Worth The Wait

Written on July 28, 2008 – 6:15 am | by bcourtney |

After being fined $15,000 a day for hold out on his contract, Devin Hester wait was worth it. Hester signed a four-year contract extension worth up to $40 million. In just two season with the Bears Hester is already just two touchdowns returns short of Brian Mitchell’s record 13. Keep in mind that this took Mictchell 14 years to set. Now comes the task of turning Hester into a premier wide receiver. Hester was converted to wide receiver last year when he made 20 catches, but he did struggle at learning the offense at times. This year he is expected to start in place of lost free agent wide receiver Bernard Berrian. Bears coach Lovie Smith was wearing a huge smile yesterday at camp watching Hester in action.

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