INDIANAPOLIS -- With a new general manager in place, the Chicago Bears will restart contract negotiations this weekend with running back Matt Forte, according to a league source.

In addition to speaking with Forte's representatives during the NFL combine, a development first reported by the NFL Network, the Bears also have conducted meetings from a suite at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Indianapolis with reps for some of the team's pending free agents.

Phil Emery assumed the GM post this offseason after Jerry Angelo was fired.

The previous offer to Forte amounted to between $13 and 14 million in guaranteed money, a source told ESPNChicago.com, and talks broke down just before the start of last season, when the 26-year-old running back declined to accept the first and only deal extended by the club.