Get to know new Bears tight end Cole Kmet

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The top pick for the Bears in the 2020 NFL draft in the 2nd round was Notre Dame tight end Cole Kmet. JJ Stankevitz is joined by former offensive coordinator for the Fighting Irish, Chip Long and former wide receiver at Notre Dame turned broadcaster Corey Robinson, to discuss everything you need to know about who Cole is and what he can bring to the Bears.(1:20) - Chip Long interview/ Who are the Bears getting in Cole Kmet(4:30) - Cole's potential hasn't even been tapped(9:00) - Chip Long on Cole playing well through injury(12:40) - Corey Robinson interview(13:30) - Notre Dame's ability to put out NFL tight ends(18:00) - Cole's comparison's to Gronk(22:50) - What are the Bears losing in firing former O-line coach Harry HiestandSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm JJ Stankovits and welcome into another edition of the Undercenter podcast,
0:09.4	brought to you by Sprinkler Fitter's Union Local 281.
0:13.1	On today's episode, I had a chance to catch up with former Notre Dame offensive coordinator,
0:16.9	Chip Long, to get some insight into Bear's second round pick Cole Komet. And then former Notre Dame receiver Corey Robinson joins me to offer his thoughts on
0:24.6	Commet, Harry Heistand, and more. All that on a Notre Dame special edition of the
0:29.6	Under Center podcast starting right now.
0:31.6	What it means to me to be a Chicago bear, it's an easy question. It means everything to me. That means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense, legends, linebackers.
0:46.3	The history of it. I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this was one of the first
0:51.3	franchise is just kind of blows my mind, honestly, that I was able to be a part of that the city just the nostalgia of
0:59.7	playing for a story franchise the story franchise of the running back position
1:04.5	with guys like Gail Sayers and Walter Payton and being able to follow in those
1:07.6	footsteps so being a bear means everything. And what more can you say?
1:16.5	All right, so Chip, you had a chance to coach Cole Komet in college.
1:20.4	What can you tell us about the player in person the bears are getting?
1:24.0	Cole, my opinion, once in a lifetime type of kid, you get to coach.
1:28.1	I mean, as good a player as he is, he's even better person off the field.
1:34.4	I mean, just, you know, two sports star keeping over a three, I think, three six or three seven
1:41.5	GPA at Notre Dame, never miss a single football workout.
1:47.9	You know, he's the same kid every single day.
1:51.5	Didn't know matter how tired he was from doing both.
1:54.0	You'd never know.
1:55.3	Just because the mental toughness he had.
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