Hester Signs New Contract

The Hester holdout is over.  The Chicago Bears signed the special teams standout to a deal worth $40 million.  One of the reasons it took the Bears camp so long to come to a deal was not knowing how to treat Devin Hester.  The pay scale for a special teams player is lower, but the Bears are trying Hester out at receiver this season.  Considering the deal, which signs Hester through 2013, the Bears have decided to consider Hester a wide receiver.  He told AP, “I think the Bears have a lot of faith in me, and they feel that I do a lot of things on the offensive side of the ball, so they rewarded me.”

At training camp, Hester is already showing some promise at receiver, making the Bears’ confidence in their decision grow.  Maybe the staff member to most benefit from the use of Hester is defensive coordinator Ron Turner.  He told AP that Hester looks ready to pick it up on offense and is already further than he was last year as far as training goes.  The Bears will definitely welcome any help they can get offensively, and hopefully Hester will be just what they need.

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