"Devin Hester was not part of a record-setting weekend for returns in the NFL, but the Bears' dangerous weapon sure enjoyed watching players speed to the end zone all around the league.

There were eight return touchdowns — five punts and three kickoffs — on opening weekend, setting a league mark for any week in NFL history, proof that new kickoff rules haven't dramatically changed the landscape. The Bears prepare to face the Saints, who went into the record books for allowing a 108-yard kickoff return by Green Bay rookie Randall Cobb, which tied for the longest all-time.

But the biggest thing Hester took out of the weekend was that the rule change — moving kickoffs from the 30- to the 35-yard line — is not going to limit concussions. Not in his opinion, anyway. That was the goal of the competition committee, to reduce the number of full-speed collisions taking place. The three kickoff return touchdowns were all more than 100 yards (also an NFL record for one weekend), evidence no one is looking to take a touchback."