If you are a Bears fan like me, you are thrilled to see that teams are still kicking to Devin Hester.  By the way, get out your ballots--Hester is the league MVP.  Tom who?  Also, if you are a Bears fan you can't believe that teams still kick to Devin Hester!  Hasn't anyone read his stats?  Watch his rookie season?  Did everyone miss his 108 yard runback of a missed field goal vs. the Giants last year?  Did they see his game winning return against the Cardinals.  The 2 kickoff returns vs. the Rams?  How about returning the opening kickoff of last year's Super Bowl?  That season was filled with enough highlights to fill a career.  Was his entire rookie season missed by the Special Teams coaches of the NFL?   Apparently it was--or was it?

I believe that I have finally figured out why teams insist on kicking the ball to Devin Hester.  Hester has done it so many times, no one believes that he could possibly do it again.  Its like going up against a pitcher who just tossed a no-hitter or a goalie that has 5 shutouts in a row.  They must figure that lightning can't strike again.  They're safe. 

"The team before them just had 2 run back against them, he's used up more than his share of runbacks.  We're in the clear."  They say. 

My theory (and believe me its the only one that makes any sense to me) is that teams in the NFL still don't believe that there is anything particularly special about Hester.  Yeah, he's a good return man, but nobody takes kick returns to the 'house' with any consistency.   Hester might have done it against the other teams,  but the Bears next opponent believes that it won't happen to them.  Kickoff returns are like winning the lottery--it's rare and it always happens to someone else.

So, they keep kicking and the Bears' return team keeps blocking and Devin keeps running, and running, and running, and running . . .

Run Devin, run.