Da Bears 88 Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 K, can we start using this guy more? What was the point of bringing him here if you're not going to use him? Nah, lets give more carries to our FB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Hochuli 3:16 Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 He isn't some kind of awesome player. He is injury prone and I'd rather use him sparingly then use him a bunch and him get hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DABEARSDABOMB Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 I think this is a great point. Jones was brought in to get carries. He has gotten very little. I realize Forte has been very productive but if the Bears are going to be good all season long they will have to protect Forte. If they don't, Forte will hit a big time wall and our offense will really be spinning. Hopefully the Bears are leaning hard on Forte early in order to give Jones a little more time to get to 100% and at that point we'll see Forte get a couple lighter games (15 carries with Jones getting about 15-20). And Brian, I won't say it again, the personal attacks stop right here. You disagree with a thread, state why, don't throw the poster under the bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears4Ever_34 Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 He needs to get more carries because I'm worried Forte will start to break down a little by the end of the season. I'm sure he's in excellent shape and all but its always good to have 2 reliable backs to carry you into the playoffs. It might be a Cedric Benson/Thomas Jones kinda thing. Cedric started picking it up later in the year and got more carries and eventually he and Jones became a good tandem in the playoffs. Kevin Jones and Matt Forte together are better than Thomas Jones and Cedric Benson IMO so I see no reason why it wouldn't work. Give it time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Bears 88 Posted September 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Unbelievable, i checked Yahoo Sports and all he had was one carry. This teams inability to use him is a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzlyBear Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Frustrating aint it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Bears 88 Posted September 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 3 carries yesterday for KJ. Unbelievable how stupid this team is. Yes, Forte is the real deal. But, for the love of god use KJ more! He has only 4 carries the last two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears4Ever_34 Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 It makes sense to use him, he's freaking good! He's only a few years removed from his last 1000 yard season, and he was in a shitty offense for running backs so its not like he's reverted to sucking, they just don't use running backs in that offense. I'd like to see a formula similar to Thomas Jones and Cedric Benson a few years ago with Forte getting a little more carries than TJ. I'd say once Matt hits around 10 carries or so, let Kevin Jones step in for about 5 carries or so, enough to where you give Forte a break but you don't take him out of his rythmn. I'd like to see Forte average around 20-25 carries and Jones atleast 12-15, sometimes more, depending on who's more effective. Lovie is going to find out that later on if he neglects KJ its going to bite him in the ass because Forte could hit a rookie wall if you don't use him sparingly. What's the point of having two good reliable backs if your only going to use one?! Throw some trickery into our offense. Put both of them on the field at the same time. Use Forte as a WR and KJ as a running back. Get creative! Figure it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akshaz Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 What pisses me off even more is that it looks like our freakin' fullback is getting all of KJ's carries. In power situations, I still trust Forte. But, if you're not going to give it to Forte, at least give it to KJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBearSox Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Seems like they are trying to baby him a little bit. If i remember correctly when we picked him up it was speculated that he would be on the PUP list for 6 weeks or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears4Ever_34 Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 What pisses me off even more is that it looks like our freakin' fullback is getting all of KJ's carries. In power situations, I still trust Forte. But, if you're not going to give it to Forte, at least give it to KJ. Yeah and Kevin Jones is twice the size of any fullback. Have you seen the size of his arms?! Dude puts Thomas Jones to shame.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azbearsfan Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Seriously? Kevin Jones is the magic? Come on. We are not losing games because Jones is not getting carries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorbear Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Seriously? Kevin Jones is the magic? Come on. We are not losing games because Jones is not getting carries. Agreed, however, at some point Forte is going to wear down. Jones needs to be getting 5-15 carries a game to take the load off of Forte. Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 3 carries yesterday for KJ. Unbelievable how stupid this team is. Yes, Forte is the real deal. But, for the love of god use KJ more! He has only 4 carries the last two weeks. So take out the hot hand in Forte and use Jones? Doesn't exactly make sense to me. Jones' lack of playing time should not be something to be complaining about now, as there has been no reason yet to take away carries from Forte. Just a stupid, stupid reason for you to piss and moan about. My god, get a grip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ54 Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Kevin Jones missed much of training camp waiting for his knee to heal. He's only been rehabbing for 9 months. I don't think the Bears should be forcing him to take carries right now and the fact Forte is doing so well means we don't have to. I didn't even expect him to get into a game until the middle of October. The fact he can contribute 3-6 carries a game is a plus right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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