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Bears’ Matt Forte seeking 8.5 million per year

Found May 22, 2012 on The Football Fan Spot: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Matt Forte,  Ray Rice,  Chris Johnson
TEAMS: Chicago Bears,  Baltimore Ravens
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According to the Chicago Tribune, Bears franchise player Matt Forte is seeking 8.5 million per year in contract negotiations. This report comes at the same time that the National Football Post reported that Ravens’ franchise player Ray Rice is seeking 10 million per year. Forte’s asking price is more in line with what backs like Chris Johnson, Arian Foster, and LeSean McCoy have gotten in the past calendar year and there it’s more reasonable. Though there have been no recent talks between the two parties, I do expect a deal to get done and probably earlier than the Ravens get a deal done with Ray Rice.
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    by [locked]   May 23, 2012   Reply    
  • show me one game..just one that forte was the reason they won..one game he dominated the running game..he is okay but overall far from the best in a weak market of running backs
    by bearforever   May 24, 2012   Reply    
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