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Kmet's TE4 role creates slot overlap with Burden in Bears' offense.

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Kmet now operates as the TE4 in Chicago's offense; his interior slot role (21.3% slot target rate, 21.3% slot route rate) creates positional overlap with Luther Burden's work, making it harder for both to succeed in the same area of the field as QB Caleb Williams' passing aDOT has ticked up since his rookie season.

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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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Kmet now operates as the TE4 in Chicago's offense; his interior slot role (21.3% slot target rate, 21.3% slot route rate) creates positional overlap with Luther Burden's work, making it harder for both to succeed in the same area of the field as QB Caleb Williams' passing aDOT has ticked up since his rookie season.
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STACKED tags this as a neutral fantasy football signal for Cole Kmet (TE CHI). Kmet's TE4 role creates slot overlap with Burden in Bears' offense.
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