Ep. 106: Matt Forte joins the pod and shares his favorite moments as a Bear

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2018

⏱️ 17 minutes

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On the heels of his retirement announcement, Matt Forte joins the Under Center Podcast and announces that he will retire as a Bear. He also shares his favorite NFL memory, remembers those who inspired him and explains why he would say ‘no deal’ to a Jordan Howard for Jarvis Landry trade. The Bears second all-time leading rusher joins Chuck Garfien & Bears Insider JJ Stankevitz.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome in to an under center podcast special on NBC Sports Chicago.
0:10.0	I'm JJ Stankovitz.
0:11.2	Our guest today is former Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte, who stopped by our downtown
0:15.9	studios on Monday here at NBC Sports Chicago to talk with Chuck Garfin and myself about his standout 10-year
0:22.0	career, his favorite memories from it, what's in store for him after football, and this was
0:26.3	pretty interesting his feelings on Jordan Howard. Forte even broke some news when he was sitting
0:30.6	down with Chuck and me, so without further ado, let's jump into it. Here's our interview with
0:35.0	Matt Forte. Hey, everybody, Chuck Garfond here with JJ Stinkiewicz.
0:38.3	Oh, do we have a treat for Bears fans. We're live on Facebook and with former Bears running back,
0:43.3	Matt Forte. Send us your questions from Matt. He's going to answer them as we cover a range of topics.
0:51.3	You're retired at the ripe old age of 32.
0:55.0	Two, yeah. How does that feel?
0:57.0	I think retired is a, it's a funny name, you know, because there's tired put in there.
1:03.0	I think I'm just tired right now. You know, I still got to go through the paperwork and all that stuff.
1:08.0	I'm going to mess with my wife a little bit. Maybe I do a little Brett Farr, you know, just skip camp.
1:13.4	No, I'm just joking.
1:15.4	But no, I played 10 years, and it was great 10 years.
1:18.6	Obviously, most of my time in Chicago, and it was awesome, you know, being here.
1:22.8	And I'm back.
1:24.4	You're back, and you're going to live here with your wife and kids.
1:27.3	That's great.
1:28.3	You're a Chicagoan, officially a Chicagoan because you lived in the suburbs before.
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