In May, Bears tight end Cole Kmet would walk upstairs to head coach Matt Nagy’s office to watch film of routes run in the head coach’s offensive system over the years. The Chiefs’ Travis Kelce, the best tight end on the planet, sprinted all over the screen.
In June, Kmet got to pick Kelce’s brain in person. Inspired by Von Miller’s pass-rush summit, three tight ends — Kelce, the 49ers’ George Kittle and the retired Greg Olsen — launched “Tight End University” in Nashville. For three days, 49 tight ends worked out together, studied in the classroom and mingled at night.