The Chicago Bears are like those people that have to hoard toilet paper through these trying times. Instead of grabbing every square off the shelves during the Coronavirus, the Bears want every tight end they see in their cart. Maybe Bears GM, Ryan Pace, is like that guy in your fantasy league with multiple tight ends, too many kickers on the roster. Then have missing positions such as quarterback. I always thought the Bears should draft a quarterback every year until they get that position locked down. On the 43rd pick in the 2020 draft, the Bears select a local kid from Notre Dame, and many experts have Cole Kmet as the best tight end on the board.

Maybe it is the luck of the IRISH that the Bears first pick in the draft is in the second round and they get the best guy at the position. Cole Kmet grew up in Lake Barrington, and played sports at St. Viator. Kmet was a two sport guy as he played football and baseball at the collegiate level. For the Irish he racked up some saves coming out of the bullpen as a pitcher. Kmet stuck with the family trade of football. Kmet’s father, Frank Kmet, was drafted by the Buffalo Bills. Kmet’s uncle, Jeff Zgonina, played 17 seasons in the NFL. With football blood in Cole Kmet, the Bears get a 6’6 242 pound huge target to throw to. Last season at Notre Dame, he caught 43 passes for 515 yards and six touchdowns. In a game versus the University of Georgia, he caught 9 balls for 108 yards with a touchdown catch. Kmet is big, strong, and can break tackles as he likes to run over defenders. Kmet has good hands that can extend on bad passes. A big catch radius which is needed for quarterbacks off the mark.

The Chicago Bears recently cut Trey Burton who was injury prone and getting a lot of money. If the Bears would have kept Burton, they would have had 11 tight ends on the active roster. Maybe the Bears’ plans is to have some kind of tight end competition. Like a kickoff they did with kickers last year. The list of tight ends include Ben Braunecker, Darion Clark, Demetrius Harris, J.P Holtz, Jesper Horset, Dax Raymond, and Eric Saubert. Braunneker and Horstead had a touchdown catch last season. Holtz had 7 catches and 91 yards. Then you have Adam Shaheen who everyone knows he is a bust. Bears holding on to him like he’s due for break out season. If the Bears knew they were going to draft a quarterback why the signing of Jimmy Graham? The guaranteed money they paid Graham just baffles me.

Cole Kmet says he needs to improve on blocking and his route running. Kmet also had a broken collar bone he dealt with. Some will compare Kmet to the LA Rams tight end, Tyler Higbee. I think walking into the room, by far Cole Kmet is the best tight end the Bears had. Only problems I forecast is if the Coronavirus shortens training camp for the entire NFL. I do like Kmet has a gym set up in his Gramma’s house. Will Kmet have enough time to improve his weaknesses and adjust his play to the fast pace of the NFL? Then soaking in Matt Nagy’s war and peace play book. Mitch Trubisky is still learning it. Bright side Cole is Kmet did go to Notre Dame so he should be able to comprehend things quicker. Kmet will definitely have to learn on the fly. It might take Kmet until mid season to really get his feet wet. Overall I like this pick by the Bears so now let’s just hope Mitch Trubisky or Nick Foles get Cole Kmet the ball.