Matt Forte, RB, Chicago Bears (1 Viewer)

[mcd]

I like Taylor more this year. He still has a lot of tread on those tires, and is in my opinion a better all around RB. I see the touches favoring Taylor slightly by the end of the year.

I like Taylor as a player, but I am wondering where the fantasy love is coming from. In 8 seasons, he's had more than 900 yards from scrimmage twice (once when he was a starter and got the ball a ton). He's scored 6 TD in a season three times (with a high of 7 once). His ypc has fallen 1.8 yards over the past couple of seasons and he'll be 31 early in the season. I don't see how he is better in any way, shape, or form than what Forte has to offer at this point.

I like Forte in this offense with Martz running it. He has made running backs in this offense look foolishly good. You know there names. Forte does everything Martz will want him to do. I think Forte is huge in PPR leagues especially, but none the less I think he will produce real fine this year.

I think Forte should do well this season also. As far as I can tell, Martz (as a head coach & offensive Co-ordinator) has never rotated his RB's in his offense. Except for injuries, he has always stuck with one main ball carrier. Unless Taylor wins the job outright I'm not sure how often he will see the field.

 

[Winky the tunnel ferret]

I like Taylor more this year. He still has a lot of tread on those tires, and is in my opinion a better all around RB. I see the touches favoring Taylor slightly by the end of the year.

I like Taylor as a player, but I am wondering where the fantasy love is coming from. In 8 seasons, he's had more than 900 yards from scrimmage twice (once when he was a starter and got the ball a ton). He's scored 6 TD in a season three times (with a high of 7 once). His ypc has fallen 1.8 yards over the past couple of seasons and he'll be 31 early in the season. I don't see how he is better in any way, shape, or form than what Forte has to offer at this point.

Forte averaged 3.6 YPC last year. Then again, so did Taylor. The difference is that Taylor has a career YPC of 4.3, while Forte has YPCs of 3.6 and 3.9 in his two years of play. Taylor, on the other hand, has a YPC of over 4.3, has very few miles on him, and is one year removed from an impressive 5.4 YPC. Martz has no allegiance to either, but the Bears went out and spent a substantial amount of money on a 30 year old running back who was considered the best RB available in free agency, and Martz played Marshall Faulk until he was 32. I don't think Taylor is going to be the starter, but I don't think Forte has any lock on the starting job or on more than 60% of the touches. Taylor has a chance to be a spot contributor and maybe more if Forte, who kind of sucks, stumbles. That makes him an above average backup RB in redrafts.

Chester Taylor was on a much better team with a much better o-line. And backups frequently have higher ypc's. Forte is no elite talent but there's a whole lot of people confusing his dynasty value with his redraft value.

 

[whitem0nkey]

take it for what its worth but just about every report out of training camp is that Forte is much faster and explosive than last year.

he did have 2 injuries last year that slowed him down and now he is healthy. still lot of time to find out how he is going to play this year but its he could end up being a guy that out performs his ADP.

 

[Winky the tunnel ferret]

I agree. I'll be targeting Forte in every one of my redraft leagues. I think he's currently representing great value.

 

[PahtyTom]

I agree. I'll be targeting Forte in every one of my redraft leagues. I think he's currently representing great value.

agree

 

[Rick James]

Forte looks like a great pick in the 4th-5th round. If some of the projections hold true (1300 total yards, 8+ TDs), what more could you possibly want from a RB2?

More importantly, where could I get those numbers later in the draft? Jahvid Best is going around 4-5, Michael Bush anywhere from 5-6-7...Bradshaw I guess in round 6?

Seems like Forte has great value at his current draft position.