Matt Forte: Words can't describe playoff football in Chicago (Hour 2)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In the second hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by legendary Bears running back Matt Forte to share his major takeaways from the team's turnaround 2025 season. He also previewed the Bears-Packers showdown in the wild-card round. After that, Spiegel and Holmes debated whether the Bears' breakthrough season would be ruined by a loss to the rival Packers in the playoffs.

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0:00.0	Here's the Chicago offense.
0:02.7	Matt Forte, Tulane University.
0:04.7	Touchdown Bears!
0:06.6	A dramatic catch by Matt Forte.
0:10.5	Matt Forte.
0:11.5	Forte.
0:12.5	50-yard run for a touchdown.
0:15.0	You know, just watching Matt Forte on film, watch him here, he can make those jump cuts.
0:20.1	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.
0:26.8	Ten year NFL veteran. Mike Martz. Mike, we talk with Matt Forte once a week. Oh, my guy. Oh, my guy. I love Matt. I just love Matt.
0:35.9	Two-time Pro Bowl selection.
0:43.0	Hey, Matt, I saw that this year, the Bears have four dudes with 600 receiving yards.
0:52.4	Okay? That's the first time that that has happened with four members of one bear's offense having 600 receiving yards or more since... 2013.
0:53.9	And who were the dudes?
0:55.4	Who were the four dudes on your team?
0:57.1	Yes, you were one of them, Matt.
0:58.9	I would say me.
1:01.0	Yes.
1:01.9	Alshon Jeffrey, Brandon Marshall, and Marchel has been.
1:06.3	You're right.
1:07.0	Matt's top 10, though.
1:09.0	Second leader in Russia in the NFL does everything for us.
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