Devin Hester earns perfect speed rating in Madden '08

[Da Infms]

It's long been rumored, it's been hinted at, it's been lobbied for, and it's been perennially denied -- but now, an NFL player has finally achieved the near-impossible: meriting a perfect 100 in one of Madden NFL's proprietary skills ratings.

Chicago return man Devin Hester has attained perfection in the "Speed" category, gaining the maximum 100 rating in the upcoming Madden NFL 08 for his amazing wheels. Hester, who set an NFL single-season record with six returns for touchdowns in his rookie campaign of 2006, has been known as the "Windy City Flyer" for his unique ability to turn on the afterburners and bring a kick back for six points. His 100 rating tops the previous high of 99, given to such players as Deion Sanders, Randy Moss, Charles Woodson, and a couple others.

Hester racked up his six scores on three punt returns, two kick returns and an incredible 108-yard return of a missed field goal attempt against the New York Giants. Additionally, he took the opening kickoff of Super Bowl XLI 92 yards for a score, making him the first player ever to open the Super Bowl with a touchdown on the very first kick.

Hester has been known to have been lobbying members of the Madden NFL 08 development team for the top speed rating. He's certainly deserving of the honor; after all, there's pure speed and then there's football speed, which measures how fast a player can go weighed down with pads and equipment while 11 men on the other team try to bring him down. As he showed many times during his breakout rookie season, Hester's football speed is top-notch, and now Madden NFL 08 will pay him the ultimate respect by giving him a perfect rating in that category.

"That's just about the best thing you could have told me," Hester said with a huge smile, when informed of his new Speed rating. "It's an honor -- I don't know what to say, really."

How does he feel about being rated higher than his friend and mentor "Neon" Deion Sanders, who was once timed at 4.19 in the forty-yard dash and returned a kick or two in his day? "Deion has told me a bunch of times that I was as fast as he was," Hester replied diplomatically.

As fast as he is, the return man -- who also plays cornerback for the Bears -- still has some room for improvement in other areas, but like most NFL players that also play Madden, when we inquired about some of his other ratings, he was less than satisfied. "Well, since you're asking, my defensive awareness was low -- too low," he said, "and I definitely need to break more tackles. On a few of my returns last year I feel like I showed what I can do in that category."

Hester will just have to live with those "subpar" ratings for now, and really, the Breaking Tackles rating may not mean much in the end -- with a 100 Speed rating, who is going to catch him in the first place?

[randumb0]

hmm should i play with chicago?

[Diggity199]

lol...I dunno about this kid...I've seen him play and I have money Troy Smith is faster (and to be respectable) I went to a few osu practices, and I saw ginn and smith race, Smith actually beat ginn EVERY time...Ginn is a step or two slower...and he's the fastest man in college football last season? LOL...Let troy throw a hail mary, run and catch that sh*t, he's prolly the only man who could...and ps gators are garbage...and humphreys is all time homo...lucky cunt

[Da Infms]

lol...I dunno about this kid...I've seen him play and I have money Troy Smith is faster (and to be respectable) I went to a few osu practices, and I saw ginn and smith race, Smith actually beat ginn EVERY time...Ginn is a step or two slower...and he's the fastest man in college football last season? LOL...Let troy throw a hail mary, run and catch that sh*t, he's prolly the only man who could...and ps gators are garbage...and humphreys is all time homo...lucky cunt
The Big Ten is a lot like Paris Hilton. Even though the name is famous, you really can't take it too seriously...

And you don't know about this kid? Here's a video of all his returns fot TD's in his rookie year (not including the superbowl return for a TD):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Va5CwDxfw

[deneye]

hes the truth

[EDF]

I hate we can't change positions in Madden anymore.

[STAYSTRAPPED]

hmm should i play with chicago?
been playing with chicago!! thomas jones is a beast. my homies named him the punisher cuz he can run you over. rex grossman suck ass though

[skitzo]

lol...I dunno about this kid...I've seen him play and I have money Troy Smith is faster (and to be respectable) I went to a few osu practices, and I saw ginn and smith race, Smith actually beat ginn EVERY time...Ginn is a step or two slower...and he's the fastest man in college football last season? LOL...Let troy throw a hail mary, run and catch that sh*t, he's prolly the only man who could...and ps gators are garbage...and humphreys is all time homo...lucky cunt

kill yo self.

OSU is the definition of gator bait. congrats, u guys are the #1 losers in the world, no one is a better #2 then u guys. way to go.

ps fu*k the buckeyes. RAPED TWICE!! hahahhahahah

ps. humpreys owns u guys, making it rain all game while yall couldnt drop one three. and troy smith is such ass.. more sacks than completions? LMAOO!! fu*k ginn too he got hurt on the celebration play. and no ginn wouldnt have made a 41-14 difference, not when bi*ch ass troy only had 14 attempts. hahahah.

GO GATORS!!!

