Devin Hester caused a bit of a stir when he called out Offensive Coordinator Ron Turner and assured fans that changes are on the horizon for next season.  This from David Haugh’s Chicago Tribune article:

“It’s tough watching other teams, other offenses find ways for other guys to get their hands on the ball better (than we do),” Hester said. “Some plays we had called that … went in during the week, (we) weren’t able to call during the game because of certain situations.”

Asked why the quick screen pass the Bears often use to get him the ball on the perimeter had stopped working, Hester got in touch with his inner T.O.

“Everybody watches film,” he said. “They see what type of play we’re executing that’s working, and they adjust. …The same players run the same routes (on other teams. Their plays) work.”

“It has been what, three seasons like this?” Hester said. “There will be a lot of changes, I know that for a fact.”

But earlier in the day, Hester sounded confident based on conversations with wide receivers coach Darryl Drake. He made Drake sound like a man loading cardboard boxes when he’s not watching Ravens game film.

“(Drake) says, we all know that things are going to change and new people are going to come in, old people are going to leave,” Hester said. “(We’re) not blind. Everybody sees it. It’s going to be a lot of new players, and probably some other things (will) change around here.”

Seems pretty straightforward to me.  But this is the Chicago Bears, so it should come as no surprise that D-Hest had to back peddle today.  It’s just the way that he back-tracked that smells a little funny.  (more…)

Child, please! You gonna Kiss da baby!

It’s only Monday, but the Bengals’ Chad Ochocinco is already waist deep in smack talking or tweeting as it goes in today’s day and age.  You see, nowadays, you don’t need to bother with extra layers of media and press conferences.  Today, you just jump on your Twitter account, locate your next opponents and off you go.

Chad jumped on it right away this morning, calling out Jay Cutler, Alex Brown, Jason McKie, Tommie Harris, Devin Hester and even Bears beat reporter Zach Zaidman!

His exchange with @jaycutler went a little something like this: (more…)