Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - Cole Kmet reacts to Declan Doyle leaving Bears to join Ravens

Episode Date: February 2, 2026

Marshall Harris and Mark Grote were joined by Bears tight end Cole Kmet to discuss offensive coordinator Declan Doyle’s departure to Baltimore. Kmet praised the impact that Doyle had in his lone season in Chicago.

At number 43 overall, they're going tight end. Our first tight end off the board, and it's from Notre Dame, Cole Komet. Cole Kemet, in my opinion, is the best tight end in this draft. He's the most complete time. Williams rolling, throwing open, making the grab. Touchdown. Cole Komet into the end zone. This time they'll fake it.

Williams. Looking. Rolling. I don't talk to her on Packer Week, so we'll find out after the game. Don't talk to her? No, no, I'm kidding. Command in motion. Williams, drifting,

striking for space, in all kinds of trouble. Put it up for me. With Rahimi Harris and Grody on 1043 The Score. Oh, man, it sounded so good. It is Rahimi Harris and Grotie here on Indeed, our FM debut day, 1043, The Score. Great thanks to our promotion staff who during the break

spent their time sweeping and vacuuming confetti, Kyle, Grayson, my friend Riley Goals out there. Shout out to her dad too. Apparently he's a P1 Steve. Steve Goals, thanks for listening. Would he be listening on FM or, oh yeah, he's hip?

I like the people already converted over. Yes, you could still catch us on the other, the AM, but on FM we're trying to get the migration started, right? That's right, that's right. And that's why we're having big time people on like our next guest. Joining us now on the Circa Resort and Casino Hotline. He is the Bears tight end.

Cole Komet, circledos Vegas.com. Cole, welcome to the party, pal. Well, thanks for having me. I heard it was a big day. So naturally, I dropped everything I had going on today, to be honest. What did you have going on today, Cole? Now I got to know. I had absolutely nothing going on, which is why I'm honest, yes.

You've got to play us like that, man. Well, see, now, Cole, because you've complained a lot through the years about not being able to hear the score on the 670 a.m. dial when you're inevitably cruising around downtown. And now that we have an FM signal, Cole, you can now hear the score all day, all the time, all you want. You can hear all the Bears hot takes you want. Well, that's perfect. I'll make sure I blast that in the locker room. I'm sure guys will love that. See, why are you trying to get us killed out here, Cole? Because, you know, we wouldn't get killed right now, but in years past, there may have been some moments where

maybe the locker room doesn't like everything coming through our airwaves. Well, as a matter of fact, wait a minute. Call, you had said that you're not even in charge of the music. Who's in charge of the music in the tight ends room or in the offensive side of the locker room? In the tight end room specifically, it's Stephen Carlson who runs the tunes and he does a pretty good job, except for, as Grady, I told you last time, except for when he likes to play the weekend. I'm just not a huge fan of that. But everything else I'm good with.

in the main locker room, Bristker takes that over, and he's done a good job the past few seasons, I'll say that. So not a weekend, guy. Did you watch the Grammys last night? Now I'm curious since you, apparently, you don't have much going on. I'm going to be honest. So I watched a few hours of, no, not even a few hours. I watched a little bit of the Grammys. And I passed out early last night the day before I had a long golf outing out in Orlando with some friends and stayed up a little late. So I decided to get some sleep last night. Well, good for you. We were just discussing that we basically did that all weekend, get some sleep. And there's no shame in that.

There is no shame in it for, obviously, for football players as the adrenaline goes down a little bit after an amazing season. And Cole, you said it, man. I think a lot of players said it. The coaches said it, but I thought you uttered it maybe the best in the locker room post game after the loss to the Rams. You know, our theme was, well, hey, it's great, though, because you guys were good. and everybody's, you know, you guys could carry this on. And of course you can, but no two seasons are ever the same. And it's happening.

