The Bears have no interest in urging patience or tempering enthusiasm about their curious plan at tight end. They’re so confident in Jimmy Graham’s bounce-back bid and second-round pick Cole Kmet’s early progress that they’re fine with expectations surging.
They’re even encouraging it.
In the first two days of practice, they were arguably the two most impressive offensive players. Graham’s prowess gives a flicker of optimism that he can still be one of the better tight ends in the league, and Kmet hasn’t looked like a rookie other than when the entire team pounced on him for a false start Tuesday.