<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cole-kmet-fantasy-football-outlook-2023-nfl-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cole Kmet’s Fantasy Football Outlook for the 2023 Season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cole-kmets-fantasy-football-outlook-for-the-2023-season.jpg"></figure><h1>Cole Kmet’s Fantasy Football Outlook for the 2023 Season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-09T13:11:14-07:00">August 9th, 1:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-09T13:11:47-07:00">August 9th, 1:11pm</time><address><a>Liam Hanley</a>Liam Hanley is a versatile writer who covers a variety of sports at ClutchPoints and other websites. A Milwaukee native, Liam graduated from Macalester College with a BA in history. He has a special affinity for mid-major college basketball and lower-league English soccer.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Fantasy Sports</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Chicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet was a pleasant fantasy football surprise in 2022 for those willing to stick with him throughout the season. After not earning a single point through the first two weeks, Kmet caught seven touchdowns, helping him finish eighth in fantasy points among tight ends in PPR leagues.</p><p>With quarterback Justin Fields possibly poised for a breakout season in the end, plus a plethora of new pass-catching options for the Bears, what can we expect from Kmet in 2023? Fresh off a four-year, $50 million <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bears-news-cole-kmet-50-million-extension-training-camp" rel="noopener">contract extension</a>, here is Cole Kmet’s fantasy football outlook.</p><h1><b>Cole Kmet’s Fantasy Football Outlook for the 2023 Season</b></h1><h2><b>More Air Time?</b></h2><p>In his first full year as the Bears’ starter, Justin Fields was a revelation on the ground, rushing for 1,143 yards and eight touchdowns while leading the NFL with 7.1 yards/carry. In the air, he was not quite as effective. Fields’ 149.5 passing yards/game were the worst among quarterbacks with 10+ starts in 2022 while his interception rate of 3.5% was second worst.</p><p>No Bears pass-catcher exceeded 500 yards receiving in 2022, yet Cole Kmet managed 543 yards on 69 targets while catching seven touchdowns — all team highs. It is hard to see Kmet exceeding those numbers in 2023 given the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bears-news-hc-matt-eberflus-comments-bears-wide-receivers-excite-fans" rel="noopener">number of pass-catchers</a> the Bears will have.</p><p>Chicago acquired wideout D.J. Moore in the off-season, who surpassed 1,100 receiving yards in three straight years before 2022. The Bears will also have a full year of Chase Claypool — who averaged more than 850 yards in two full seasons with the Steelers, plus Darnell Mooney, who struggled with injuries last year but had 1,000 yards in 2021. Chicago also brought in Green Bay Packers tight end Robert Tonyan, coming off a 53-catch performance a year ago.</p><p>With these options finally all together, Kmet could easily be the third or even fourth target in this Chicago offense. But if Fields can increase his passing production from a miserable 2,242 yards last year, that might not be an issue. Fields will be a more efficient passer in 2023, paving the way for similar numbers for Cole Kmet despite the increased competition for targets.</p><h2><b>Season-Long Improvement</b></h2><p>Through the first two games of the season, Kmet had just two targets and no catches. In weeks three through eight, he posted a modest 6.0 fantasy points in PPR leagues, averaging 2.3 catches/game, and — most notably — just one touchdown. In the final nine weeks of the campaign, the Chicago tight end averaged 12.4 points/game, hauling in six touchdowns and gathering nearly twice as many catches per game. Extrapolate that rate to an entire season, and Kmet is the fifth-highest-scoring tight end in fantasy football.</p><h2><b>End Zone Dependency</b></h2><p>Even with his strong second-half showing, Kmet still <a href="https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/stats/te.php" rel="noopener">finished tied for 15th</a> among tight ends with 50 catches on the season. Only his seven-touchdown output (tied for third among TEs) made him relevant in fantasy. This touchdown total far exceeded the two scores he managed across his first two NFL seasons. Plus, outside the five games in which Kmet found the end zone, he only reached double-digit fantasy points in PPR leagues once.</p><h2><b>Overall Outlook</b></h2><p>Kmet’s durability in playing all 17 games might have hurt him last year, as he finished eighth in total points among tight ends in PPR leagues last year yet was tied for 15th in points per game at 8.7. Given his inconsistency, dependency on touchdowns for fantasy relevance, and the influx of new targets at Soldier Field, the staff at ESPN ranks him anywhere from 11th to 19th, with an average ranking of 13.8.</p><p>With so few dependable tight ends and a noticeable drop-off outside of this top group, Cole Kmet is a risky play from this “best of the rest” group, at TE 14 in ESPN’s rankings, don’t plan on making this Bears pass-catcher your primary tight end in 2023.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cole Kmet’s Fantasy Football Outlook for the 2023 Season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/bears-news-matt-eberflus-breaks-silence-big-cole-kmet-extension');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bears’ Matt Eberflus breaks silence on big Cole Kmet extension');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bears-cole-kmet-cole-kmet-contract-bears-cole-kmet-matt-eberflus.jpg"></figure><h1>Bears’ Matt Eberflus breaks silence on big Cole Kmet extension</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-26T10:12:35-07:00">July 26th, 10:12am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-26T10:12:35-07:00">July 26th, 10:12am</time><address><a>Jack Deignan</a>Jack Deignan is an artist of many mediums who grew up playing every sport under the sun, contributing to his extreme passion for all major US sports today. He split his youth between the cities of Chicago and Cleveland and now resides in Los Angeles, as he recently received his undergraduate degree in English and Film &amp; Tv from UCLA. When not following and writing about sports, Jack loves to make music, design, write stories and try new things.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Chicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bears-news-cole-kmet-50-million-extension-training-camp" rel="noopener">signed a four-year</a>, $50 million contract extension to start training camp on Wednesday. Speaking on the new contract for his tight end, head coach Matt Eberflus <a href="https://twitter.com/CourtneyRCronin/status/1684245522599620634?s=20" rel="noopener">has nothing but praise</a> for the Notre Dame product, reports ESPN’s Courtney Cronin.</p><p>“Certainly excited about that. Having that type of guy, that type of tight end, that type of man that reps everything we want to represent at the Chicago Bears…and certainly he has a bright future ahead of him with the Chicago Bears.”</p><p>Both Bears fans and Cole Kmet can be excited about the thoughts from Matt Eberflus. Giving Kmet a four-year contract cements their commitment to him and shores up a big position for Chicago.</p><p>Kmet is very important to the Bears offense for a number of reasons and bodes well for Chicago’s future now that he is locked up for the long-term. Not only is Kmet a solid pass-catching option for Justin Fields, but he is one of the better blocking tight ends in football. This proves monumental on a Bears offense that has a plethora of threats to run the ball out of the backfield.</p><p>Overall, the Bears have a very exciting future that can be symbolized by the Kmet contract extension. Besides Kmet and Fields, Chicago has some exciting talent on offense in DJ Moore, Chase Claypool, Darnell Mooney, D’Onta Foreman and Khalil Herbert. All of these guys are looking to have a big season in Chicago and fulfill some expectations that the Bears haven’t had in quite some time.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bears’ Matt Eberflus breaks silence on big Cole Kmet extension

