With pick number 44, Chicago has selected from two lane, running back Matt Forte. I can run inside the tackles and run outside of the tackles also. And I have speed and power, so I think I'm very versatile as the running. Matt Forte has been brought here to be a workhorse running back. Crowd comes to its feet here in Indianapolis. Handoff, Forte up the middle, blasting to the 40. Away to 35, east to the 20. Forte, 50-yard run for a touchdown. You know, just watching Matt Forte on film, watching here, he can make those jump cuts. I mean, he can plant that left foot and then jump way over to the right, and then plant the right foot and go up field again. You get the same player each week, a static player that can beat an opponent, whether he's

catching the ball out of the back field or running the ball. Touchdown Bears. Matt Forte, second of the day. One was a catch. This one to run. Matt Forte will be the key to this offense. Atlanta knows it. He's the key to this. Screening right to Forte. Makes a falconess. He's got the sideline and he is gone.

56-yard screen.

Man Forte.

He's that guy, you know, whenever you need a playmate, you can call on him. Forte! Diamond Ketch! Touchdown! Touchdown! He's the hardest working guy in the locker room. That is the number one reason why everybody respects. I can really say, you know, he's a true professional. He's a workhorse every single day. Constant a pro. Why, he is a pro. I get to witness it day in and day out. Forte, picking him up, laying him down on the five to the end zone. 68 yards. Touchdown. Matt Forte. Cut at the 30. Inside 25. Makes him out a moment of 15 to the 10. Five.

End zone.

Touchdown.

Touchdown bears.

Matt Forte, 32 yards of excellence.

Jack turns into a Kenyon.

He's away at the 40.

53 yards from Matt Forte.

Matt Forte.

One thousand yards from scrimid.

Chris Johnson, DeAngelo Williams, Adrian Peterson, Frank Gore. These are guys who aren't matching Matt Forte's numbers right now. Matt Forte has just set the NFL record for most catches at a single season by a running back. Forte now over 7,000 career rushing yards. Matt Forte! 64th, all-time touchdown. Third on the list. It's incredible, man. I'm going to tell my kids about this guy. I'm going to tell my grandkids about this guy. Unbelievable teammate, unbelievable friend. It would be weird not having him in there. Great bear of eight years. You say to yourself, why? Why let this guy go? He's been so productive over the course of the season. He's a leader on and off the field. He's a legend. He's somebody that should be in the same conversation with the greats. He's the best player I've ever played with.

We're back. course of the season. He's a leader on and off the field. He's a legend. He's somebody that should be in the same conversation with the greats.

He's the best player I've ever played with.

We're back live with more of the

Spiegel and Holmes show, featuring Bears' Legend

and author Matt Forte, who's here to sign his latest

book, Stay in the Game, making the most of every season on Chicago's

Sports Radio 670 the score.

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