Hester contemplating retirement

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Originally Posted by soulman

Yeah that would be my first reaction too if I were him but next week things will be different. Actually if I was Devin Hester I'd be far more concerned about whether I'd even be on the team next year myself.

Hester may be one of he few tradeable commodities Emery has that could bring us a mid round pick. I think Hester's reaction makes it pretty clear that Lovie has championed his cause as a WR and with Lovie gone Hester knows he'll never see the field as a front line WR in Chicago ever again.

Ordinarily I wouldn't be in favor of trading the greatest return specialist in the history of the game but he's an example of a guy that Lovie would hand on to until the last dog died when it's clear that his return skills have deteriorated. I don't think it's as much on the physical side as it is the mental. These last few games he's made some horrible decisions on some of his returns.

If we can get value for him I'd look into trading him but if not well then get him back to focusing on his returns exclusively and take him out of the offense except as a special use type of player. He simply doesn't have the goods to be a starting WR.

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Been saying this for weeks and it s starting I look very realistic....trade Hester for any reasonable value you can get for him and do it this offseason. He's a waste on O and his return skills are eroding fast. Take whatever you can get for him.

The problem is that he seems to be doing his best to bring down whatever value he has left.

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Originally Posted by MPBears68

Been saying this for weeks and it s starting I look very realistic....trade Hester for any reasonable value you can get for him and do it this offseason. He's a waste on O and his return skills are eroding fast. Take whatever you can get for him.

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Originally Posted by bearsinhouston

The problem is that he seems to be doing his best to bring down whatever value he has left.

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I agree. I don't know if you'd get anything for him right now. He can't play WR worth crap. He's 4th on our depth chart, and looks pretty bad. He looks like a mere shadow of his former self on returns.

Any team that give anything more than a ham sandwich for him, is nuts.

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Originally Posted by bearsinhouston

The problem is that he seems to be doing his best to bring down whatever value he has left.

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Take WHATEVER you can get for him. It's gravy to freeing cap space and opening another oster spot or a real WR prospect.