New Moon

Hester was trying to reach down and scoop up a low pass from Jay Cutler when Eagles cornerback Dimitri Patterson dragged him down by his britches, casting a full moon over NBC's telecast of the game. "I ain't talking about that,'' Hester said this afternoon as he walked off the practice field inside the Walter Payton Center. "I'm trying to let that die down." Hester was embarrassed by the incident but said it's one of the things that can happen when a defender grabs ahold of you just the right wrong place. "It done happened before. It's not the first time and it won't be the last,'' he said. "There's nothing you can do, man, when they pull your pants." Asked if he has received an outpouring of attention over the incident, he asked to change the subject. "Don't do this to me,'' he said. "Let it die down. I did got a lot of comments from chicks.

No More Returns...Yet

The Bears star, who surrendered his kickoff return duties to Danieal Manning last season, said he would be willing to give up punt returns, too just not anytime in the near future.

``I think a return man simply has to be a return man,’’ Hester said. ``There’s really no other position he should go out and play. A return man is a totally different ball game from trying to be a return man and starting receiver, or the starting cornerback, or a starting safety. I don’t think it’s going to work. That’s why you never really see it last that long in the NFL. You can’t do it.

He is trying to make the transition to wide out permanently. I am sure Jay Culter would not mind him giving up the reuturn game to become a target for him.