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Top 10 NFL Punt/Kick Returns, Excitement At It's Best

askmen.com — There are few plays more exciting in the NFL than a punt or kick-off return for a touchdown. These breathtaking moments can change one team’s momentum and deflate the other team's morale just as quickly. (10 pretty awesome videos)

Who dugg this? Made popular Nov 14, 2008

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  • nomadspartan, on 11/14/2008, -0/+24Dugg for thumbnail .
  • H3avyC, on 11/14/2008, -0/+22They could just put 10 Devin Hester returns up there and call it a list.
  • pitchblack16, on 11/14/2008, -0/+17Nothing beats Dante Hall, that was one of the most exciting kick off returns that I have ever witnessed, on TV of course.
  • irfanmp, on 11/14/2008, -1/+14The title was correct when it stated "Excitement At It's Best"...that thumbnail got me really excited.
  • inactive, on 11/14/2008, -0/+10Just look up Devin Hester on youtube and save yourself the trouble of having to skip through a bunch of ads.
  • mikbunn, on 11/14/2008, -1/+10Except for the "it's".
  • AmyVernon, on 11/14/2008, -0/+9Find the thumbnail amusing almost right next to the word "deflate."
  • inactive, on 11/14/2008, -1/+8Punctuation at its worst.
  • mortigon, on 11/14/2008, -0/+6Go to your rooms!
  • inactive, on 11/14/2008, -0/+5I used to hate football, but since I've learned more about the game in the last few years and see plays like that....I'm hooked. :-D
  • munawarali2, on 11/14/2008, -0/+4Devin Hester:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2SpdESsTXo
  • irfanmp, on 11/14/2008, -0/+4Youd forget the proper use of apostrophe's too if you were excited
  • ascott9, on 11/14/2008, -0/+3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_VV3qocFDA
  • inactive, on 11/14/2008, -0/+3Um........Music City Miracle anyone?
  • Khanvalescent, on 11/14/2008, -0/+3Devin Hester needs to get his groove back.
  • TomK, on 11/14/2008, -0/+3As a Bills fan, i was so afraid of seeing that as #1 ... while all shown in this article are good, none had greater impact than MCM. I felt like hanging myself. On the flip side, I was never happier to see the Rams win the SuperBowl that year either :-P
  • mortigon, on 11/14/2008, -1/+4Maybe toss in a Roscoe Parrish or 2
  • ascott9, on 11/14/2008, -1/+4This guy has lost his mind. Music city miracle is by far the best kick return ever.

    What other kick return gets its own wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_City_Miracle
  • SnuKs, on 11/14/2008, -0/+3He just runs as if there's a cheeseburger waiting in the endzone.
  • dagnabbit, on 11/14/2008, -0/+3As a Colts fan, when the Bears ran the opening kickoff back during the Super Bowl (for the first time ever) I just about threw up.
  • smoothmann, on 11/14/2008, -0/+2INTERNET FIGHT!!!
  • yacks, on 11/14/2008, -0/+2Cribbs return vs steelers..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-UIxnDgCg4

    I would say that was more exciting than a lot of those on that list.
  • tagnarth, on 11/14/2008, -0/+2talk about an anticlimax.. the video with the worst quality and no sound is the 1 return. They couldn't find a better version?
  • daveR, on 11/14/2008, -0/+2I miss that Devin Hester, please bring him back
  • inactive, on 11/14/2008, -2/+4This list is crap... How is Ellis Hobbs record setting 108 yard return not on there?

    Oh and Reggie Bush is a total disappointment in the NFL.
  • GiJoeBob, on 11/14/2008, -0/+2Here's a kick return for you. Be sure to watch to the very end.
    http://digg.com/football/Greatest_Football_Comebac ...

    Oh, and dugg for the thumbnail.
  • lafan313, on 11/14/2008, -0/+2So the top 10 returns were all from the past 5 years? I don't think so.
  • crimsonnblue, on 11/14/2008, -0/+2As a Chiefs fan I was thinking surely Dante's return would be on the list.. lol I was scared when I clicked next on the last one and sure enough it was no. 1

    I'm not sure if it deserved to be no. 1 but that return was completely sick. I remember watching it live. I was like WTF!
  • bblande, on 11/14/2008, -1/+3I cannot bury this enough for not including Josh Cribbs' 100-yard return against the Steelers last year. He fumbled the ball, picked it up at his own goal line, then promptly took it to the house.

    17 seconds in: http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d805b5196

    Oh, he also can tackle and throw the ball. This guy is the complete package.
  • LuCiFer6, on 11/14/2008, -1/+2Exactly, I mean he did that ***** at the Superbowl.


    But that Dante Hall return was sick...
  • SkillzThatKillz, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1Prime Time, Prime Time

  • Zera, on 11/14/2008, -1/+2But you didn't because you knew they still had no chance... :)
  • phike, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1Terrible list. HOW THE HELL DID THEY FORGET:

    MUSIC
    CITY
    MIRRACLE
  • dougd3345, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1Any kick returns list without Deion Sanders gets buried.
  • SnuKs, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1Antonio Cromartie's 109 return 1ups that.
  • crimsonnblue, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1ugh mcnabb
  • warchant, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1completely shocked it's not on there. that was also a day before my day! great present! :)
  • BrokenVisage, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1My friends laughed at me when I told them flat-out that LenDale White would be the better "RUNNING BACK" when all is said and done. Needless to say, they aren't laughing right now.
  • konforce, on 11/14/2008, -1/+2Stupid list. The best kick return ever in terms of controversy and significance:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVq72ONLm_I @ 4:10

  • coldwind777, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1this, right here, is nice
  • mmittimm, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1Debating digging for Devin Hester or burying for askmen.com.
    On one hand Hester's kickoff return at the SuperBowl was probably my #1 favorite SuperBowl moment.
    On the other hand askmen.com is the absolute worst site on the net. Slow, clunky, tons of ads, even more ads...
  • Chrino, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1Redemption.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUDQ2iG9Xf0
  • yacks, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0NPJizdHJ0
    ^some more cribbs highlights

    Cribbs is more of a bruiser than Hester... Hester has speed, but Cribbs will just push the pile if he has too, He's just a beast.. and is a more complete player on special teams because he also is on the kicking side as well and often is there to make the tackle.
  • Virgule, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1You did it, wrong.
  • smokeymcdank, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1Bad site, but great vids.
  • badfrog, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1Too bad Crosby failed at the end.
  • Takfam, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1I watched the Dante Hall return with my bros. The loudest among us was providing running commentary: "Okay... alright, ah- what- WHAT?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! FORWARD IS GOOD! FORWARD IS GOOD- YEAH! YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!! WOOOOOOO!!!!!"

    I don't know who needed the oxygen mask more after that run, him or Hall.
  • badfrog, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1Desmond Howard's Superbowl record return not included? *****!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2yrPkdN3pY
  • msawicki, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1This list should be called top 10 returns of the last 5 years. Too many great returns missing here, inlcuding the music city miracle, Eric Metcalf, Deion, etc. This list is great for someone who started watching football in '03.
  • meed, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1what about One of Deon Sander's punt returns? (before he broke his toe)
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