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Trade: Cole Kmet
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Chicago/MSU League trade — Team play-in received: Cole Kmet. Dont Mean A Thing 💍 received: 2028 3rd round pick (orig Four Horsemen)
Cole Kmet
TE · CHI · 27 yrs · exp 6 · Notre Dame
Status
- Game status
- Active
Keep Trade Cut (SF TEP)
From latest snapshot · trend vs ~7d prior when data allows.
Value
2,355
Rank
#240
Pos rank
#42
7d trend
+0.8% (7d vs prior)
Value history (90d)
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Latest: Jul 24, 2026 · 2,355
News
Stories linked to this player — newest first.
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Which Chicago Bears position group are you most confident in?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Chicago Bears fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Like many, the first thought I had on this topic was tight end. After all, Colston Loveland seems primed for the Pro Bowl this season, Cole Kmet has a decent chance at breaking the franchise reception record for a tight end this year, and rookie Sam Roush was called the best blocking tight end in the draft. The Bears’ 13 personnel could be deadly in 2026. But then I started thinking about the quarterback room. Sure, if QB1 were to go down, the season would be in jeopardy, and the offense would need to change, but that can be said for just about every other team around the league. I’m also extremely confident that Caleb Williams is going to take another step in 2026. I’m also confident that Tyson Bagent would be able to perform better than most QB2s around the NFL (especially with Ben Johsnon calling the shots). And Case Keenum has 66 starts under his belt, which makes him one of the, if not the most experienced QB3s in the NFL. Sound off in the comment section and vote in this week’s poll! Sign up for a user account and get: Fewer ads Create community posts Comment on articles, community posts Rec comments, community posts New, improved notifications system!
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Colston Loveland has Top-50 Potential
Chicago Bears tight end Colston Loveland is looking to build off a strong rookie campaign. The 22-year-old registered 58 receptions, 713 receiving yards, and six touchdowns in 16 games with the Bears last season. Like many rookies, Loveland was eased into the mix, but it didn't take him long to surpass Cole Kmet on the depth chart. He's now expected to take on a larger workload with D.J. Moore out of the picture and a full season with Caleb Williams already under his belt. Loveland finished as the TE12 and outside the top-100 last season, but the sky is the limit for him. Brock Bowers and Trey McBride are likely going to be selected ahead of him, but Loveland as the TE3 isn't crazy. The departure of Moore should free up more chances for him in 2026. A finish inside the top-50 seems possible if everything goes right for Loveland next season
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ESPN Survey: Bears’ Loveland Among NFL’s Top 10 Tight Ends
A recent ESPN survey of NFL executives, coaches, and scouts ranked Chicago Bears tight end Colston Loveland as the 7th best tight end in the league. Loveland, the 10th overall pick in last year's draft, impressed in his rookie season with 713 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. His production increased in the final four games of the season, and he is expected to be a major target for quarterback Caleb Williams in his sophomore campaign, potentially becoming the Bears' top receiver
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Bears sign TE Sam Roush to rookie deal, wrap up 2026 draft class
The Bears have signed tight end Sam Roush to his four-year rookie deal, the team announced on Friday. ESPN’s Adam Schefter was the first to report that the deal will be worth $7.35 million over the course of Roush’s four seasons. The signing of Roush, the No. 69 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, marks the Bears’ final rookie contract having been finalized for the 2026 season. Roush, a second-team All-ACC member for Stanford in 2025, had the fifth-highest PFN TE Impact Score in the FBS last season at 83.9. His 49 receptions marked the fifth-most among all tight ends, as did his 545 receiving yards. Leading up to the draft, he put together a 9.94 Relative Athletic Score, which was the highest of all tight ends eligible for the 2026 NFL Draft. With Colston Loveland and Cole Kmet in the picture, Roush projects as more of a blocking tight end in 13 personnel packages for the Bears going into his rookie year. However, with his collegiate production, his athletic profile, and his tenacity as an in-line blocker, there’s reason to believe he’ll play a bigger role in Chicago’s offense going forward
