Is Bears' Colston Loveland a Top 5 NFL tight end?

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I've been thinking about fishing luck. What about it? How you're so good at catching fish. Even though we have the same gear and the same promises, and the boat sinks into the same water, just like these fish did to me. Not the other way around. How do they know who's on the other side? Am I so obvious?

Thomas Touré 0:23

Don't think too much. Easier said than done. Motonet.

Mark Grody 0:32

Leila Rahimi, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody.

Rahimi Harrison 0:46

Rahimi, Harris and Grody on 104.3 The Score. First and goal for the Bears. Williams goes in. It is caught. Who else? Loveland. Touchdown. Let's see if he's got it. And he does. Dean, you like it? I like it. Hands underneath. He's inbounds. Looks like a touchdown to me. Yeah.

Vinny Rotino 1:16

That is courtesy of Fox. This is Rahimi Harris and Grody on 104.3 The Score. And I love it, Mark. I didn't think we'd get here. I never thought we would see the day. Training camp. Rookies report tomorrow. I still can't quite absorb it yet. It hasn't hit my skin.

Mark Grote 1:33

Are you so overwhelmed that you're frozen? Kind of like when you fall out of a tree when it's too cold. Are you just like numb because you're so excited you can't let it out?

Vinny Rotino 1:42

Oh, yeah. Mark knows I am an iguana. Iguana is me.

Mark Grote 1:46

It's my favorite thing that you say.

Vinny Rotino 1:47

Well, because it's true. You see me when I get cold and I don't move. I just sit here frozen with my arms glued to my sides.

Mark Grote 1:53

We're always like splashing hot water on her on those days. It's like the Tin Man when he kind of freezes up a little and you got to get the little oil can out.

Vinny Rotino 2:00

That's you. That is me. Yes, I fall out of a tree at less than 40 degree temperatures. Which I think it was when that call happened on Fox. It's a good time. Training camp, as we've talked about, to say the very, very, very least. This is the time where we get to also talk about a lot of the rankings. I think one of our texters appropriately yesterday said it was list season. It is. You can text us and call us at 312-644-6767 here. And we have a great Twitch mob who also comes up with witty lines. Mob. Yes. But in the meantime, one of the lists centers around what I think Might be the hottest topic in the NFL. Tight end discourse. How you use your tight ends? Who's the best one? What does it say about your offense?

Vinny Rotino 2:47

How are they going to be versatile? Are they blocking? The concept of tight end usage and Ben Johnson is very much a helper in how this has burst onto the scene. I feel like the position talent level is at one that we have never seen in the league. It just keeps getting better and it's been at a high level for a long time now, but it just continues to grow.

Mark Grote 3:06

Example number one, the Bears drafting Sam Roush in the third round.

Vinny Rotino 3:09

In the third round.

Mark Grote 3:10

To throw us all off our draft boards.

Vinny Rotino 3:12

And it very much did with me, and I hope it works out that they did that in the third round. But that's kind of where this discussion goes. Pro Football Focus ranked their top 32 tight ends going into the 2026 season. So here are the ones listed. Number one is George Kittle.

Mark Grote 3:27

How you doing, George?

Vinny Rotino 3:28

Healthy George Kittle getting many Bears from Mark the other day.

Mark Grote 3:31

8.4 was it, I think?

Vinny Rotino 3:32

Makes sense. Cardinals Trey McBride, who led Titans in receiving yards last year. He's number two.

Mark Grote 3:37

Pretty good.

Vinny Rotino 3:38

The Raiders Brock Bowers is number three.

Mark Grote 3:41

I might have had him at number one.

Vinny Rotino 3:42

See, that's where it gets a little interesting. So is a healthy George Kittle more powerful if he's actually healthy? Then there's Sam Laporta at number four. Bears Colston Loveland is at number five. There you go. Dalton Kincaid of the Bills is No. 6. Tucker Kraft of the Packers is No. 7. And I think he doesn't probably get the respect that he deserves. Like, this is a list where he's actually getting it.

Mark Grote 4:06

He's really good.

Vinny Rotino 4:07

Yeah, Travis Kelsey of the Chiefs is No. 9. And then Tyler Warren, who was originally talked about here, we've been monitoring his career because we thought the Bears might pick him of the Colts. He had an excellent first half of the season. He is at No. 10. So five is really complimentary. Really? Really complimentary. Of Colston Loveland's ceiling, I think his potential, and then also when you consider who else is on the list above him.