{"id":208135,"date":"2010-01-21T10:31:29","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T15:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=11847"},"modified":"2010-01-21T10:31:29","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T15:31:29","slug":"chicago-bears%e2%80%99-matt-forte-has-knee-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/208135","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears\u2019 Matt Forte has knee surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Bears running back Matt Forte had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee within the last two weeks, according to multiple sources.<\/p>\n

The clean-up procedure followed a post-season MRI. Forte sprained the medial collateral ligament in his knee during the Bears’ 25-19 victory at Seattle in Week 3, but it is unclear if the surgery stems from that specific injury. <\/span><\/p>\n

Although Forte ran better toward the end of the season, he averaged just 3.6 yards per carry, down from his 3.9-yard average as a rookie.<\/p>\n

He finished with 929 rushing yards on 258 carries as the Bears ranked 29th in the league. Forte ran for 1,238 yards on 316 carries as a rookie the year before. As a receiver, he had 57 catches for 471 yards in 2009 against 63 for 477 in his first season.<\/p>\n

Forte also suffered a partially torn hamstring during offseason workouts before the ‘09 season.<\/p>\n

With Forte recovering from surgery, the Bears have at least three running backs on the mend.<\/p>\n

Garrett Wolfe had shoulder surgery almost two weeks ago while Kevin Jones continues his extensive rehab from torn ligaments in his left ankle. Jones missed the entire regular season.<\/p>\n

Also, punter Brad Maynard had his right hip scoped, a source said. His recovery time is unclear.<\/p>\n

Maynard was listed as questionable with a groin injury before the last home game against the Vikings. He handled the punt duties that night despite the Bears’ decision to sign Richmond McGee as insurance.<\/p>\n

The first day teams can start the offseason workout program is March 15.<\/p>\n

vxmcclure@tribune.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Read the original article from Tribune News Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Bears running back Matt Forte had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee within the last two weeks, according to multiple sources. The clean-up procedure followed a post-season MRI. Forte sprained the medial collateral ligament in his knee during the Bears’ 25-19 victory at Seattle in Week 3, but it is unclear if the surgery stems […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}