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He lives with his wife and two dogs. He is a huge Southern California sports fan and a retired member of the Fresno State drumline.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New contract extensions are flying off the board. A day after Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/justin-herbert-chargers-grading-262-million-contract" rel="noopener">broke the bank</a>, now Chicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet earned an extension. The Bears and Kmet <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1684232610111692800" rel="noopener">agreed to</a> a four-year extension worth $50 million to keep the Notre Dame product in town, per Adam Schefter of ESPN. This also marks the first extension completed by GM Ryan Poles since he took the job.</p><p>‘Another deal: Bears and TE Cole Kmet reached agreement on a four-year, $50 million extension, including $32.8 million guaranteed and $20 million in new first-year cash, per me and @FieldYates.’ </p><p>Kmet is entering his fourth season in the NFL after being selected in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bears-news-cole-kmet-inks-rookie-deal-with-chicago" rel="noopener">second round in 2020</a>. He caught just 28 passes for 243 yards and two scores in his first year. In 2021, Kmet caught 60 passes for 612 yards with zero scores and then became a red-zone target for Justin Fields this past season with seven touchdowns for a team that ranked dead last in the NFL in passing yards per game.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bears-news-justin-fields-dj-moore-building-chemistry-very-fast" rel="noopener">The Bears’ offense</a> has a lot of hype despite losing David Montgomery, but adding DJ Moore and bringing back Darnell Mooney and Chase Claypool give Fields a ton of weapons to work with. Now, Kmet is in town for the next four seasons, at least, and has a clear path to being a top-tier tight end.</p><p>Last season, with the Bears’ run-heavy offensive attack, Cole Kmet led the team in receptions, yards, and touchdowns. But, with Moore in town and Claypool there the whole season this time, it will be a bit more difficult for the tight end to lead the team in those categories once again.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
RECEPTIONS	RECEIVING YDS	TOUCHDOWNS	POSITION RANK
76.8	804	11.7	11

2024 SEASON STATS
RECEPTIONS	RECEIVING YDS	TOUCHDOWNS	POSITION RANK
76.8	804	11.7	11

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