Eric B. Enemy is gone. Ian Cunningham is gone and good for them. And that brings us to the latest. Declan Doyle taking the job with Baltimore. What do you think of that? And what does that loss mean for you guys? Yeah, well, we're super happy for Declan and really anybody this time of year that's able to go out and take advantage of the situation they were in the,

year prior. And, you know, that's kind of happening with coaching right now and with players that'll come up here soon with three agency and teams kind of getting their roster set and somewhat ready to go for the upcoming season. You know, it is kind of like a puzzle piece. And, you know, with us being in a salary cap league, there's pieces of the puzzle that fit well into the next season and pieces of the puzzle that don't. So, you know, I'm sure Ryan and Ben will are going to be all over that this time of figuring that out and all those things. But, you know, yeah, it's obviously a big loss for us. Luton, E.B., two great coaches and guys that provide a lot of value to the offensive side

of the ball this year. And, you know, I know even though Declan doesn't call the place for us, you know, the amount of work that he did on the offensive side of the football was immense. And you could see that in day-to-day and practices. And I'm sure it took a lot off of then throughout the week for his duties as a head coach. Cole, if you could just humorous and what kind of walk us that because I know at the beginning of the season, Ben Johnson explained how from an organizational role that was going to be so important, Declan's role, even though, as you said, he doesn't

call plays, but so that Ben Johnson could do, you know, head coaching duties, because he wasn't an offensive coordinator anymore, but he still remained the play caller. What was Declan Doyle's role as you got through the season? What would you say his day-to-day was like? Yeah, well, I mean, that almost be hard for me to even say, just because I'm not there in those meetings once we leave the building. But you know, you can tell with things in terms of getting the scout team correct, getting all those cards ready, dialed up, ready to go, whether it's scripting the practice. I'm sure Declan had a huge say as to what plays we're going to have up and what looks we were going to get throughout the week of practice. And then,

you know, on Fridays and Saturdays, when we'd go over our film from Fridays on Saturday morning, you know, Declan's the guy going over that tape with the whole skill group and then kind of leading us in the walkthrough on Saturday before our main mini walk. walk through as before we get to the hotel. So yeah, Declan was very hands-on with all of us and that is a big role. And I know I understand and I somewhat understand what people on the outside and they say, oh, if you're not calling plays, like really, what are you doing? These guys do a lot of stuff in terms of prepping for the game plan and getting us ready to go for practice throughout the week that that really shows up

big time up on Sunday. And then, I mean, another thing Declan was great at is, you know, I'm sure Ben as the head coach, there's a lot of things got to handle in halftime. Declan's the one addressing the offense at halftime. Kind of going over the openers, they're going to be coming up in the second half and telling us what we need to do, what they're seeing, and how we can make adjustments. So, yeah, Declan was definitely a very valuable piece to us offensively. That's great stuff, man. I mean, that does add a little bit of extra texture.

And you're right. It's always tough when you can't say that you're calling the play as we talk to Chicago Bears tight. Cole Commet here on 104-3 The Score, Rehemi Harris and Grotie. And Cole, I mean, like we talk about changes for the teams. Every roster is going to be different going forward. Do you get nervous thinking about that, that anybody can be exposed to potential trade? Like DJ Moore, his name pops up sometimes.

Your name from time to time pops up sometimes. Anybody who has value to make other parts better, how much of that do you watch and how much of that do you think is real heading into the next season? Well, it's definitely very real. I know it's real because I've seen it happen before. I mean, that's just the nature of the business in this league. So, I mean, maybe, you know, you say nervous or scared. I would say, like, my first two years in the league, you're like, it kind of catches you off guard of just how ruthless this business can be, but I think at this point in my stage my career, you're kind of accepting of it and understanding that this is just part of the deal. And, you know, especially like a guy like myself or, you know, you're talking about DJ or other guys who have played a little bit and you're

on a second deal, you know, unfortunately, as you age, you get, you get more expensive and you may not fit in the, you know, that piece of the puzzle that I was talking about. And that's just the nature of the business, you know. So however it works out, it works out. you know, for me personally, I felt like I did a lot of good things this year in the role that I was in and had a lot of fun playing with this team. And, you know, like I said, after the game against the Rams, you know, it is going to be different next year despite who's here. But I think going forward, you know, this is an organization that you want to be part of. And I'm sure they're going to have no problem bringing in the guys they want to bring in for agents-wise and selling them on a Super Bowl run this upcoming year. I'm curious, Cole. Ben Johnson talked about guys like Caleb, he mentioned by name, but getting away from football after the grind of a season ends.

