Cole Kmet

Obviously, I watched the Super Bowl coming up here this week.

As much football as we play, it's still hard to get away from.

It is a great sport to watch.

I think now that being a few weeks removed from it, I can definitely appreciate what we did this year.

Obviously, it was not the goal that we had set out coming in in April.

And I know the expectations on the outside weren't what we did this year.

And I think that's why everyone was so appreciative as to what happened.

But at the end of the day, us in the locker room, we expected to go win the Super Bowl this year.

And that didn't happen.

And so...

It's hard at first to look at the season as a success when you don't achieve your ultimate goal, but as I've done some travel here the past few weeks since the season's been done, it's been really awesome to interact with Bears fans in the airport or wherever I'm traveling to.

Really, they just come up to you and say thank you, and you really realize the impact.

that we had on the city this year, you really felt it come to life, especially on the back half of that season as we kind of made a run and pushed towards the playoffs.

And it just really shows you how meaningful the Bears are here in Chicago.

You know, at the end of the day, like, and I grew up a huge Cubs fan, and, you know, obviously the Bulls in the 90s, but, like, at the end of the day, this is a Bears town.

This is a football town, and you can feel that, you know, as we were winning and going down the stretch there.

So...

No, I definitely look back on the season, and I'm really appreciative of it, kind of understanding that we didn't achieve our ultimate goal, but still have a lot of appreciation and respect for the guys in the locker room as to what we were able to get done this year.

Yeah, I'll give you a pick.

I think I'm taking Seattle, and I love what New England's done, and obviously they've got a great operation going on over there.