NFL

Forte, Matt

Topps Platinum 2014, #178 (136/172)

Card: Topps 2014 Platinum Certified (136/172)
Acquired: 2020, EBay

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Had respectable college years from 2004-06, but burst onto the scene with titanic 07 effort rushing for 2127 yards and 23 TDs on 361 carries playing for Tulane.
  • First round selection of the Chicago Bears in 2008, almost immediately became a Fantasy Football darling for the next 7 additional seasons.
  • Rushed for 1238 yards and 8 TDs in rookie year, while catching 63 passes for 477 yards and 4 TDs.
  • In every year with Bears, never failed to have less than 1250 yards from scrimmage.
  • Rushed for over 1000 yards 5 times, while narrowly missing the mark two more additional times.
  • Best season came arguably in 2013, rushing for 1339 yards and 9 TDs on 289 carries, while also catching 74 passes for 594 yards.
  • Caught a career high 101 passes for 808 yards during following season in 2014.
  • Signed with Jets in 2016, and still managed to post 1076 total yards from scrimmage (813 rushing, 263 receiving).
  • Retired after the 2017 season and signed a one day contract in 2018 to retire a Bear.

ACCOLADES:

  • Pro Bowl 2011, 13
  • 2008 NFL All-Rookie Team
  • 100 Greatest Chicago Bears of All-Time

A superior athlete and frequently the best player on the field- among the best in a long line of Bears runningbacks.

-Bears Chairman George McCaskey

NOTES:

Well as COVID began to break out across the country and people started losing jobs EBay started lighting up with great values and snipes I could have for pennies. This was probably the best steal I got. Crazy how long ago it all seems.

I remember my company (at the time) telling us that we were going to work from home the next two weeks. We all sort of took it in stride because it was during Spring Break, so it felt good to get out of the office and WFH.

I was keeping a lid on it though. I got out early and went and got my kid from daycare and informed them we wouldn’t be back until this cleared up… maybe… 3 months or so right? We rushed all over town stopping at multiple stores. Things were getting cleared out but I was piecemealing it together so we could bunk down for 2 weeks.

Then the weeks and months went by. COVID didn’t get better. It got worse. At first we were really fine with it. We saved a ton of money and financially I got myself into a better place, but as time drug on, eventually things got back to a new normal- in its own, strange way.

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