Devin Hester gives the Bears the fastest receivers known to mankind

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Chasing Devin Hester is futile

You have Hester lining up on one side with speed to burn and Bernard Berrian lining up on the other side with speed to burn. Should you double Hester? Won’t that leave Berrian one on one?

Does this mean the Bears might stand for something more than just run crushing pass stopping defense?

The Bears are experimenting with Devin Hester at wide receiver and so far, without pads, Devin is looking awful fast and awful shifty.

Hester continued a trend that began during offseason workouts by standing out like a flashing neon light during the Bears’ first training camp practice at Olivet Nazarene University on Friday. The cornerback-turned-receiver lined up split wide, in the slot and in the backfield. He looked like a natural while running routes and catching long and short passes. source

What, no way, you say?

The cornerback-turned-receiver lined up split wide, in the slot and in the backfield. He looked like a natural while running routes and catching long and short passes.

We all remember Devin for his exciting rookie season, like who could forget the Cardinals game?

Hester proved his big-play ability during his rookie season by returning an NFL-record six total kicks or punts for touchdowns before opening Super Bowl XLI with an electrifying 92-yard kickoff return against the Colts, prompting the Bears to attempt to get the ball in his hands more often by moving him to offense full-time.

Devin has doubters

There are doubters out there that say Devin will never make the transition as very few players are able to convert from defense to offense.

There are even those that say Devin tried to play receiver at Miami, but struggled with the playbook. Dan Werner was Miami’s offensive coordinator and is now at Mississippi and said he saw no evidence that Devin had a hard time absorbing the playbook.

”We’d only get him for about five minutes a day, and we’d give him four or five plays and use him whenever we could,” Werner said. ”The things we did with him he picked up fine. I don’t know what it would be like to give him the whole game plan, but we didn’t have any issues.”

Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turner said Hester’s route-running and ability to absorb offensive plays and terminology are what has surprised him most about what thus far has looked like a seamless transition.

The All Powerful Bears

Don’t look now, but with an improved Rex Grossman, Cedric Benson coming into his own at tailback, rookie Greg Olson at Tight End, and then Berrian and Hester at wideouts, the Bears are shaping up to be one powerful offensive team or at least much improved over last year.

Now here is the key! Watch as a team plays the Bears. The Bears defense finds a way for their offense to get excellent field position. Now add in more firepower on offense and look out!

This is all conjecture at this point, because they have not even put on the pads, but what if Devin is All Pro potential? How would you stop the Bears?

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