Hester has arrived
Posted by Bob LeGere on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 23:26
Anyone who doesn’t think Devin Hester is a legitimate No. 1 receiver hasn’t been paying attention to the past three games.
In that time, Hester has 21 catches, and only the Cardinals’ Larry Fitzgerald has more. Hester’s 21 receptions have produced 265 yards. Maybe even more impressive, in the past two games, Hester has been targeted by Jay Cutler 17 times, and he has 15 catches, meaning that he’s getting open and he’s catching everything close.
For the season, Hester has 35 receptions, 10 more than the nearest teammate, Earl Bennett. Hester has 454 receiving yards, 120 more than Bennett, who is second. That puts Hester on pace for 80 catches and 1,038 yards, which look a lot like go-to-guy numbers.
lets wait and see how he does against some of the better teams coming up on the schedule. I think he is an outstanding slot guy and a good #2. Your number #1 has to be able to run the whole route tree and i dont think he or any other bears receiver can do that yet.