The Green Bay Packers have devised and tested the ideal solution to stopping dangerous punt returners such as the Chicago Bears’ Devin Hester.

Just don’t punt, at all!

It worked perfectly in their playoff rout of Atlanta but I don’t think the weather conditions is going to allow that happen. Hester will be able to ramble and run free with the multiple punt return chances he’s going to have because the Bears defense is very good and it’s freek’n cold out there today. The weather will affect him less than anyone else, although, this is strictly my opinion. But it’s game day and I’m pumped. . . ! I have friends coming over and this is going to be fun.

Speedy agile guys always have the advantage when it comes to poor field conditions and Hester is one dangerous weapon the Bears have. We were talking about this the other day in the creative department of Arrowsmith Shoes and trying to count how many times a special teams player made a difference in the outcome of a big game or any game for that matter. I personally could not remember any player or game where this happened but I could recall many games where a field goal kicker won the game with no time left on the clock. But a field goal kicker is not a special teams player.

Hester is wicked good and that means the Packers’ special teams will once again have their hands full with him Hester is the NFL’s career leader in combined punt and kick returns for touchdowns with 14.

In a recent interview from one punt returner to another, Green Bay’s Tramon Williams is impressed.

“Natural ability,” he said. “From watching film, everything Hester does is great. He has the vision and the ability, everything. … Coach said he’s the best ever, so I feel the same way.”

Indeed, Packers coach Mike McCarthy called Hester the “best player on their football team” before playing the Bears in the regular season finale — a significant statement, given the fact that defensive end Julius Peppers and linebackers Brian Urlacher and Lance Briggs anchor the Bears’ defense.

I think that in order for the Packers to hold true their plan of not punting at all during the game they had better leave their punter in Green Bay so as to not be tempted. If you don’t bring him the option is no longer there.

Go Bears!

Craig

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