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Kmet's TE4 role in interior slot creates redundancy with Burden's usage.
Cole KmetTECHI
Kmet now operates as the TE4 in Chicago's offense, playing in the interior slot area (21.3% slot route rate) where Luther Burden also concentrates his work (37.9% slot route rate), creating offensive redundancy that limits both players' upside given QB Caleb Williams' increased passing aDOT.
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The same area the now TE4 operates. They both play with a QB whose passing aDOT has ticked up since his rookie season.
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- What did Fantasy Life Articles say about Cole Kmet?
- Kmet now operates as the TE4 in Chicago's offense, playing in the interior slot area (21.3% slot route rate) where Luther Burden also concentrates his work (37.9% slot route rate), creating offensive redundancy that limits both players' upside given QB Caleb Williams' increased passing aDOT.
- Is this good or bad for Cole Kmet's fantasy football value?
- STACKED tags this as a neutral fantasy football signal for Cole Kmet (TE CHI). Kmet's TE4 role in interior slot creates redundancy with Burden's usage.
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- Cole Kmet's complete 2026 fantasy football outlook — projections, ADP movement across every platform, injury context, and all source-backed STACKED insights — is on their STACKED player profile.
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