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ESPN Chicago's Tom Waddle joins "Mike & Mike in the Morning" to discuss the Matt Forte contract and what he expects out of Jay Cutler this season now that he has Brandon Marshall to throw to....

ESPN Chicago's Tom Waddle joins "Mike & Mike in the Morning" to discuss the Matt Forte contract and what he expects out of Jay Cutler this season now that he has Brandon Marshall as a target....

Support from teammates remains unwavering regarding franchise-tagged running back Matt Forte and his battle with the Chicago Bears organization to secure a long-term contract.

If the sides don't put together a contract extension soon, the next development in the Matt Forte contract saga could take place next Monday when the league allows teams to apply the franchise tag to players. Read the entire story....

If the sides don't put together a contract extension soon, the next development in the Matt Forte contract saga could take place next Monday when the league allows teams to apply the franchise tag to players.

Bears running back Matt Forte's fast start to the 2011 season has not resulted in progress towards a contract extension, according to general manager Jerry Angelo.

Coming off the most productive game of his career, Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte admitted Monday his contract situation with the team has been a distraction, and the two sides are way off in their talks.

Watching the Kreutz talks play out shouldn't instill confidence in Forte's.

The Chicago Bears paid running back Matt Forte well when they signed him in July to a contract extension. So perhaps it's time to start using him, considering he's carried the ball 20 times or more in just two games all season. Offensive coordinat...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The four-year, $14 million contract the Bears gave running back Michael Bush in the offseason seems like a wise investment now that starter Matt Forte is dealing with a right ankle sprain. With Forte sidelined in practice this...

CHICAGO -- If you expected Matt Forte to say now that he has his new contract, it doesn't matter how many touchdowns he scores, you were wrong. If you expected him to somehow stop running as if every step was an attempt to prove he was truly one o...

Matt Forte demonstrates he deserves a big part in balanced Bears offense.

Part of ESPN The Magazine's NFL preview is a narrative of how Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte kept his head together during the year-long process that ended with his new four-year contract last month. Seth Wickersham offered insight into the up...

MATT FORTE WAS OPEN TO THE MEETING. His agent had advised against it because NFL players typically don't attend their own contract negotiations. Players are inherently emotional, negotiations are inherently confrontational and this negotiation, betwe...

ESPNChicago's Jeff Dickerson joins ESPN Radio's Scott Van Pelt show to discuss the health of Brian Urlacher, if Matt Forte's contract will hurt his play, having Shea McClellin as a secret weapon and other newly acquired weapons....

Pissed off and disrespected, Matt Forte was looking like another expendable workhorse, so how did he land a monster contract? In ESPN The Magazine, Seth Wickersham writes about case study in NFL leverage.