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Hester has been frustrated this offseason, and said he might need a “fresh start” to make football fun again. Hester told Vaughn McClure of the Chicago Tribune he wanted to play a few more years, even if it is somewhere other than Chicago. “I’m going to try to get two or three more years in,” the 30-year-old Hester said. “I think I have that much left in me. At the same time, I think I do need a fresh start.”
Reported by Profootballtalk.com
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As PFT's Darin Gantt notes, Hester has a year left on his contract, but seemed more frustrated with his lack of action on offense. He caught 57 passes in 2009, but just 23 last season. “Not only this year, but the last couple of years it has been like that,” Hester said. “It was really starting to show, why I was frustrated. I’m not making any excuses. I know some of the plays I should have made in terms of catching the ball. But I just wasn’t feeling it. My mind wasn’t there the majority of the time. ...” Hester called a trade “a possibility,” but said if he returns to the Bears, it might be time to give up the receiving job and stick with return work. “To be honest with you, if I’m still here, I don’t want to play offense,” he said. “I don’t think my role [on offense] will fit. I can’t truly say that with the new offense, but from past experience, I don’t think it will fit. ..." We'll see. Sounds like frustration speaking at this point. We suspect the new coaching staff will get a chance to change Hester's mind -- if they choose to.
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