How Much Does Matt Forte Have Left to Offer a New Team?

February 12, 2016   ·   Sean Tomlinson   ·   Jump to comments

Matt Forte is about to change titles. He’ll go from Chicago Bears running back to aging running back.
That feels like the transition made by every running back who becomes a late-career free agent. Forte hitting free agency has been inevitable for quite some time now, and he made it official through an Instagram post Friday morning.
"These decisions are never easy, especially given what Matt has meant to our team and community," Bears general manager Ryan Pace said in a statement confirming the Bears' decision to move on from Forte, via Larry Mayer of ChicagoBears.com. "We have a tremendous amount of respect for him. Matt is one of the all-time great Bears and did an excellent job for us on and off the field last season. He was a tremendous teammate."
So immediately we begin going about the imperfect science of disregarding the age reflected by Forte's birth certificate, instead trying to determine how old Forte is as a running back, and how much he has left to off...

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