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5 On It: Would you be on board with the Bears trading Cole Kmet?
28 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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I got five more minutes. It's time for Five on. Nailah Rahimi and Marshall Harris with Mark Grote. Bringing you five topics on their mind today. On Chicago Sports Radio 670 The Score. I got five more minutes. Number one.
This week, Bleacher Report floated the following trade scenario. The Bears send Cole Komet to the tight end Needy Panthers in exchange for a 2026 fifth round pick, a move that would save general manager Ryan Poles and company $8.4 million if they trade him before March 15th. What are your thoughts on the idea of trading Cole Komet?
I mean, there is some temptation to that when I hear it. Or to put it another way, it would be a cap hit of $11.6 million for next year if the Bears can get out of it. They can get out of it with $3.2 million of dead money as well. My overall... I'm feeling on the overall, though, is you kind of need that guy still. You need a Cole Komet on your team because of what he does as far as blocking.
Lord knows he made some massive catches this season for the Bears. Again, a veteran player who has been paid. We know what he is worth to a locker room. We know that there's history. Heavy, heavy duty value in that as it pertains to Cole Komet.
But I will keep it more on the field in terms of what he is doing for the offense, blocking and making plays, and we know how important that is for Ben Johnson's offense. So if I've got to hit the yes-no button right now, I'm a no. I'm a no on letting go Cole Komet. It's interesting because if you go back to the end of the season, after the loss of the Rams.
Cole Komet was one of the biggest voices in that locker room talking about how this season was good. We are starting from scratch, echoing the sentiment of his head coach, Ben Johnson. And I think that's why he becomes more valuable than if you look at a spreadsheet and just say he had this many catches for this many yards. Knowing how much
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Chapter 2: What trade scenario was proposed for Cole Kmet?
They won in that offense with Cole Komet. That's something that you have in your power to keep, and I would say it's good to keep Cole Komet.
Number two. Only two teams can reach the Super Bowl. That means there's a lot of football fans that are left disappointed. But here's question number two. Which fan base is more down bad this week? The Vikings for watching Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold get to the Super Bowl or Titans fans for watching Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel go to the Super Bowl?
It's got to be the Vikings. It's got to be Vikings because I don't know with the way their season ended last year in the playoffs that most of us didn't agree that Sam Darnold was good but not good enough to get you where you wanted to go. And yet here they are, Sam Darnold, one season being removed from winning 14 games to winning another 14 games.
Do you understand only one other quarterback has done as much winning in two seasons in back-to-back seasons as Sam Darnold? Do you know who that quarterback is? That would be Tom Brady.
And so to see him do it not only under the guise of the quarterback whisperer, Kevin O'Connell, but to go and do it now with Mike McDonald and company and to be on the doorstep of winning a Super Bowl in which you could argue he's the better quarterback in the Super Bowl, that's outstanding. So it's got to be the Vikings.
And the other reason is the Titans are a dumpster fire until proven otherwise. And I agree with you that it's the Vikings. And I would say a little bit differently on my reasoning for Vrabel gone with Tennessee and now obviously back in with New England once as a player, now as a head coach.
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Chapter 3: What are the financial implications of trading Cole Kmet?
Just from being around here and following the Bears since I was sports conscious, sometimes your time just runs out as a head coach in the NFL with the team and the fan base, even if... you know that there's still value there, that you know. Tennessee could look at Mike Vrabel and say, yeah, there was success while Mike Vrabel was here. He was a good coach.
Well, he was good enough to have gotten one of the prime gigs in the NFL to be with New England. But sometimes it's a perfect separation. Time runs out. So in other words, and we should ask our guy Ryan Porth. Maybe Ryan Porth will text us and let us know how he feels about that as a Tennessee Titans fan. My guess is that they were ready for a change.
Now, it might hurt a little bit to see Rabel doing what he's doing, but I don't think there's the angst of, God, I wish we still had that guy. It's sort of like Lovie Smith. You can definitely make an argument that after a 10-6 season, a coach shouldn't be fired. But if you were following the Bears, you kind of knew time was up with Lovie Smith. And that style, there was fatigue there.
It's hard to explain, but I think that might be what's going on with Tennessee. But the Darnold stuff... My God, and it's because of J.J. McCarthy's lack of success.
If McCarthy had been more successful this year, and I know he finished strong, then that would have tempered the hurt because at least you know, yeah, Sam Darnold's out here doing great things, but at least you would know that your young quarterback was promising as well. I think that that would be digestible. This can't be very digestible for the Vikings nor their fans.
I will add something here.
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Chapter 4: Why is Cole Kmet considered valuable to the Bears' offense?
To take a phrase from Mark Grody, we'll take you backstage. This question was submitted by our program director, Ryan Porth himself. He didn't tell me how he's feeling. If he feels like Titans fans are more down bad than Vikings fans. But I get the picture. Maybe he's feeling that way.
All right, Ryan Porth. Bye-bye, sir. Five on it.
Number three. Porth. Where's Ryan Porth? He's not here.
Where is he? Where's Porth?
I love Harry Carey wanting to know.
It does feel like a hangover here today. Just because of the extraordinary events of yesterday. 100%. And the salute. Like, it's a weird feel. Absolutely. I get it. I get it. God bless everybody.
