Bears Fans May Not Want To Hear What Cole Kmet Said About The Future

A Bears locker room usually filled pinch laughing and large talk was very still Sunday night, not a dormant soundlessness for illustration aft nan 2018 Cody Parkey double doink because location is still an aerial of underlying excitement astir nan play ended and nan early ahead.

Still, nan 20-17 overtime nonaccomplishment to nan Rams collapsed hearts arsenic they pondered what could person been aft rallying miraculously to necktie successful nan closing seconds of regulation.

"Our guys are emotion it correct now," coach Ben Johnson said. "They each believed, man. They each believed that we could find a measurement to triumph each and each week. And truthful it's disappointing for illustration that."

Harrison Melvis dashed their hopes and ended their play pinch a 42-yard section goal.

"It ends quickly and that's life successful this league," Johnson said.

Even then, connected what is simply a comparatively regular section extremity by NFL standards, nan Bears hoped yet different occurrence could prevention them. They had won connected a Josh Blackwell blocked section extremity against nan Raiders, had pulled 1 retired against nan Packers aft an onside kick.

In nan snow, thing could happen.

"The belief was location up until nan footwear went through," information Kevin Byard said. "Like I said, it hurts. It hurts, I hurt."

Caleb Williams' occurrence TD walk hadn't rather done nan trick. The defense gave up a scoring thrust to extremity it aft nan 3rd Williams interception.

"In these moments you consciousness that you fto your squad down, you consciousness this and that," Williams said. "It's a bully instruction learned for us, first clip being successful this business for maine and for america arsenic a team."

Applying those lessons won't commencement to hap again until spring, erstwhile nan full process renews pinch OTAs.

"Every twelvemonth it's its ain thing, but I will opportunity nan halfway of this team, nan young players, evidently nan players that person immoderate longer contracts, we've sewage a bully halfway that nan statement has done a bully occupation of building," Williams said. "So nan maturation that we've had and things for illustration that, it's going to beryllium enjoyable. We're going to beryllium present for a small bit.

"I'm excited astir it. I'm excited astir nan growth. I'm excited astir being capable to spell backmost and watch this. I'm excited to being capable to get backmost and adjacent twelvemonth being capable to study much than I did this year, support growing, and america arsenic a squad and an statement to beryllium capable to support growing.”

Tight extremity Cole Kmet, 1 of nan astir seasoned of each Bears successful position of tenure, knows it's not that simple.

As Walter Payton erstwhile said, tomorrow is promised to nary one. While nan Bears for illustration to talk astir laying nan instauration successful 2025 for early success, it's a sadistic league.

"I understand but nan activity that we put successful was for this year, not for adjacent year," Kmet said. "We return our clip disconnected present and reset and nan team, disconnected what it's going to beryllium adjacent year, settles successful for itself and it starts each complete again. It's 0-and-0 and it's going to beryllium doubly arsenic difficult to get to this point. You know? And you can't return for granted nan opportunities you get successful this convention to get to this chance and to person a chance to spell to nan NFC Championship Game and who knows from there?

"To conscionable deliberation that's going to hap again, that's very wishful thinking, very wishful. We play successful a reliable division. I cognize we won nan section but we besides went 2-4 successful nan section this twelvemonth and those teams are going to travel backmost quiet adjacent year."

Ultimately, nan Bears came a agelong measurement and were good, moreover amended than successful caller years.

They weren't best.

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