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NEW YORK -- Gale Sayers, the Pro Football Hall of Famer who played seven seasons with the Chicago Bears, knows exactly what the Packers need to do in order to keep the Bears at bay in this Sunday's NFC championship game. "I think if Devin (Hester) gets his hands on the football," Sayers told FanHouse, "the Green Bay Packers will be sorry."
Sayers, who himself returned six of his 91 career kick returns for touchdowns, knows just how important Hester is to the Bears success.
"You don't give him a chance for returning a kick for a touchdown," he said. "I'm thinking the Packers will not kick near Devin Hester. He is so quick, so fast, and he has great peripheral vision. He can see the whole football field."
The only circumstance in which Sayers would opt to kick toward Hester would be if it were snowing or raining, giving Hester an opportunity to fumble the ball. Seeing as the weather reports on Sunday are calling for a 20-degree, cloudy day with only a 20-percent chance of precipitation, Sayers considers the forecast a "decent" one by Chicago's standards.
"I think they'll have to do something to keep the ball out of his hands," he said of Hester.
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Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2011/01/22/gale-sayers-talks-bears-packers-game-lovie-smiths-future/
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