert on Jul 6, 2010 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions
RB in red zone
I think it’ll be Forte, because he’ll get a few more carries.
Even when he was with the Vikings , Chester could " scoot " for 30 to 40 yards. We don’t have the Vikes OL. and I think Matt needs the linemen to be almost prefect in helping Matt set them up in order to break off of them to gain max yardage. Chester will do more with less. The one thing that concerns me is that many times – Chester cuts using his toes. If hit on the inside of a knee while doing that , then he would get injured. But Chester has the moves LB Brian asked about. I can be ok with a couple burst of 30 or 40 yds,. in say ,even half of the 16 games. That plus his receiving yds. in a Martz offense. Teams have video of Matt with the Bears OL and can get a feel for his preferences in gaining yards. They don’t know what to expect from Chester. Chester will get to see more of the END ZONE,beginning around the third or fourth game.
Walter Payton also cut using his toes. Not to say that Chester is of Walter's calibre.
Chester has been pretty durable, and he doesn’t have a lot of milage on his legs. I’m expecting great things from the RBs this season.
Neither
Forte-
Rush: 175, 775, 3 TD’s
Rec.: 45, 420, 3 TD’s
Taylor-
Rush: 95, 400, 4 TD’s
Rec.: 32, 280, 2 TD’s
by I Have Bearsititis on Jul 6, 2010 10:56 AM CDT reply actions
those wouldn't be bad numbers...
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by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Jul 6, 2010 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions
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