Devin Hester

abdi7451 · Joined: 26 Nov 2012 Posts: 256 Location: Chicago

Do you think he should be traded? I mean this receiving core is pretty weak and IMO he's no help.
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chisoxguy7 · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 1266 Location: Chicago

I don't think he's doing anything someone else on this team couldn't do equally well. I suspect we see him cut or we see a similar situation to the Clutts/McManis trade.

DaMike · Joined: 21 Nov 2010 Posts: 3366

He's untradeable and most of his contributions are negative.

abdi7451 · Joined: 26 Nov 2012 Posts: 256 Location: Chicago

Yea, I like the guy. Just doesn't do a good job of playing receiver.
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VeniceBearsFan · Joined: 15 Feb 2010 Posts: 1818 Location: Venice, Florida

He's a non-factor. I don't think we could even trade him he should just get cut
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WindyCity · Joined: 26 Jun 2009 Posts: 6842

Hester looks slow and scared.

He has always been a terrible WR that hurt the offense.

He is now a terrible returner who gives up yardage.

He should be cut.
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Nads786 · Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 3693

His contract should be restructured and he should focus solely on returns.

If you notice the dip he had as a return man coincided with him getting too many reps as a WR. He can't handle that sort of responsibility.

I think we should make him an exclusive return man again. I think he'll be pretty good as one too.
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GRRLacher · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 20640 Location: Maryland

I really don't care what his salary is right now...yeah, we paid him "WR" money and it isn't panning out, so just scrap him at WR, and make him concentrate solely on returns, both PR and KR and that's it. Maybe his mind is overloaded...we know he's not the sharpest fella in the world.
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Nads786 · Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 3693

^You make a good point about the diminishing role of KR in the NFL. I would definitely restructure his deal more in line with a exclusive kick returner. I think he realizes his value is not very high.
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IronMike84 · Joined: 17 Jun 2009 Posts: 5990

Lets look at his numbers in the return game:

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Punt Returns:
8.8 yards per attempt (19th)
325 yards (7th)
37 attempts (4th T)

1 additional PR return went to Eric Weems, which would have placed Hester's attempts at 4th in the league, untied.

Kick Returns:
26.8 yards per attempt (7th)
562 yards (17th)
21 attempts (18th T)

13 additional KR attempts went to Eric Weems, which would have placed Hester's attempts at 9th in the league through Week 16

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Hester has never been consistently outstanding the kick return game, but has had an alright year in the punt return game, which is his strong suit. However, his punt return effectiveness seems less than it really is because:
A. We get mad when he runs backwards.
B. We get mad he doesn't score TDs.
C. We get mad when he drops passes, even though that's unrelated to the return game.
D. The offense is so bad, the field position he sets up is largely irrelevant.

Lets not forget, however, that we had this exact same discussion before the 2010 offseason and all of us were proven wrong.
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