Deion Sanders is a first-year eligible candidate for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2011, but if he gets elected, don't expect Sanders to claim he was the best return man of all time.
“I think right now he's a Hall of Famer. I can't think of a returner ever playing the game with the impact he has. ”
-- Deion Sanders on Devin Hester
That honor, Sanders said Tuesday on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000, goes to Chicago Bears return specialist Devin Hester, who set the NFL record Monday night with his 14th return for a touchdown.
"I think right now he's a Hall of Famer," Sanders said. "He spent a couple years without barely getting the ball kicked to him. I can't think of a returner ever playing the game with the impact he has. There is none. He's phenomenal. Not only that, he's a great kid.
"I tweeted last week that he's the greatest returner of all time, hands down."
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Just consider that not only has Hester broken a record in 5 years that took the previous record-holder 13 years to do (not even including 2 more of Hester's return TD's. One in the Superbowl & one off of a missed punt). He also has shown the ability to almost win a game sigle-handidly & our Offense consistently has great fied position because of the opposing team's fear of kicking to him. Throw in the fact that his success forced a new trend in the NFL when other teams tried to copy the bears by drafting players that they hoped would become the new Devin Hester (Ted Ginn jr, Percy Harvin, Desean Jackson, etc...).
All of the above reasons are proof to me that he is a definite Hall Of Famer.
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