This dude got so much (unwarranted) hate early in the season, especially after his extension, but he’s done nothing but impress in his fourth year as a safety valve, blocker, and redzone threat.
Definitely one of Poles’ best moves as a GM so far, despite the earlier general consensus that we overspent on him among the fanbase. He could soon make a case for being a top 5 TE in the NFL, and he doesn’t get nearly enough recognition.
people have really been hating on Cole Kmet??
god i feel so vindicated too. love Kmet. couldnt believe i had to defend him because i (wrongly, apparently) thought his play spoke for itself
he’s more of a Gronk or Hockenstein than a Gates or Kelce and i think sometimes (more stiff vs more fluid) and that seems to come off weird sometimes
but also look at the pro bowl and all-pro level DEs he’s blocked this season 1 on 1, not the least of which was Hunter yesterday
Do like how Cole has been developing. Contract is already proving worth it, seeing top TEs age like Wine will be nice to see year over year growth.
People still pretending kmet blocks?
His entire moveset is put an arm on the edge rusher, leak out for fields to checkdown, run directly to the nearest defender.
He blocks well when he’s in true pass protection, like a lineman. Whenever he has to move a good distance and then block, he seems to have issues positioning himself properly.
And let me guess this take is based entirely because you saw a tweet of him playing hands against the lions where he did do a good job on that one single play and you assumed that’s how it normally goes.
Yes, when kmet chooses to try he can block well. He usually doesn’t because he wants to leak out for that checkdown.
But like you mentioned his positioning is routinely terrible. This shows especially on run blocking. Where he seems to be what madden based their blocking ai on. Where there’s two guys needing to be blocked one a bigger threat and he ends up not blocking either.
He has come along nicely although I do think he still needs to work on his blocking. He seems to whiff on blocks a little too much but with that said he has improved each year & is solid overall.
these hos aint loyal