“Nothing is certain except death, taxes and Devin Hester scoring special teams touchdowns!.” – The Miami Hurricanes and Chicago Bears coaching staff

This is what the above adage will say if Chicago Bears special teams juggernaut (and apparently wide out), Devin Hester, keeps it up.

Hester’s only six weeks into his second NFL season and has already racked up stats that would take an above average player years to accumulate.

In 2006, his rookie year, he had 6 special teams touchdown (1 field goal return/2 kick returns/3 punt returns)… he also was the first Bear since Brian Urlacher to make the Pro Bowl his rookie season… AND, he became the first player in history to return a Super Bowl opening kick off for a touchdown (just to list a few).

Unlike some players (attention Dante Hall!), he’s showing no signs of slowing down. Just this past week he returned an 89 yard punt for a touchdown against the Vikings. And if that wasn’t enough, he later lined up at wide out and hauled in an 81 yard pass for a touchdown from Brian Griese (did I also mention that he returned a kick off 97 yards for a touchdown in week 4 against Detroit?). So needless to say, this kid can do it all, and should be considered just as lethal as say – Brian Westbrook. But unlike Westbrook, Hester only gets minimal touches (3-5 per game, if any). Which leads me to the million dollar question – do you punt to Devin Hester?

Well, if you’re a Bears fan you say yes, and you call anyone who says otherwise an “ussy-pay”.

If you’re me, you say no, and brace yourself for all the negative comments from said Bears fan.

*note- Not only wouldn’t I punt to Hester, but I wouldn’t kick to him either. Think about it – wouldn’t you rather have the Bears start at their own 45 and roll the dice with their offense (not sure if you can call their offense an “offense” yet) than kick the ball to Hester and risk them starting god knows where (if at all). Now let me ask you this question… if you had the option of jumping in front of a bus filled with Christmas trees and thus putting an end to your life, or sitting on the couch licking a delicious ice cream cone, which would you choose? I rest my case.

If you’re the Eagles… well who knows, but Coach Reid did have this to say:

“You’ve got to respect him. But at the same time, you can’t sit there and watch him. You’ve got to go attack him the best way you can. We’ll see how that goes. I would rather him not touch the football.”

So take that for what it’s worth.

So what say you Eagles fans (or Bears fans for that matter)? Do you jump in front of that Christmas tree bus and hope for the best? Or do you remain seated on your couch licking away?

Whatever ends up happening with respect to kicking it to Hester, know this – if he does get the ball, there’s a 99% chase that this will happen: Devin Hester’s return against Duke via YouTube