Tag Archives: Devin Hester
Fantasy Football Tier Rankigs: Wide Receivers
In several mock drafts, Larry Fitzgerald, Randy Moss, and Andre Johnson have taken turns being the first receiver off the board, and all three have found themselves drafted in the first round on at least a few occasions. But those are easy calls. It’s difficult to assess talent and environment, and after the first tier [...]
Up for grabs: Is Plaxico coming to a team near you?
Free agent wide receiver Plaxico Burress should be eligible to play in 2009. On Monday, June 15, his weapons-possession case was adjourned until September 23. Burress, who shot himself in the thigh with an unlicensed gun at a nightclub last November, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and could face a minimum of [...]
Monday NFL Minute: Titans, Bills keep rolling at 4-0, Broncos, Cowboys fall from the ranks of the unbeaten
Sunday was an action-filled day in the NFL. We saw the number of unbeaten teams reduced from six to four, a career day from Brett Favre, a couple of vintage performances, an extension of misery for a few teams, including one (at least) who’ll likely have a new coach in the coming days. All in [...]
The Good, The Bad, The Forgettable: Matt’s NFL Week 1 Awards
Opening week has come to a close, and it surely rocked the entire foundation of the league in many ways. Reigning MVP Tom Brady suffered a season-ending knee injury, Brett Favre got a “W” for the Jets and NOT the Packers, the Bears upset the Colts on Sunday Night Football, giving them their first opening [...]
Bears RS/WR Devin Hester gets 4-year extension
What do Lance Briggs, Alex Brown, Desmond Clark, Robbie Gould, Tommie Harris, and Brian Urlacher all have in common? That’s right! The Chicago Bears have showed them all the money this offseason. Well, now they are showing it to Devin Hester too. ESPN reports that Hester agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $30 million. [...]
Hester holdout hurts him and Bears, and he apparently realized that Friday
No one argues that Chicago Bears return star and now also full-time-receiver Devin Hester is underpaid, as he is in the third year of his four-year rookie deal that pays him less than $450,000. Hester has become the best return man in NFL history, with 11 kick returns for touchdowns in two seasons, a total [...]
Can Reggie Bush be great in ’08?
Big things have been expected of Reggie Bush since he was taken #2 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft, but he’s had trouble living up to those expectations thus far. Shotgun Spratling gives his take on what it will take for Bush to have a real breakout season in 2008.
2008 NFL Draft Analysis: Special Teams – These guys put the ‘special’ in special teams.
Special teams will never be the same. Game winning kicks, botched snaps, kickoffs being returned for touchdowns, and punts being downed inside the 5 yard line have truly made special teams special.
Top 10 Moments of the 2007 NFL Season: 6-10.
With the 2007 season ending in storybook fashion (not for the folks in Foxborough), we can sit and look back upon a season saturated in memorable moments.
