Chris Raybon advised moving off Cole Kmet because Ben Johnson typically uses only one pass-route-running tight end. Detroit averaged 1.08 TE routes per snap under Johnson, leaving Brock Wright around a 30 % route share when Sam LaPorta was healthy. Raybon pointed out that even with a 90 % route rate last year, Kmet often logged zero-target games (the "Cade Otton award"). With heavy competition from DJ Moore, Rome Odunze, Luther Burden and rookie Colston Loveland, Raybon doesn’t see enough targets for Kmet to break spike-weeks in best-ball or hold TE1 value in season-long.

Liam Murphy said he is almost entirely out on Cole Kmet, drafting the tight end only when he already has Caleb Williams exposure—or when he needs a Week-17 49ers correlation in deeper 20-round formats. Because Eliminator payouts rely on spike weeks rather than season-long floor, Murphy doubts Kmet’s short-area target profile can crack optimized lineups often enough to matter. He prefers squeezing Kmet into game-stacks for correlation purposes but otherwise plans to stay underweight, noting the opportunity cost of clicking a mid-tier tight end who rarely clears 15 half-PPR points.

Pat Kerrane declared Cole Kmet "done" for fantasy purposes after Chicago spent premium draft capital on Colston Loveland, whom Kerrane views as Ben Johnson’s Laporta-style move tight end. Kmet has plummeted to TE28 (overall 228) in Kerrane’s ranks and is only draftable if managers are completely boxed out at the position. With DJ Moore, Rome Odunze and Luther Burden already demanding targets, Kerrane expects Kmet’s route share and red-zone looks to crater. He advised fading Kmet in Best Ball and season-long unless ADP free-falls into the final round, noting that anyone who once clicked Dawson Knox before Dalton Kincaid has lived this nightmare.