Bro I vividly remember that game. The Broncos punter was talking big shit. “We ain’t scared of him, we gone kick it to him and hit him” See how that worked out 😭
I get goosebumps watching this. Absolutely my favorite player when I was a kid. Id never think a special teams player would be my favorite. I still have his jersey. Wish the Bears could have been more creative with him as a WR, but we are da Bears sooo…ya. Dude is a legend.
I will never forget that Arizona Cardinals game, I remember being 10 and going to a watch party at my friends house and we were all screaming when Hester scored that. Also created one of the best quotes “they are who we thought they were”
Lol I will never forget this game either. I was 12 at the time. We were down 23-0 and Grossman threw a pick 6 to Darnell freaking Dockett…so i went outside to ride my bike before it got to late and my mom wouldn’t let me anymore. When i came back it was now 23-17. I shit a brick….I only realized then that the pick6 had been called back and thats why Arizona didn’t have 31. Luckily I had the game on record and went back to were i had left off prior to going outside. I then proceeded to watch one if the greatest games I’ve ever seen. I thank god that I had the game on record, I came so close to missing that game all because I gave up and assumed a loss. What a time to be a Bears fan! Our defense was one of the best if not the best back then. Urlacher, Briggs, Tillman, Tommie Harris, Chris Harris, Daniel Manning and Nate Vasher. Those guys were TOUGH. Only the Ravens had a defense as tough, or tougher then Chicago. Man i miss those days!!!
@@BT-fl5qetechnically you didn't see it LIVE, in the moment ;-) nevertheless I think it's awesome you have a cool response to that amazing MNF game! Harbaugh had a memorable game vs. the Jets that I also saw LIVE on MNF too, that squad wasn't Super Bowl bound however
I was 13 at the time. My parents went to bed because they thought the game was over, but I kept watching in the living room. My birthday was coming up and this game felt like a gift just for me. And now Devin Hester is in his rightful place in Canton. Bear down.
His records would be even more insane if teams actually kicked the ball to him which they rarely ever did. Usually it’s a kicking mistake when he got a returnable ball.
That superbowl return was what solidified my personal football fandom. My first year playing football in high school. The first video game I bought (Madden 08 Vince young’s year) with my own money. And Devin Hester opening up the day at a big Super Bowl party my parents took me to. Nothing like the NFL
I’m a war veteran getting a little older now but this video brought a tear to my eye a little I remember some of the rough times I had in war and seeing devin Hester was one the most amazing things ever to me I thank him for that as a Alabama fan I can whole heartedly say that on my death bed if I’m dying of dementia and they say I can’t remember anything I’ll ask them to put devin Hester kickoff returns on so I can watch em one more time. Sometimes it’s the smallest of things from a complete stranger that can help you hang on to life a little longer glad to see this man in the Hall
His acceleration is insane. Even the guys running full speed in front of him look like they're running underwater. These were elite athletes he was playing against.
I'll never forget a game with the Bears against the Vikings. By the end of the game, it was mainly just trading touchdowns, first it was Hester, then Adrian Peterson. They went back and forth like that, with both players lifting their team on their backs and making play after play. Two of the most memorable players in the history of the league. What a game! That house call on the opening kick of the Super Bowl is one of the most memorable Super Bowl plays I can ever remember, and I've been watching them all the way back as far as Super Bowl IV. The flash bulbs are cool, and everybody in the building had to be thinking Hester might be able to take it all the way back. He probably won't, but he could. Then, he goes and does it!!!! Unbelievable!!! They need to induct him into the Hall of Fame ASAP!
They didn’t change the kickoff rules because of Devon Hester. They change the kickoff rules because of injuries, too many people were getting hurt on kickoff plays.
The fact he was not a first ballot Hall of Famer is disgusting. Guy completely changed the game and put the fear of God into opposing teams. In words of Denzel Washington, you’re first ballot HOF in my book.
I'm a die hard bears fan but if any coach were to beat the bears in the super bowl, I'm glad it was Dungy. That man deserved a super bowl with Tampa Bay. He built that team.
I was thinking about how a man's energy changes. How I was at 18-21-25. I was called Radio at 18 and Cookin' at 21. No drugs were involved. Thanks for the post. Now I'm going to watch Gale Sayers. Devin was something special.
Notice how the NFL broadcasts usually don’t use that camera high up vertical angle of the field for returns, and they had it all the time for Hester cause he was good for a TD return every other week
Devin Hester was the "special" in special teams - in one return after another, you wondered, "How did he get out of ~that~?!" No debate or doubt as to his qualifications for Hall of Fame!
Hest was the bears biggest and only weapon in 2006 (besides the defense) that can change the complexity of the game like field position. If only he has better receiving skills and route running.
It’s a low down dirty shame that’s the most exciting player ,the greatest return man ,the man the whole sport had to change the rule to scope with his dominance is somehow still not in the HOF.
I watched him at every game hame in the OB. You think Hester was a cheat code in the NFL? Against college teams, he was like a Demi-god. I saw him make the Duke special teams unit look like 10 year old kids chasing a cheetah.
