"Bears running back Matt Forte refused to provide a timetable for his return from a second-degree tear of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee, but he also insisted that he isn't going to milk the injury to punish the team because of his contract situation.

"I think people just assume what they would do and ask if I would do that," Forte told the Sun-Times on Tuesday at a promotional event at the PINK store at Water Tower Place. "I'm not saying I'm holding out, but I'm also not saying I'm going to try to go out there tomorrow and try to run.

"I can't really rush anything. I'm going to wait until everything is healed up before I get back out there.""