How a Devin Hester Trade Can Help the Chicago Bears in the Draft

February 9, 2013   ·   Dean Siemon   ·   Jump to comments

There is no question that Devin Hester was a huge part of the Chicago Bears' success with the Super Bowl run in 2006. But the man who once awestruck the entire league with kick returns has now fallen into mediocrity.
In his first two seasons, Hester was setting records for punt and kickoff returns as he seemed impossible to stop. But with a transition from return specialist to wide receiver that has never panned out to be anything better than David Terrell, we've seen a huge decline in numbers.
In 2006, Hester had three punt returns and two kickoff returns for touchdowns. In 2007, he had six total returns. Since then, he only had one kickoff return for a touchdown. Part of that was due to the transition to wide receiver and limiting his returns.
To be fair, the NFL has changed a lot of the kickoff rules, especially when they moved the kickoff tee from the 30-yard line to the 35. There have been more touchbacks since then, creating fewer opportunities for players like Hes...

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