Updated 11/26 - It’s working! It’s working! A little less than three weeks after starting this site, NFL coaches are catching on; KTD.com must be the pressure! Mike Holmgren tugged on Super Man’s cape and snuck away with a W & no TD returns but then Mike Shanahan tried to do the same and wouldn’t you know it, Devin made him pay, oh and pay he did…TWICE. So we have to thank the hundreds of you who have signed the petition and of course, Mike Shanahan (more on him to come). You gotta believe that the powers that be in the NFL realize that having the 3rd largest city in America interested in football is a good thing and that the best way to do that is to Kick to Devin.
KickToDevin.com is about righting a wrong, about putting the fun back in Sundays, about bringing Hester back. If the coaches themselves don’t realize that they are ruining the game then we need to band together and have the NFL save itself. We need to protect the American public from coaches depriving you of a highlight reel of action. I’m talking about coaches who don’t kick to Devin Hester, coaches who’d rather kicked it out of bounds, to a 300lb Up Man or even in Lake Michigan. There is nothing like Devin Hester in the game today. He provides more entertainment than the entire NFC South combined. He’s more electric than ComEd. I’ve seen Soulja Boy do the Hester dance. Brittany’s paparazzi takes a break when Devin’s back to return. Baseball Tonight shows Devin’s returns, Hockey Night in Canada talks Hester at halftime during intermissions.
(*Some of the above may not yet have happened but it will or it should, we think)
Through 8 games Devin has been kicked to 42 times…he’s been kicked away from 44 times. That’s 44 times America has missed out on the most exciting moment in sports. And for what? For some coach to win a football game? What’s the point, the Patriots are going to win the Super Bowl anyways, and everyone else is just playing for 2nd place. These coaches are depriving hard working Americans of amazing highlights just for a chance at 2nd place. That doesn’t sound very American to me; that sounds like something Canada would do. Well we don’t like Hockey and we don’t like kicking it out of bounds.
“The Bears have a rock star…His name is Devin Hester” - Peter King, Sports Illustrated”
Peter King, at the wheel of the Devin Hester bandwagon, likes the Bears this week, 23-20, on a late Hester field goal -
I can see Monday's game story today. PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Devin Hester returned a punt 106 yards, caught a 99-yard touchdown pass, kicked three field goals after Robbie Gould went down with a hamstring pull, and drove the team bus to the airport after the game when the driver fell ill after being bitten by a rabid Philadelphia dog, leading the Bears to a 23-20 victory over the Eagles.
Prediction before the game
Coach of the Year Balloting Has Closed
KTD.com would like to recognize Denver’s Mike Shanahan as coach of the year, while the season is not over yet (though the Broncos’ may be) we here at KTD.com feel that no other coach would be able to top what Mike Shanahan did late yesterday afternoon. Look, we love Devin and we wouldn’t have done what Shanny did after that Punt Return. Has Mike seen the Bears O this season? You giving them the ball on their own 40 is not a reward, they can’t go 25 yards for a field-goal, much less 60 yards for a TD. We understand were hurting our own cause admitting this stuff but we’re pretty sure we’re not the only ones who notice these things…well except for Mike Shanahan and for that blindness we are proud to honor him with the 1st Annual KTD.com Coach of the Year Award.
America’s Bravest Coaches Rankings subject to change based on if our petition works or a coach shows enough guts to Kick to Devin
Mike Shanahan…10 times, 2 TD’s - KTD.com Coach of the Year
Rod Marinelli (September 30th)…Kicked to Devin 12 times
Brad Childress…8 Kicks, keep up the good work and mustache, 7 on Dec. 17th, look forward to seeing you next season!
Lane Kiffin…8 Kicks, you just got lucky
Wade Phillips & Herm Edwards (tie)…7 Kicks
America’s Most Cowardly Coaches Ranking subject to change based on if our petition works or another coach goes Andy Reid on us
Andy Reid Pitched a shutout…must be stopped
Norv Turner…1 kick, 1 lousy kick
Rod Marinelli (October 28th) Just 3 this time - Rod what’s the deal we had a good thing going
Mike McCarthy – 4 Punt Returns, but no kickoffs?
Mike Holmgren – 4 Kickoff Returns, but no punts? You talk to McCarthy?
Tom Coughlin – 4 Kicks…You really are desperate to save your job huh?
Sean Payton - 4 Kicks...Thanks for admitting that was an accident, I think Weatherford's a Hester fan!
Joe Gibbs - 5 Kicks....your job is safe for now
More Sickness
League Records
- Most touchdowns kick and punt returns in a season (six) - 2007 season
- Most touchdown returns as a rookie (six) - 2006 season
Bears Franchise Records
- Most kickoff return yards in a game (225 yards) - Against St. Louis on December 11, 2006
- Most punt return yards in a game (152 yards) - Against Arizona on October 16, 2006
- Most punt return yards in a season (518 yards) - 2006 season
- Bears Franchise Record for Career Kick Returns 11 - December 30, 2007
- Record 314 total return yards against the Lions was the second-highest NFL total ever behind Tyrone Hughes.
Hester has 12 kick returns of 40+ yards in just 32-career games
Compared to Great Special Team Players Thru 2007 Season
Devin Hester has 11 Return TDs in 32 NFL GAMES
- (Scores in 34.3% of Games Played)
Brian Mitchell had 13 TDs in 223 games over 14 seasons.
- (Scored in 5.8% of Games Played)
Dante Hall has 12 TDs in 104 games over 7 seasons
- (Scored in 11.5% of Games Played)
Hester Averaged 86 yards per score last season
Hester is on a pace for 70 + career return scores if he plays 10 seasons
Hester scores on 9.5 % of punt returns
Hall 2.8 %
Mitchell 1.2%.
