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Sports Spectrum Podcast

Tuesday Morning RB with Matt Forte - NFL preseason week 1 thoughts, contract negotiations, his 2025 Bears prediction and what we learned at church

Sports Spectrum Podcast

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5661 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today on the "Tuesday Morning Running Back" edition of the podcast:

- Micah Parsons and Trey Hendrickson contract situations (03:25)

- Matt looks back to his own contract dispute in 2011 and 2012 (06:36)

- Reaction to Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward's preseason debuts (23:57)

- Matt makes his prediction on the 2025 Chicago Bears record (32:21)

- What we learned at church (33:01)


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, take a moment and think about what life would look like if you did not have access to God's

0:06.5

word or had never even seen a Bible. That's the reality that athletes around the world are

0:12.0

facing today. And that's something that Matt Forte and Jason Romano and anyone else,

0:16.7

we just can't ignore that. That's why I got to tell you about what our partners, athletes in action, are doing.

0:22.6

Matt, you know about athletes in action and the great work they do.

0:25.6

80 countries around the world that they're involved with, professional locker rooms, college campuses.

0:30.8

And here's an opportunity for those listening to get a Bible in the hands of athletes who need it the most.

0:37.4

Yeah, I can remember being young and my grandfather, who was a pastor, giving me a Bible in the hands of athletes who need it the most. Yeah, I can remember being young and my

0:38.8

grandfather, who was a pastor, giving me a Bible and what that, that word of God has done and

0:44.5

impacted my life. Honestly, Jay, I don't even know where I'd be without the word of God. And so

0:48.7

it's so important to be able to do that, but it's the best way, honestly, to pay it for it.

0:53.0

And to continue to do something

0:54.4

that will last, obviously, beyond you and how long we are on this earth. So the Word of God is just

1:00.7

so important in our lives and getting other people access to it that don't have it is even more

1:05.8

important. Yeah, a missionary who works with athletes in action actually said, quote,

1:10.6

we're desperate for Bibles to hand out to student athletes.

1:13.7

There has been a huge demand for physical Bibles.

1:16.6

So here's what's really neat for all of you listening.

1:19.3

You want to know how you can get involved with this.

1:21.7

It's $22 a month.

1:23.7

You can put a hand or you can put a Bible in the hands of three different athletes every single month.

1:29.5

When you sign up for the monthly gift of $22, you'll get the Bibles in the hands of the athletes.

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