These are A.P's numbers look at yrs with a few carries and the yr he had 151. It happens to all back ups. I would like to see A.P get some more carries 70% forte 15% A.P wolfe

jerdawg53:

If we would have given little Wolfe the ball 100 times he would have gotten 1,000 yards!!!!!!!

SZOMP:

traderumorfromcubs.com:

Wolfe is now averaging 5.5 yards per carry on the season and the Bears are still giving about 80% of the rushing carries to Matt Forte who couldn't even average 4 yards per carry against the Browns. Is it time to at least go from 80-20 to 65-35?

He picks it up his yds in garbage time.  Just like the long run he had today!  We seen what Wolf could do when he gets a oppurtunity and thats nothin. 

He is talanted but with are OL, he wouldt last.  He would get broke.

niu007:

beav720:

Resolute:

Wolfe wouldn't average no more than 2 or 3 if he got more carries. He's only good in limited situations. YPCs don't always tell the whole story. 5-10 is all he's good for.

People dont understand this concept. Same can be said for AP. Go look at his stats. The more carries the faster ur c his ypc go down

Although his ypc may drop with more carries, what I don't agree with is the assumption that after a lot of carries, Wolfe's average would be worse than Forte's, or at least significantly worse, just because he's small, without basing it on any data. We do not know what he is capable of yet at this level, because he never carries it that many times. I'd like to see him get a few more carries. Also, when people talk about leaving a RB in there long enough to get into a rhythm, Wolfe is never in there enough to do that.

None of the Bears RBs are going to average many ypc behind this O-line, today's breather notwithstanding. So you're not going to have a huge dropoff in any case.

traderumorfromcubs.com:

Wolfe is now averaging 5.5 yards per carry on the season and the Bears are still giving about 80% of the rushing carries to Matt Forte who couldn't even average 4 yards per carry against the Browns. Is it time to at least go from 80-20 to 65-35?

OffTheBusRunning:

Didnt we say the same thing about AP when Benson was still with us.. I dont think AP's YPC were the same after he started getting full time duties, in fact i think they were the same as Bensons.  So unless the O line gets better, i dont think it matters who carries the ball.

niu007:

OffTheBusRunning:

Didnt we say the same thing about AP when Benson was still with us.. I dont think AP's YPC were the same after he started getting full time duties, in fact i think they were the same as Bensons.  So unless the O line gets better, i dont think it matters who carries the ball.

That's kind of what I'm getting at. There's not much difference if you have Forte or AP or Wolfe in there. I'm not saying Wolfe is better than the others. Just that there isn't this big dropoff that people seem to think.

niu007:

bearsfan1985:

traderumorfromcubs.com:

Wolfe is now averaging 5.5 yards per carry on the season and the Bears are still giving about 80% of the rushing carries to Matt Forte who couldn't even average 4 yards per carry against the Browns. Is it time to at least go from 80-20 to 65-35?

L.M.F.A. O.....I told my wife earlier there would be a thread like this after the game...it was a big run in garbage time that skewed his numbers....GMAFB

So I keep hearing that you can't subtract Forte's occasional big run from his average ypc - why can you exclude Wolfe's big run? Anyway, Wolfe's average without that run is 4.25 ypc, vs. Forte's 3.5 ypc. So even if you exclude his big run, and then assume his ypc would drop with more carries, he might still have a better average than Forte.

Wolfe only got 1 carry that wasn't in mop up time so it's hard to compare. But still, stop trying to rationalize the nice runs that Wolfe has in his limited carries. A lot of backs wouldn't have been fast enough to get the corner on that play, mop up time or not.

number51:

If Forte was lighting it up I may not go along with this, but what do we have to lose? Wolfe did look good today, and every team in the league splits carries.

I am really confused by some people here talking about Wolfe's yards in garbage time being less meaningful. At the end of a game we are winning, when everybody knows every play will be a run, and he still gets yards. It's much tougher to get nice gains when there is no element of surprise, the Browns knew Wolfe was getting the ball and he still had success. Forte had carries when the Bears were still throwing the ball and he didn't do squat.

68Bearblood:

Watching the game  closely, I think Forte is missing some holes that are there, dont always balme it on the line. Forte is doing to much of running up the back of his line, I cant count how many times he could have bounced it out and picked up more yards, so some of it is Fortes fault.

SZOMP:

traderumorfromcubs.com:

Wolfe is now averaging 5.5 yards per carry on the season and the Bears are still giving about 80% of the rushing carries to Matt Forte who couldn't even average 4 yards per carry against the Browns. Is it time to at least go from 80-20 to 65-35?

He picks it up his yds in garbage time.  Just like the long run he had today!  We seen what Wolf could do when he gets a oppurtunity and thats nothin. 

He is talanted but with are OL, he wouldt last.  He would get broke.

DaBears253313:

SZOMP:

traderumorfromcubs.com:

Wolfe is now averaging 5.5 yards per carry on the season and the Bears are still giving about 80% of the rushing carries to Matt Forte who couldn't even average 4 yards per carry against the Browns. Is it time to at least go from 80-20 to 65-35?

He picks it up his yds in garbage time.  Just like the long run he had today!  We seen what Wolf could do when he gets a oppurtunity and thats nothin. 

He is talanted but with are OL, he wouldt last.  He would get broke.

When will people stop using his size as an excuse for why they don't think he can do it, can't they use something else? Size doesn't matter.

DaBears253313:

SZOMP:

traderumorfromcubs.com:

Wolfe is now averaging 5.5 yards per carry on the season and the Bears are still giving about 80% of the rushing carries to Matt Forte who couldn't even average 4 yards per carry against the Browns. Is it time to at least go from 80-20 to 65-35?

He picks it up his yds in garbage time.  Just like the long run he had today!  We seen what Wolf could do when he gets a oppurtunity and thats nothin. 

He is talanted but with are OL, he wouldt last.  He would get broke.

When will people stop using his size as an excuse for why they don't think he can do it, can't they use something else? Size doesn't matter.

Omeletpants:

DaBears253313:

SZOMP:

traderumorfromcubs.com:

Wolfe is now averaging 5.5 yards per carry on the season and the Bears are still giving about 80% of the rushing carries to Matt Forte who couldn't even average 4 yards per carry against the Browns. Is it time to at least go from 80-20 to 65-35?

He picks it up his yds in garbage time.  Just like the long run he had today!  We seen what Wolf could do when he gets a oppurtunity and thats nothin. 

He is talanted but with are OL, he wouldt last.  He would get broke.

When will people stop using his size as an excuse for why they don't think he can do it, can't they use something else? Size doesn't matter.

Yeah, that's why the NFL is full of 5'9" offensive lineman.

emaugust:

DaBears253313:

SZOMP:

traderumorfromcubs.com:

Wolfe is now averaging 5.5 yards per carry on the season and the Bears are still giving about 80% of the rushing carries to Matt Forte who couldn't even average 4 yards per carry against the Browns. Is it time to at least go from 80-20 to 65-35?

He picks it up his yds in garbage time.  Just like the long run he had today!  We seen what Wolf could do when he gets a oppurtunity and thats nothin. 

He is talanted but with are OL, he wouldt last.  He would get broke.

When will people stop using his size as an excuse for why they don't think he can do it, can't they use something else? Size doesn't matter.

In the NFL? Yeah, it kinda does.