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Matt Forte wasn’t trying to force trade by ripping game plan

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J.

A day after Matt Forte popped off about the Jets’ play-calling in Sunday’s 25-20 loss to the Falcons — and a day before the NFL trade deadline — the 31-year-old running back indicated that the issue has been addressed and that there are no hard feelings.

And just in case you were wondering whether Forte’s strident evaluation of offensive coordinator John Morton’s game plan was a ploy to force a trade, it wasn’t.

When I asked Forte Monday afternoon if he still wanted to be a Jet for the rest of the year, he said: “Yeah, why not?