We unpacked the new-look during .
Fans might smile on the changes to the annual all-star game. Devin Hester of the Chicago Bears won't.
Why? Because . In this season's affair, the ball will be placed on the 25-yard line at the start of each quarter and after scoring plays. Hester, a three-time player and the league's all-time leader for combined kick and punt return touchdowns, obviously isn't thrilled with the tweak.
"That was one of my goals for this season," Hester told the Chicago Tribune. They can't do that."
They can, But Hester has a point. It's not uncommon for return specialists to . That means fewer greenbacks for guys like Hester and Josh Cribbs.
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Two seasons ago, the NFL in league play, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has the return game altogether in the name of player safety.
Not a pretty picture for guys like Hester.
"If you are taking the returner out of the , you're taking two positions out." Hester said. "That will suck for me. They are trying to change up the whole game of football and they're messing with people's jobs and lives."
It sure seems like the is being used as a testing ground. If the return game isn't missed in lovely Hawaii, it's a candidate to vanish from football altogether.
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