Parth! This is five on it on 670. The score, that man Harry Carey is actually Mark Grody. That man's Marshall Harris. Here's question number three. The Steelers held their introductory press conference for new head coach Mike McCarthy on Monday. Check out McCarthy's response to this question.
In your best case scenario, do you want Aaron Rodgers back as your quarterback next year?
That's a nice way he asked that, right? That was slick, but... I mean, definitely. I mean, obviously, why you wouldn't? But, you know, I think just like anything, you know, knowing Aaron long enough, going through seasons, you know, I think when players, you know, to see Mel Blunt here, I mean, when guys are up at that stage of their career, they need to step away and decompress it.
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Chapter 5: What are the opinions on whether the Bears should trade Cole Kmet?
I thought he was a great asset for the team.
It's a new Steelers head coach, Mike McCarthy, at his introductory press conference yesterday. Here's the question. Do you believe quarterback Aaron Rodgers will return to the Steelers in 2026?
No. No, I don't think he will. And I don't think, like, Mike McCarthy, I think, answered that question perfectly. But the truth is he knows that he doesn't have to be alone. You're not alone, Mike. Mike does not have to make that decision. He can blame somebody else.
If Aaron Rodgers is even desirous of playing football again, let alone with the Pittsburgh Steelers, let alone for Mike McCarthy, it all makes sense that he would want to get back to working with Mike McCarthy and not getting to Super Bowls and underachieving in the playoffs. I'm sure that that's something that he would be desirous of doing.
But, yeah, I don't think it's going to happen, and I don't know that either of the parties necessarily wants it to happen either. I... I know Grody is waiting this answer because he thinks I'm in love with Aaron Rodgers. I'm not. You're not? No. What? I just recognize how good he is. Whoa, hold on. You know he's a big Aaron Rodgers fan. Wait, wait, wait. You think I'm in love with Aaron Rodgers?
I thought you were wearing an I Love Aaron Rodgers t-shirt today.
I think you are in love with Aaron Rodgers the way apparently many people are in love with their AI devices. There's a bromance there. There's no bromance here. I understand his talent. I was very sure that he and the Steelers were not about to miss the playoffs. So you love him. And they didn't. That's not what I'm saying. Blinded by love. Just say it.
You don't have to use all these extra words. I will be surprised if Aaron Rodgers is back with the Pittsburgh Steelers next season. That's what I will say. Now you're talking sense over there, kid. I've always talked sense. I wasn't the one saying the Steelers were going to win six games. That was you. You're right.
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Chapter 6: Which NFL fan base is feeling more disappointed this week?
Even Ron Rivera coaching again. God bless Ron Rivera. We all love Ron Rivera. But that doesn't move the meter for me. Still, he's going to have a job before Matt Nagy. Matt Nagy, I try to support him. I do. I really do because I liked Matt Nagy. I covered... Matt Nagy.
And I, look, I was very critical of the things that he did, but on the overall, I always thought he was, and still think I think this, seemed like a really nice, organized, inspiring, extroverted, good coachy coach type of guy who could command a room.
So it's disappointing for me to have heard some of the things that I've heard and just the way he has gone about business in terms of trying to get a head coaching job. So I still root for the guy, but yeah, Chico. Coming in number five, Browns backup quarterback Shadur Sanders was named as Patriots quarterback Drake Mays' replacement on the Pro Bowl games roster.
So I'm asking, how are you guys feeling about Sanders getting a Pro Bowl nod? It's ridiculous. It's just, it's ridiculous. It's hilarious. It's maybe it's a bleep you. I'm not sure what it is. I guess it's a little poetic justice for Shador himself, considering what he went through on draft day and the blockbuster story he was.
I mean, that's getting your get back right there if you're Shador Sanders in some way. But in the name of time, I will keep it at It is ridiculous and hilarious that he's going to the Pro Bowl. I'm trying to understand exactly how this happened, right? Because you look at the Pro Bowl selections in the AFC. Josh Allen, Justin Herbert, Drake May. Got that? Allen, Herbert, May.
That makes sense, correct? Yeah. And then you start thinking about, okay, well, the playoffs happen when a Super Bowl quarterback... gets there, that player has to be replaced. Makes all the sense in the world. What I'm confused about is how we got to Shador Sanders over... Let me just start naming guys. Yeah, and I'm going to say hilarious after every one. Lamar Jackson? Hilarious. Joe Burrow?
Hilarious. Trevor Lawrence? Ridiculous. And hilarious. I guess that's it? Because you look at some of the other teams, you're not going to have someone from the Raiders, Geno Smith. You're not going to have someone from the Titans. Although the argument, I guess, could be made if he's doing it, why couldn't Cam Ward do it? He's a higher pick. The Browns won five games.
Cam Ward and the Titans won three games. There's a lot of quarterbacks. There's probably some backup quarterbacks that were more productive. I'm almost like, couldn't Phillip Rivers have been the backup? Couldn't he have been the guy? That's where we are. That would have been fun. If Phillip Rivers had been named to the flag football game, that would be hilarious. And fun.
You get what I'm saying? Lamar Jackson and Trevor Lawrence must have said no. I think. I think. You would have asked Joe Burrow before you asked Shador Sanders? So I just want to know. I want a more thorough accounting of how we got here. Okay. Five on it. That's it? That was five? Yeah, that was five. We nailed it. I thought we were like, okay. I thought we were a little bit backed up there.
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