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weighing his difficult decision — to continue a terrific playing career or walk away from the game he loves.On Wednesday Stephen Denmark Chicago Bears Jerseys , one of the NFL’s most versatile running backs carried the ball for the final time.The 32-year-old Forte announced his retirement from playing after 10 NFL seasons in a humble and heartfelt statement on Twitter and Instagram.“It’s time for the workhorse to finally rest in his stable,” Forte wrote.He had one year remaining on his contract with the Jets, but knee issues during his two seasons in New York, as well as his age, made him a likely salary cap casualty this offseason.Instead, Forte went out on his own terms.“For the past 10 years, I’ve been blessed to play professionally a game that I’ve loved since I was 6 years old,” Forte wrote. “But after much prayer and reflection, I’ve decided to retire from the NFL.”The move saves the Jets $3 million on their salary cap — the same amount if they had released him.Forte’s 9,796 yards rushing rank him 33rd on the NFL’s career list. He also had 554 receptions Chicago Bears Jerseys Stitched , including setting the league record for running backs with 102 catches in 2014.His 14,468 yards from scrimmage over the past 10 years are the most of any NFL player during that span.Forte spent his first eight seasons with Chicago after being drafted in the second round out of Tulane in 2008. With the Bears, he established himself as one of the best all-around running backs in the league as an electrifying presence who could make plays running or catching the ball out of the backfield.Forte ran for more than 1,000 yards in five of his eight seasons with Chicago, and caught at least 50 passes six times.He became a free agent after the 2015 season, and the Jets signed him to a three-year, $12 million contract.Forte led New York with 813 yards rushing, but it was a career low for the running back who ended the season on injured reserve. He had arthroscopic surgery on the knee at the end of the 2016 season to repair a torn meniscus.Forte was ready for the season opener, but swelling in the knee worsened last November and Forte said he was “basically playing on one leg” since. He ended up on injured reserve to end the season for the second straight year.He had a career-low 381 yards rushing on just 103 carries last season and ran for two touchdowns, and also had 37 catches for 293 yards — the second-lowest totals of his career — and one TD.Forte said late last season that he had no intentions of calling it a career Stephen Denmark Jersey 2019 , despite saying he did not produce “up to standards.” But he changed his mind during the past few weeks.“While my heart is a bit heavy as I close this chapter of my life,” Forte wrote, “I am excited about what the future holds.”Forte thanked his parents, wife, agent, the Bears, the Jets and the fans in his statement. He called his career “a miracle” and said playing in Chicago allowed him “to live out my childhood dream in playing for the Bears.”For the Jets, Forte’s decision opens a spot in the backfield. Bilal Powell led New York with a career-high 772 yards rushing and five touchdowns, and caught 23 passes for 170 yards. He is signed through next season and is expected back.The Jets also have Elijah McGuire, who had 315 yards rushing and a touchdown in his rookie season after being drafted in the sixth round out of Louisiana-Lafayette. Jeremy Langford Cheap Stephen Denmark Jersey , Jahad Thomas, Akeem Judd are also on the roster, but the Jets are likely to target a running back in free agency or in the draft in April. This shouldn’t come as a surprise considering the state of the position in Chicago."Now that the Chicago Bears have confirmed the report that they will cut kicker Cody Parkey after the league year starts — giving him a June 1st designation to push some of his dead money to 2020 — they’re once again trying to solve the revolving door at the position since they cut Robbie Gould before the 2016 season. Conner Barth was underwhelming during ‘16 and ‘17. They had Andy Phillips in camp in ‘17 and claimed Roberto Aguayo a week after cutting Phillips that same season. But Aguayo didn’t even last a month in Chicago. When Barth was released in November that year, they signed Cairo Santos to kick, but he was injured a couple weeks later leading to Mike Nugent being signed. And then finally Parkey was inked in March of 2018. All caught up now?With Parkey out, the only kicker on the roster is undrafted free agent Redford Jones on a reserve/future contract, but that’s not gonna be enough for a camp competition. Chicago general manager Ryan Pace says they will “explore every avenue” to fix the on-going problem at kicker. One of those options is to bring in a rookie, and the Bears are reported to have met with all three kickers at the NFL Combine according to Chris Emma of 670 The Score.Cole Tracy from LSU, Matt Gay from Utah, and Austin Seibert from Oklahoma are the only kickers invited to Indianapolis and all three are apparently on the Bears’ radar. Tracy was perfect on extra points (42 for 42) and 29 of 33 on field goals (87.9%) Youth Dan Hampton Jerseys , for 129 points. Gay also didn’t miss an extra point (45 for 45) and he was 26 of 31 on FGs (83.9%), with 123 points. Siebert missed one extra point last season (87 for 88) and he was 17 of 19 on FGs (89.5%), with 138 points scored. He was also the punter for the Sooners with a 41.7 average in his four year career on 179 punts, although he is not expected to punt moving forward in his career. Some scouts peg Tracy and Gay as possible draft picks, with Siebert likely going the UDFA route. There are a few veterans on the market, the best being 43-year old Matt Bryant, but we’ll find out Chicago’s plans in a couple weeks when free agency gets rolling.