Great article on Hester......

[Pixote]

Chicago Bear Devin Hester prepares for break-out season as receiver

 

I had doubts as to what to expect from Hester this year. Logic told me he would improve with a QB like Cutler who could hit him on long routes. However, if you read this article you will possibly agree with me that we may indeed have a legitimate #1 WR in our midst. This is a telling passage from the article:

 

He said in the off-season he dedicated himself to getting in the best shape of his life. He dropped his body fat from a ridiculous 4.3 percent to a preposterous 1.5 percent.

 

He spent more time running cone drills to improve his play speed and doing ball drills to help his hands. He put in overtime on the practice fields developing chemistry with Jay Cutler.

 

And he spent hours and hours in the classroom with Drake, watching tape, talking concepts and studying defenses. Drake calls him a "gym rat" and says he has become a student of the game.

 

The result is that Hester now can line up at all four wide receiver positions and run somewhere in the vicinity of 110 routes. Last year, he played only one position, flanker, and ran no more than 10 or 11 routes.

[adam]

1.5%? Not human.

 

110 routes? How do you defend against that?

[bowlingtwig]

1.5%? Not human.

 

110 routes? How do you defend against that?

Wow if this is indeed true, he could have a great year if he is able to catch the ball.

[AZ54]

I don't know how someone gets body fat down to 1.5% other than starvation. More impressive is his increased knowledge.

 

When you step back and look at what Turner might be doing I'd say we're going to have both Olsen and Hester lining up all over the field and running routes all over the field. No longer will personnel dictate what type of play we're going to run. Don't forget that Earl Bennet had to learn the entire playbook last year as well. It could be tough for a defense to figure out and should create some nice mismatches.

[Grouchy Bear]

Chicago Bear Devin Hester prepares for break-out season as receiver

 

I had doubts as to what to expect from Hester this year. Logic told me he would improve with a QB like Cutler who could hit him on long routes. However, if you read this article you will possibly agree with me that we may indeed have a legitimate #1 WR in our midst. This is a telling passage from the article:

 

 

Good read, thanks Pix !

 

I can really see Hester being used as that X- factor. making defenses try to figure where this kid is going to lineup each week.

[nfoligno]

Actually, I am not happy about the body fat. It sounds impressive, but everyone I have spoken with tell me that is actually a dangerous level. At that level of body fat, conditioning may be awesome, but at the same time, there is more risk of injury as some level of body fat does help against injury.

 

I don't know how someone gets body fat down to 1.5% other than starvation. More impressive is his increased knowledge.

 

When you step back and look at what Turner might be doing I'd say we're going to have both Olsen and Hester lining up all over the field and running routes all over the field. No longer will personnel dictate what type of play we're going to run. Don't forget that Earl Bennet had to learn the entire playbook last year as well. It could be tough for a defense to figure out and should create some nice mismatches.

 

[Ed Hochuli 3:16]

Hester is going to have 70+ catches, 1100+ yards, and 7+ TD's. Watch and learn- I've been calling that since Cutler's arrival here.