Factoid

Here’s a Ripley’s Believe It Or Not type of factoid:

The Bears ranked last in kickoff returns last year.

Yes, last. They've got Devin Hester, who scored a record 6 TDs on kick returns last year (the previous year, he became the first guy to score 5 TDs on return). And Hester Hester returned two kickoffs for touchdowns last season – one against the Lions and one against the Broncos. But despite those two returns, the Bears averaged only 18.4 yards on kickoff returns, lower than each of the league’s other 31 teams.

Hester averaged only 21.7 yards on kickoff returns, which is a below-average number. Take out his 97- and 88-yard returns, and he drops down to 18.2. And when you factor in the poor returns by the other guys on the team, Chicago ranked last in kickoffs.

Weird. I’m not sure it really means anything – everyone would still love to land Hester as a kick return – but I thought I’d pass it along.

—Ian Allan

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