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LAKE FOREST https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Adam-Shaheen-Jersey , Ill. (AP)It’s easy to see former Chicago Bears standouts Devin Hester and Matt Forte as players with skills in decreasing demand.For Hester, he’s not happy about the possibility the NFL could soon eliminate one of his fortes – the kickoff return.”At the end of the day kickoff and punt return is one of the key aspects of the quality of football,” Hester said. ”You’ve got to let these guys play football. It is what it is.”You try to find ways to eliminate injuries. But the minute you step on the field you’re bound to get hurt somewhere. That’s just the nature of the beast. And I think taking that out of the game is big. I don’t like to see it happen.”Hester and Forte both signed one-day contracts with their original team Monday at Halas Hall so they could retire as Bears, and an emotional ceremony capped careers rich in highlight-reel material for the former second-round draft picks.For Hester it may mean a spot someday in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.”Every athlete wants to be in the hall of fame,” Hester said. ”If there’s one out there that says they don’t really care about it then they’re playing the wrong sport.”No other player is in the Hall based solely on returns, but Hester’s league record of 20 TD returns could make him a candidate. He had 14 punt return TDs, five on kickoffs and one on a missed field goal.Not included in those 20 returns is his most well known Mitchell Trubisky Color Rush Jersey , because it came during his rookie year and in the postseason – the 92-yard return for a TD in 2007 on the opening kickoff of Super Bowl 41.Whether a special teams player should be in the Hall is a question for voters, but Hester pointed out kicker Morten Andersen made it.”He just opened up the doors for all special teamers,” Hester said.If Hester eventually gets in, he might be the only returner considered because of the number of concussions last season has league officials meeting next month. Eliminating kickoffs is expected to be a hot topic.”It’s one of the most exciting plays when you’re playing this game of football,” Hester said. ”If I’m the last to be, the one who’s the best to be at the return game, that’s an honor. But at the same time Pat O'Donnell Jersey , I want to see it continue to play out.”Like Hester, Forte is a player whose impact may soon be a rarity. In an age when many teams use multiple backs, Forte retired after 10 years with 14,468 yards from scrimmage, the most by any NFL player during the past decade.”Going into the NFL, I knew it was a production-based league and consistency is better than peaks and valleys,” Forte said. ”So I wanted to be the best at all times and be available at all times for my teammates and my team.”Forte’s consistency was so great https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Kyle-Long-Jersey , he managed to finish second only to Walter Payton in franchise rushing with 8,602 yards. After eight Bears seasons and two with the Jets, Forte had 9,796 yards rushing, 4,672 receiving and 75 TDs.”Given how great Walter Payton was, it just didn’t seem right that my name was just right there next to his Tom Waddle Color Rush Jersey ,” Forte said. ”It’s just kind of surreal to me that my name is right there with him in this organization.”Forte decided to retire after an injury-filled 2017 season with the Jets. He deflected much of the credit for success to teammates on both sides of the ball, and recalled being frustrated going against Hall of Fame inductee Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs and Charles Tillman at his first practice.”Playing against a defense like that from a young rookie groomed me to know I’d just arrived here and I hadn’t made it and I had to work very hard to continue to be very consistent in my production,” Forte said.— LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP)Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur is interviewing for the Chicago Bears’ coaching job. Shurmur could be a strong candidate considering the Vikings have an effective offense despite early losses of quarterback Sam Bradford and running back Dalvin Cook on the way to the NFC North championship. The Bears are looking to get the most out of quarterback Mitchell Trubisky. Shurmur helped journeyman Case Keenum emerge as one of the league’s top quarterbacks after Bradford went down. Shurmur was 9-23 as the Cleveland Browns’ coach from 2011-12. He returned for a second stint as Philadelphia’s offensive coordinator from 2013-15. He joined the Vikings as tight ends coach in 2016. He served as interim offensive coordinator for the final nine games that year following the resignation of Norv Turner and took over the job in 2017. The Bears were meeting with Shurmur in Minnesota on Friday, one day after interviewing Vikings defensive coordinator George Edwards. Chicago also interviewed defensive coordinator Vic Fangio on Wednesday at team headquarters. The Bears fired John Fox after a 14-34 record in three years and a .292 winning percentage that ranks as the second-lowest in franchise history. The Bears were 5-11 this season. —