Tight end Cole Kmet has been perhaps Justin Fields’ most valuable go-to receiver this season as the Chicago Bears try to marry their passing game to Fields’ athletic gifts. Coming into Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons, Kmet had 23 catches on 33 targets for 274 yards and a team-high five receiving touchdowns.
With 10:18 left in the first half of Sunday’s game, the Bears had first-and-10 at their own 49-yard line, and Fields wanted to go deep to Kmet. The tight end made that decision far wiser than it might have been otherwise by somehow going Animal Style over cornerback A.J. Terrell for the amazing one-handed catch.
COLE KMET 😱
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That drive ended with a Cairo Santos 41-yard field goal, and the Bears up, 10-7.