Unlike this year’s Madden 2011 game, Matt Forte 2010 returns with our favorite feature…turbo boost. So while it is now harder to attain massive amounts of yards in virtual reality, Fortual Reality promises to provide us with a lot more Ohh’s and Ahh’s than, say, any semblence of the ’09 season. At least we know if football fails him, Forte looks quite capable as a showtunes dancer. Now THOSE are spirit fingers.

Buried at the end of a Sun-Times post-training camp day review, lies this nugget about Matt Forte taking a snap in the Wildcat formation. Yes, Mike Martz, with his incredibly complex playbook, has apparently started to implement the Wildcat offense into the Bears’ repertoire. Hey, isn’t Forte basically a modern-day Walter Payton, anyway?

Okay, here is another prime reason why we need the preseason games to start now. Speculation, speculation, speculation… I cannot believe my eyes. Reading this tidbit about Forte making his upper and lower body stronger is absolutely absurd. (more…)

Here is the deal: We don’t have time, nor always the will, to make a post out of every semi-significant Bears-related tidbit that hits the InterWeb. But, to satisfy you readers and make sure that we keep on top of everything, we’re bringing you short and precise annotated Bears highlights every Monday and Thursday. This is our link-dumpish effort. (more…)

The last post of the week; something to ponder as you await the certain couch slouch and booze binge of the weekend.

This is literally the exact photograph you would find in your e-mail after spending 14 minutes talking to Matt Forte in an all-ages chat room. Of course, this is predicated on the idea that you’d be a woman and Matt Forte worked the night shift at the Golden Nugget Pancake House. (more…)

The last post of the week: something to ponder as you await the certain couch slouch and booze binge of this weekend.

Because it seems like the most appropriate way to end my second day (and first week) back as editor here is with an MS Paint masterpiece: you’re welcome. And, because all the talk lately has been about the about-faces of these two running backs, it only makes sense that you should watch for them on Sunday. Duh. (more…)

Sean Sullivan was merely once just a frequent commenter before joining Blog Down. See people, dreams do come true.

Despite only converting 2 out of 10 times on third down, having the ball for only 23 minutes, and combining for less than 300 yards on offense, the Bears put up 48 and blew out the Lions Sunday. In case you were wondering, the Bears have only scored 48 or more one other time in the last decade. So, if we can light it up like that with Cutler throwing for a Kyle Orton-esque 141 yards and Forte only touching the ball 12 times on the ground, then that’s a pretty good sign. (more…)

That’s what I’m talking about! Yes, it was the Lions but a win is a win. Forte finally got into the endzone and over 100 yards. The Bears might be putting out want ads for receivers after losing Knox and Hester for the rest of the game with respective leg and shoulder injuries. But, the offense and special teams in particular looked outstanding and the defense decided to play like they were capable of in the second half. Megatron was pretty much a non-factor and they made Stafford look like he was playing in his fourth career game. I liked the fact that the game turned into a blowout so I wasn’t screaming at the TV. That allowed me to continue to sit on the couch and wallow in the hangover I was nursing all day yesterday.

Well thank goodness for another kicker who is off his game, right? That’s three games and by my count, five missed field goals from the Packers, Steelers, and Toxic Waste Seahawks. It’s scary to think that the Bears could be 0-3 had those kickers not gone all Florida St. on their teams. (more…)

So, as you may have heard, Peanut Tillman practiced for the first time with the team since his back surgery. It is still unknown whether or not he’ll play in Green Bay Sunday night. With four of their first five games against top level QB’s I’m pretty sure the Bears would welcome Tillman back. I’d rather not make Rodgers and Rothlisburger look like little Peyton Mannings out there, and with the 30th ranked pass defense last year … our secondary has nowhere to go but up. Right???????

More tidbits from over the long weekend after the jump. (more…)

National Football Post‘s Michael Lombardi is getting all Nick-Nolte-and-Shaq-movie on us, and putting his finger on who, in his view, are the “blue-chip” players for every NFL team. What exactly is a “blue-chip” player, you ask? Well, Matt Forte is one, so apparently it’s another way of saying really, really good. (more…)