Cole Kmet has a brilliant strategy to extend his career with Bears

Cole Kmet's playing the long game.

Kmet, who's already dealing with a snap-count created "controversy" after one (1) single week of NFL football, figures to be one of the Bears' core offensive pieces for the next half-decade or so. (I say 'figures to be' because apparently Shane Waldron did not get that memo.) He's an important piece in the offense that the Bears want to run, not to mention beloved in Chicago.

But what if I told you that Kmet could be a core piece for the Bears for the next decade? Or even longer? I know, it does sound as good as it did in your dreams. On a recent episode of his CHGO podcast (I told you he was beloved in Chicago), he revealed his plans to quietly stick around the NFL for 20 years, and to be honest, it's kinda genius.

"I always joke with [Bears long-snapper Patrick] Scales that, like, maybe I'll just do this tight end thing for like 10-12 years," he said. "And then when I'm like, 'You know what, I'm kinda done with this,' I'll just transition and long snap. I could probably do that for eight or nine years. Make a few million doing it that way, and I'd obviously spend more time on the golf course. So maybe that's the route I go with."

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YES Cole. That absolutely should be the route you go with. And I'm sure there's someone out there who's very insulted for all the lifelong long-snappers who are about to get muscled out of their jobs by tight ends that don't want to block 23-year old edge rushers anymore, but that's life. Some rep at the Player's Association headquarters is huddling up with their in-house counsel about what sort of a market someone who plays tight end and long snapper would have, I'm so sure of it.

Making a few million dollars to stick around a job you love while doing way less than you used to is quite literally the modern American dream. It's the most profitable version of quiet quitting that we've ever seen. We'll all remember where we were when Cole Kmet's stroke of genius inspired an entire generation of tight ends to switch positions early to work on their handicaps on the clock. I'm sorry Cole Kmet, I wasn't familiar with your game.