[RakimAllahNY]

And wait did I read that Smith is just as fast a Hester? Wasn't he timed at like 4.6 or some sh*t? Hester is just on a different level right now. THA U

[lawn_korn47]

And wait did I read that Smith is just as fast a Hester? Wasn't he timed at like 4.6 or some sh*t? Hester is just on a different level right now. THA U


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I would bet the house on Hester winning that race. The guy who post'd that must be a Ohio State fanboy.:lol:

[Gambin0]

Why Gator Hate When We Dominate... I Feel Sorry For Em... And Ummm Hester With A 100 Rating? I Dont Know About That. Deion Gotta 99 And He Ran Like A 4.1 Before. Hester Gotta Show A 40 Time For That. Dante Hall Didnt Even Get A 100 In Agility After Making To Players Run Into Eachother Head On...lol. I Think Thas Purely An Over-rating If Thats True.

[SSdivehard]

If they want to make hester be like real life on 08 of cource he'll be fast but u can't forget he droped from like 25 to 35 percent of his kick returns..... not to say he's not amazing but it has to be realistic.

[Da Infms]

If they want to make hester be like real life on 08 of cource he'll be fast but u can't forget he droped from like 25 to 35 percent of his kick returns..... not to say he's not amazing but it has to be realistic.

He fumbled 11.9%... Or 8 times out of 67 and only lost 2 of those...

Let's see then, 8 fumbles vs 6 Touchdowns (not including 1 TD in the superbowl).

I'll take the TD's...

[askifan04]

this is bullsh*t because randy moss was never a 99, and anyone that plays madden knows that randy moss has been the best fu*kin player in the game for like 4 or 5 years. Since you know that then you also know that hes like 6'2 and runs like a horse. I dont know if he still could but 2 or 3 years ago Randy could have smoked a blunt and ran backwards and still be faster than Devin Hester. Specials Teams are players that are not good enough to play offense or defense, I respect him because he is good like the "X-Factor" was 3 years ago but he should be a 99.

[blingz]

this is bullsh*t because randy moss was never a 99, and anyone that plays madden knows that randy moss has been the best fu*kin player in the game for like 4 or 5 years. Since you know that then you also know that hes like 6'2 and runs like a horse. I dont know if he still could but 2 or 3 years ago Randy could have smoked a blunt and ran backwards and still be faster than Devin Hester. Specials Teams are players that are not good enough to play offense or defense, I respect him because he is good like the "X-Factor" was 3 years ago but he should be a 99.
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[SSdivehard]

He fumbled 11.9%... Or 8 times out of 67 and only lost 2 of those...

Let's see then, 8 fumbles vs 6 Touchdowns (not including 1 TD in the superbowl).

I'll take the TD's...

oh me too but there was more than just fumbles i mean the ball hit him bounced off and rolled a few feet then he picked it up, that happend like 6 times.U are right i would take the touchdowns expecially the super bowl one, that was crazy.

[BUBBA1974]

im a bears fan and mad props to hester he did it no matter what the times of other players are he scored and did what he was supposed to do and you cant deny that

[samsin420]

:applause: Did anyone mention that he is from the U? :shrug: For kickreturns he's mos def a 100 hands down. :blunt: Buddy was the only exciting/good thing that happened for the Bears all season and in the bowl. To start it off with a return for da td like that was classic. Shytt I'll take em on da Boyz n e day. :blunt:

[Diggity199]

LOL are you seroius skitzo? humphreys is garbage, he's a lucky twat at BEST, that kid won't do sh*t in the nba, odin's 18, watch him in 1 maybe 2 years...same w/ connoly...and this fu*k osu...how come chris leak didn't get drafted? oh what? yea cuz he's a sh*tty player...he just played the best game of his life, troy played the worst of his, all in all, osu was the best team in the nation in both sports...

[skitzo]

LOL are you seroius skitzo? humphreys is garbage, he's a lucky twat at BEST, that kid won't do sh*t in the nba, odin's 18, watch him in 1 maybe 2 years...same w/ connoly...and this fu*k osu...how come chris leak didn't get drafted? oh what? yea cuz he's a sh*tty player...he just played the best game of his life, troy played the worst of his, all in all, osu was the best team in the nation in both sports...

http://photos-787.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v77/227/36/2017474/n2017474_39027787_562.jpg

stfu. yall got ure ass whooped twice. how the hell u gunna say ure better? dumbass fu*king buckeye fans, yall are retarded. got owned twice in one year and in two sports.

[Da Infms]

LOL are you seroius skitzo? humphreys is garbage, he's a lucky twat at BEST, that kid won't do sh*t in the nba, odin's 18, watch him in 1 maybe 2 years...same w/ connoly...and this fu*k osu...how come chris leak didn't get drafted? oh what? yea cuz he's a sh*tty player...he just played the best game of his life, troy played the worst of his, all in all, osu was the best team in the nation in both sports...
DNA came back... UF is Ohio State's daddy!

[Jerzyfam]

It was once said that it is impossible to run a 40 under 4.5. With that said, I ran a 4.8 with a helmet on in 4th grade. I know it's accurate cause the next person ran a 6.1