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All-Time Historical Bears Team Tournament: Team Sweetness vs Special Bears Unit
This article details a fantasy draft tournament between two historical Chicago Bears teams: Team Sweetness, drafted by Jack M Silverstein, and Special Bears Unit, drafted by TJ Starman. The article presents the full rosters for each team, position by position, and encourages readers to vote for the better-drafted team
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Chicago Bears 2026 Offseason Superlatives: Most Underrated
This WCG roundtable series was inspired by this Tweet from our guy Jacob, who gave six 2026 Chicago Bears superlatives for the offseason. We’re going to take them one by one, and we’ll give a couple two tree sentences for each. We already did the Bears’ best player, yesterday was the Bear we’re most excited to watch, and today is the most underrated. Jacob Infante: Coby Bryant allowed a lower passer rating than Kevin Byard last year, which speaks to his stronger consistency in coverage when you consider Byard led the NFL in interceptions. Bryant’s versatility and ball skills make him an above-average starter, and I think Chicago sees that firsthand in 2026. Sam Householder: It’s Cole Kmet. I think that stat-leading freak TEs like Travis Kelce or George Kittle have ruined how some fans watch the position. Kmet is a huge cog for the offense, even if he isn’t catching 80 passes for 1,000 yards. Overlook his importance and mock trade him at your own peril. Ben Johnson isn’t trying to replace him with Colston Loveland and Sam Roush. He’s complementing him and building more options for the offense. Josh Sunderbruch: Rome Odunze – I think he’ll continue to force defenses to react and come up in key moments, but he will still be a WR2, only behind Burden now. Ryan Droste: Cole Kmet – He’s been on the team so long that I think it’s easy to forget just how important he has been in the offense. Loveland is the flashy new star, but Kmet is the steady veteran who solidifies that TE room. Bryan Orenchuk: Braxton Jones – A healthy Braxton Jones is one of the more athletic OTs in the league. Also, in year two of this scheme, and next to an All-World LG, Jones will have his work cut out for him battling with Jedrick Wills . May the best man win. Donald Gooch: Cole Kmet – With the ascension of Loveland, I think that many have overlooked the steady competence of Kmet as an inline blocker and pass catcher. Social media was trying to trade him in the offseason. The fact that the Bears took a third-round tight end in the 2026 draft reignited that discussion. But really, what it showed is how important the tight end position is to Ben Johnson, and it cements Kmet as a key cog of this offense in 2026 and going forward. Erik Duerrwaechter: Gervon Dexter Sr. – I get it, he hasn’t developed into a complete player just yet as he enters the final year of his rookie contract. But he’s quietly been one of the best pass rushing threats from the interior in the league, totaling 11 sacks and 30 QB hits these past two seasons alone. In year two of this scheme, he’ll get to settle in and produce in a big way. Jeff Berckes: I think in all the love for Joe Thuney , the praise for Darnell Wright , the shock of Drew Dalman retiring, and the Ozzy Trapilo injury, we lost sight of just how good Jonah Jackson was last year. Many people panned the trade and extension last year, but he was phenomenal and will be counted on to help assimilate a new center in the offense and lock up that right side with Wright for the foreseeable future. Lester A. Wiltfong Jr.: Kmet has been the focus of trade speculation for two straight offseasons now, but he’s a key component on Ben Johnson’s offense. His numbers may have dipped, but he was a big part of the Bears’ top-five rushing attack. He’s just 29 receptions away from Mike Ditka’s record for most receptions by a tight end in franchise history. Who is your pick for the most underrated Bear? Check out our latest Bear & Balanced!
