IT was Rod Marinelli who tempted the fates by kicking the ball to Devin Hester, and after the Windy City tornado cut a swath of destruction through his team, the Lions coach came up with a much safer plan in the rematch that Tom Coughlin and the Giants absolutely must implement Sunday in Chicago: Kick the ball into Lake Michigan and make sure it sinks to the bottom.
Hester is Chicago's most dangerous, deadly No. 23 since Michael Jordan. He is the most breathtaking, gamebreaking Bear since Gale Sayers. They called Sayers The Kansas Comet. They call Hester the Windy City Flyer. They called him Anytime at Miami (Fla.). Former teammate Tank Johnson called him He Gone. If Walter Payton was Sweetness, then Hester must be Fleetness. Continue
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