Is that something that he talked to you and the rest of your teammates about as well? And what have you done? Do you get away from it or do you still watch football every Sunday? How do you handle football after getting knocked out of the playoffs? Yeah. It is a long season. I mean, really, you start for us, we started the beginning of April and you go all the way. till mid-January and it's really non-stop. I know we had the buy week in like week four. And so that kind of really prolonged the season mentally a little bit there. But I like to get away from it.

You know, Ben did address us after the game and telling everybody, you know, use this time to get away, reconnect with your families and reconnect with your loved ones. And, you know, that's what you got to do. You make a commitment from, you know, from start of April all the way through January. And football comes first. there's a lot of things that come up and there's weddings that are missed. There's family events that are missed. And you just can't be at because the priority is football during that time.

And that's the commitment that we make to one another. And it's a good point that Ben had, I think, for us to kind of have this time to reconnect with our families and get back to doing some things outside of football. So, you know, for myself, yeah, I'll take off really training, hard training. up until March. I watch the games. I'm a fan. I was watching the AFCNFC championship games. Those are good games to watch. And obviously, I watched the Super Bowl coming up here this week. So, you know, as much football as we play, it's still hard to get away from. It is a great sport to watch. Well, I was talking about this on the score the other day, way back when we were just

670 and we didn't have an FM signal back in the day. This is the first year in a while, Cole, as it pertains to you guys, to the Bears. while I was watching those title games, I wasn't like longing for, boy, I wish the Bears could do that. I wish they had that player. Of course, there's certain individuals. Of course you say that about. But it was the first time where I was like, I am at peace with what the Bears did this past season. Are you at peace with what you guys did this past season in terms of what you accomplished or no? 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, you know, as I've done some travel here the past few weeks since the season's been done, it's been really often to interact with Bears fans in the airport or wherever I'm traveling to. And I mean, 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 day, this is a Bears town versus 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, you know, kind of understanding that we didn't achieve our ultimate goal, but still have a lot of appreciation and respect for the for the guys in the locker room as to what we were able to get done this year. I know you didn't reach that ultimate goal, but you have been watching football. Do you have a pick for the Super Bowl? Do you have a team that you think is going to win this thing? Yeah, I'll give you a pick. I think I'm taking Seattle.

And, you know, I love what New England's done. And obviously they got a great operation going on over there. I think they play great defense. And, you know, their quarterback has been outstanding the whole season. But, you know, I just watch Seattle on tape. And they're long, they're fast, they're physical. Their quarterback's playing really well. and I just think that their depth is probably going to take over for the game on Sunday.

You know, it might be close in that first half, but I think Seattle ends up taking it pretty good. And it's way too soon for the Patriots to be winning Super Bowls again, man. Yeah, right, right. That's probably, he's, you notice how he's already watching tape, though. He's getting ready for next season's road game at Seattle. I got you, Cole. I picked that up.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Cole, seriously, man, thank you so much for popping on. I know that you guys cherish your off-season and your alone time and your private time and your workout time. So thank you, man. It really means a lot to us here at 104-3 FM, the score. Thanks so much, Cole. Yep, thanks, guys. Appreciate you.

Yep, that is the one and only Cole Commet. I caught that too. The guy's watching tape. Oh, my goodness. Ben Johnson said, get away from football. He's like, all right, as soon as I watch this AFC and NFC championship game and then I'm going to watch some tape, break it down. You want to talk about this Bulls Miami Heat series that went? It was a whole series.

It was a whole thing. And it got to like game three winner take on. Let me tell you something. The Bulls took a beating. A mollywaping. They were down by 54 at one point last night. We had one of those games last night, right?

You buried the lead, of course, though. They made a trade. And they made a trade. Is it a smart trade, actually? Is this the Marshall Harris type of trade? I have a word to describe it. I have a word to describe it, which while I will tell you on the other side. Dario Sharich is coming through.

Everybody. So we will talk about that trade and the bulls and the heat and everything bulls coming up next. I'm Rahimi Harrison Grotie on the score.