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NFL writer puts out silly trade idea for the Bears that would be counterintuitive and really hurt Ben Johnson's offense in 2025

Originally posted on A to Z Sports | By Kole Noble | Last updated Jun 17, 2025 3:42 PM ET

When the Chicago Bears drafted tight end Colston Loveland with the 10th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, a lot of people were stunned by the decision, but no one more stunned than the team's current tight end Cole Kmet.

Kmet shared with reporters that he was "taken aback" by the decision seeing the pick announced in real time. Soon after, head coach Ben Johnson personally reached out to the veteran and quelled any concerns about his role on the team.

From that point on, Kmet understood the vision of what Johnson was looking to build within his offense by utilizing both players interchangeably.

"You understand that there's going to be areas where we complement each other, then there's obviously – just like an any position room – there's going to be areas where we compete for things," Kmet said. "That's football and that's how it should be."

Kmet's mindset since draft day has been looking forward to having the best 12-personnel (2 TE set) in the entire league. Which is why it's confusing to see people outside in the media float around trade ideas involving one of the team's longest-tenured locker room leaders.

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That's exactly what CBS Sports' Cody Benjamin did this week suggesting the Bears should trade Kmet to the Pittsburgh Steelers to form their own 2-TE combination with Pat Freiermuth. Which seems completely counterintuitive for what Ben Johnson is wanting this offense to look like in 2025.

There's no reason to trade Cole Kmet in 2025

Based on everything Johnson has said about Kmet and his role alongside Loveland, there's no reason to believe the team would even consider moving him.

The Bears aren't desperate for cap relief nor draft picks at this time and doing a move that would set the offense back just doesn't make sense. Now, in the long run, could it be possible? Yeah, potentially. But not prior to the 2025 season when Kmet's set to be a major role player offensively.

After the 2025 season, Kmet will have an $11.6 million cap hit in 2026 and if all goes well in Loveland's development, the team could consider moving him at that time, but even that is a big if depending on how the two players perform this upcoming season.

As far as 2025 goes, Kmet is still too valuable to the offense as a player and as a mentor to the first-round rookie.

"Getting to know Colston has been great so far and I want to give him as much knowledge as I can," Kmet explained. "Give him all the things that I've learned and get him up to pace as soon and as quickly as possible so that he can go out there and be the best football player that he can be this year and going forward."

The other caveat here is that Loveland has yet to participate on the field with the offense while rehabbing from a should surgery. Therefore, he's already missed a lot of time and is slightly behind, as confirmed by his head coach.

So, Kmet isn't going anywhere in 2025, but it's the middle of the dead period and takes such as this one will always spread like wildfire, whether it makes sense or not.

This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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