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Can't-Miss Plays: Best kick returns of 2008

They're often the longest plays in a game and they can be the most exciting ones as well. Take a look at the 10 best kick returns from the 2008 regular season.

   Buffalo' Roscoe Parrish starts the season off with a couple nifty moves and a 63-yard punt return against the Seattle 
  Seahawks. 

Eagles rookie DeSean Jackson cuts back across the entire width of the field for a 68-yard punt return against the Redskins in Week 5.

Reggie Bush returns two punts for touchdowns against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 5, tying an NFL-record.

   In Week 8, Houston's 
  Jacoby Jones returns a punt 73 yards for a touchdown, then celebrates with his mom sitting in the stands. 
   Joshua Cribbs gets a huge hole then splits a pair of defenders for a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against the 
  Ravens in Week 9. 
   Every 
  Vikings player gets a shot at Will Blackmon, yet the 
  Packers punt returner manages to elude a swarm of purple jerseys for a 65-yard TD. 
   In Week 11, 
  Bills rookie 
  Leodis McKelvin scores his first career touchdown -- a 98-yard kickoff return against the 
  Browns on 
  <em>Monday Night Football</em>. 

Patriots KR Ellis Hobbs answers Justin Miller's 91-yard return for a touchdown with a 95-yard kickoff return of his own in Week 15.

Bears kick returner Danieal Manning opens Week 15's matchup against New Orleans with an 83-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

   Oakland's Johnnie Lee Higgins scores his second touchdown of the day on a 78-yard punt return against the 
  Texans in Week 16.