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Devin Hester won a jacket from the Gold Pro Football Hall in a way that no player has served mainly as a kick back.
Hester has the NFL record for most of the combined kick return (20) and touchdowns of clearing return (14). No other player has run again more than four clearing returns in a single season, what Hester did in 2007.
So, when it comes to the new rules of the start of the League, which have been very debated since its delivery last season, Hester is someone whose opinion has weight.
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The member of the Fame Hall of Football Profíse of the 2024 class, Devin Hester, poses with his bust in his consequence ceremony at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. (Charles Leclaire/USA Today Sports)
“I like the new starting rules,” Digital’s Pak Gazette told Fox after leading the members of the service through Useaa’s greeting to attend the NFL training camp in the Chicago Bears complex this week. “I like them because I feel he gives the return the opportunity to put his hands on the ball, and also penalizes the kick team. For me, it is almost as if you were trying to find a way to return the return game where he used to be.”
The dynamic start rule was seen during the last season, and is back in 2025. The goal is to increase the number of starting kicking returns by making more stake to scrimmage than to kick returns.
For those who do not know the rule, the configuration has completely changed the traditional kicks. The kick equipment is aligned in the 40 -yard line of the receiving team, while the receiving equipment has a “configuration zone” between the 30 and 35 yard lines.
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The League has an “landing zone” between the 20 -yard line and the goal line of the receiving team, and the landing kicks must be returned. And Hester likes to see that players on both sides cannot move until the return man touchs the ball or ball hits the grass in the landing zone.
“Alignment and how they have [players] 10 yards apart from each other, it is something that many people have to get used to. Almost all in the league have to get used. I would love to be in that situation where I have boys 10 yards away, and they can’t move until the ball touches, “Hester explained.
“As a return, you find a hole, and you hit it. And there is no one else there. I would love to play in this type of era and this type of return game.”
Hester can be in the Canton Hall of Fame, Ohio, but it is envious that players get this new starting kick rule.
The Chicago Bears open receiver, Devin Hester, returns an initial serve against the Detroit Lions during the second half in Soldier Field. (Mike Dinovo/USA Today Sports)
“It would have been a first ball [Hall of Famer]There is no doubt, with these new rules, man, “Hester said, laughing.” But, hey, it is what it is. I am happy to have made the Hall of Fame. For me, my return game was shot due to the new rule and to get the ball out of the limits and kick touchbacks. Being able to have the opportunity, you didn’t even have to have a strong leg because they moved the ball so far. You could have a decent leg and keep kickbacks. “
When Hester played, the Touchbacks went to the 20 -yard line, which seemed obvious when he faced him if the kicker had his leg to remove it from the score area. That moved to the 25 -yard line in 2018, and the new starting rule has touchbacks from the 30 -yard line.
In 2025, the touchbacks in the output kicks will go to the 35 -yard line, so it is even more essential for the kickers to carry that ball in the landing zone.
“He limited me, but now they are forced to kick him. I greet them,” Hester said on the league. “I am glad that the rules have changed because it gives the boys the opportunity to have the ball in their hands.”
Serving those who serve us
In Chicago, Hester went to the field after the Bears had their last practice of the training field to put the members of the service through a combination of real life thanks to Usea, the official greeting to the NFL service partner.
These training fields have exercises similar to those used by NFL coaches to evaluate the talent in the NFL Scouting Combine, including the 40 -yard board, the broad jump, the transport service of three cones and more.
ROAD DE LA FAMA DEVIN HESTER before a game between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers in Soldier Field. (Daniel Bartel/Imagn images)
These training fields have been in force for years, but now they present a live classification table to capture and monitor the scores of the participants in real time, which Hester said he added competitiveness.
“It was very exciting, and it was a unique situation between these guys and seeing them have fun. At the end of the day, everyone had fun and competed. Then, it was a great cause for today,” Hester said about experience.
“I can relate to them because I have a couple of cousins that are my age that were in this type of services. Only to choose the brain of those guys, their daily routine and it is similar to the stories that my family members told me. Of course, my family members were also true football fans, so that they also had the opportunity to choose my brain when we got to football. We estimate only giving a conversation, giving a daily conversation, giving a daily conversation, giving a daily conversation, giving a daily conversation, giving a daily conversation, giving a daily conversation, giving a daily conversation, giving a daily conversation, giving a daily conversation in the daily conversation And having a great moment and a great moment and my time and my time at the time they occur to them.
