Matt Bowen: Colston Loveland will help Bears create 'conflict' for opposing defenses

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00:00I thought it was very interesting listening to you yesterday talking about the differences

00:04between the tight ends, and it seems like this kind of late tidal wave over the last

00:08two to three weeks where everyone was like, hey, Tyler Warren's good.

00:11No one's arguing that, but Colston Loveland has and deserves a seat at the table, and

00:16he might be better, especially depending on what offensive system and how he's used.

00:22Is that how you saw it?

00:24I do, and you have to start, Marshall, with what happened on the, you know, in front of

00:29the Bears.

00:30The top three offensive tackles are off the board, right?

00:33That's a major part of this discussion because, you know, I think a couple weeks ago we talked

00:37about Kelvin Banks from Texas as being a good fit for Chicago and upgraded to left tackle

00:42position, but he's off the board at nine, so obviously you pivot and you have a different

00:46discussion, and I agree with what Ben Johnson did here.

00:52You have to look at it from an offense perspective and how he's trying to create matchups in the

00:55pass game.

00:56Colston Loveland is 6'6", 248 pounds, and a really good route run.

01:00He's got the lower body quickness to shade press coverage.

01:03He can separate on crossers and overs.

01:06You know he can stretch the seams, and you're going to see a lot of split safety coverage.

01:09That's where he's a tight end down the middle of the field.

01:11Good after the catch in terms of his open field vision and ball carrier vision.

01:15And if you're the Bears right now, you can do much more with your two tight end sets.

01:21When you have Cole Comet on the field, when you have Loveland on the field, you can make

01:25it look like three wide receiver personnel.

01:27And now what you're doing to the defense is creating conflict.

01:30Are you going to stay in your base package?

01:32You're going to bring your sub package out there.

01:33How are you going to match up to our tight end, who is the 6'6 frame, who can play like

01:39a big slot receiver down the middle of the field?

01:42And Bears fans have to understand this, too.

01:43You just hired an offensive head coach.

01:46Okay, you hired an offensive head coach.

01:47He's also the play caller.

01:49He's going to do whatever it takes to make sure his offense is ready to go and ready to

01:53score points this fall.

01:54And this is a move that points to that.