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Trade: Trey Benson ↔ Cole Kmet
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Chicago/MSU League trade involving Cole Kmet and Trey Benson
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Chiefs Trade Talk: ESPN simulates 2 offers for KC to add a player
With OTAs and mandatory minicamps marking the stage of the NFL offseason when there is more speculation than news to cover, ESPN fit the bill with a simulation of the current trade market, featuring two offers that involve the Kansas City Chiefs sending a draft pick for a player that fits a position of need. Kansas City Chiefs Ben Solak’s offer: Bears get: 2027 third-round pick Chiefs get: Kmet, 2027 fifth-round pick Why this deal makes sense: This is a strong offer, but Kansas City likely has the biggest tight end need in the league. Travis Kelce plays much more slot receiver than true tight end, while Noah Gray and Jared Wiley have not moved the needle behind him. As the Chiefs commit to a better rushing attack, they need skill position players who can block. Kmet can reconnect with coordinator Eric Bieniemy and adds a much-needed dimension as a traditional Y tight end. Kansas City Chiefs Ben Solak’s offer: Giants get: 2027 fourth-round pick Chiefs get: Thibodeaux Why this deal makes sense: In recent drafts, the Chiefs have been dumping picks into edge rusher to find more juice: 2023 first-rounder Felix Anudike-Uzomah, 2025 third-rounder Ashton Gillotte and 2026 second-rounder R Mason Thomas . Why not add one more dart throw in Thibodeaux, who can fill a designated pass-rush role while Gillotte takes more early-down work? The Chiefs do have an extra third-rounder next year as a result of the Trent McDuffie trade, but I don’t think the Giants will be able to wrench a Day 2 pick from anyone for Thibodeaux, who has been only a rotational player to this point in his career. The first offer addresses the pass-catching unit in the Chiefs’ offense, just not in the way most rumors suggest. Solak simulates a trade for the Chicago Bears ’ tight end Cole Kmet instead of targeting a wide receiver. The lack of effort to improve the tight end position this offseason is an underrated hole in the organization’s plan to weaponize the run game. When looking across the league, especially looking at the teams ahead of the curve in scheme, it feels closer to a necessity than a luxury to have strong depth behind a star tight end like Travis Kelce. One of the most important factors in achieving a more effective, well-respected rushing attack is having the threat of unpredictability on any given snap. Teams like the Los Angeles Rams value formations with two or three tight ends because the “heavier” personnel provides a blocking advantage compared to three-receiver sets without sacrificing eligible pass catchers in formation. So the Rams invested in having quality depth, employing four tight ends who each surpassed 200 receiving yards and scored at least three times in 2025, a huge factor in quarterback Matthew Stafford’s MVP season and Los Angeles ’ NFC Championship appearance. So any experienced tight end would be a worthwhile addition, considering that Noah Gray is still the only proven player behind Kelce, and even then, that proof was absent for much of last season compared to the previous years. The idea of trading for New York Giants edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux is not a new one, but it doesn’t seem to be fizzling out after recurring rumors all offseason and the selection of Ohio State outside linebacker Arvell Reese in this year’s draft. As a former fifth-overall pick, Thibodeaux has underwhelmed for most of his career outside of an 11.5-sack season in his second year. To me, it doesn’t feel like the type of addition the front office will prioritize over the options available in free agency. Chiefs general manager Brett Veach has a track record of acquiring former first-round picks who didn’t live up to expectations initially. However, the team could really use the reliability that comes with seasoned veterans like free agents Cameron Jordan or Jadeveon Clowney . Kansas City has prospects along the defensive line that give the unit a strong enough long-term outlook to avoid the risk of failing to revamp Thibodeaux’s career [... truncated ...]
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Luther Burden: Draws hype from head coach
Speaking with the media Thursday, coach Ben Johnson said he's "buying Burden stock right now" after a strong start to the Bears' offseason program, Kevin Fishbain of The Athletic reports. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update
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Waiver: Cole Kmet added, Elijah Moore dropped
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Adds: Cole Kmet. Drops: Elijah Moore
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Chicago Bears to travel the third fewest miles in the 2026 NFL season
We’re still waiting on the full NFL schedule to drop, but with all the International series games announced, we now know the travel miles for each franchise, and the Chicago Bears will travel the third fewest this season. Chicago’s longest trip, and its only road game west of the Central time zone, is against the Seattle Seahawks . The Bears’ other road trips will be to their divisional opponents, the Detroit Lions , Minnesota Vikings , and Green Bay Packers , with trips southeast to play the Miami Dolphins , Carolina Panthers , and Atlanta Falcons , and one northeast to play the Buffalo Bills . Traveling in 2026 is a lot different from traveling in 1996, but it’s still time away, and the less that teams have to fly around the world, the better. Here’s the full travel miles for the entire league. The nine International Series games make this the most combined travel miles in NFL history. The San Francisco 49ers will have the most miles traveled this season, and they will also cross the most time zones (58), which is another single-season record. Do you think the travel time matters in this day and age?
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FA: Cole Kmet dropped
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Drops: Cole Kmet
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FA: Cole Kmet dropped
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FA: Cole Kmet dropped
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FA: Cole Kmet dropped
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Trade: Cole Kmet
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Chicago/MSU League trade — Chase Calebs Bijan TeeTee received: 2026 2nd round pick (orig In Goff We Trust) and 2027 4th round pick (orig Dont Mean A Thing 💍). Dont Mean A Thing 💍 received: Cole Kmet and 2026 2nd round pick (orig Saint Loveland Luther-an)
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FA: Cole Kmet dropped
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Drops: Cole Kmet
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