Hester no longer returning kicks

[Rush23]

http://www.chicitysports.com/2009/08/07/he...centrate-on-wr/

 

Devin Hester isn't going to be returning kicks any longer (kicks) so he can concentrate on WR. How do you think that's going to turn out? He had 51 catches, 650 yards+, 3 TD's in his first season at WR with Orton. I expect him to do better with Cutler.

[adam]

I still think he should be used in certain situations, but I guess with all the other options, there is no reason to risk injury.

 

[Ed Hochuli 3:16]

Danieal Manning was awesome on kicks last year. I love this move, let Devin concentrate on being a WR.

[AZ54]

DM was outstanding on KR. Hester is still PR which is better suited to his talents, not that he can't do both well. At any rate teams were just constantly kicking away from Hester so having him back there worked in the sense you might get 10 extra yards of field position on a kick going out of bounds but you weren't getting 6 pts. We had to find a way to get the ball in his hands.

 

I wish the talk about him being our #1 WR would die down. I still want him effective as a PR and I prefer there be no push to get him a huge quantity of receptions. He's not the biggest WR and IMO over 80 rec with his PR duties will just wear him down and reduce his big play ability in both roles. I'd prefer to see him in more of a #2 role with less touches but more effective as a big play guy. In other words I'd much rather see Hester among league leaders in YPC and YAC versus # receptions. If that helps him get a couple PR for TDs then it's totally worth it. Those return TDs are demoralizing for the other team. Let's spread the ball around to Olsen, Bennett, Forte, Hester, and whoever our #3 WR is, among others and don't worry about making Hester "the #1 WR" .