Loveland was held without a catch, but his increase in snaps compared to most of last season makes him a clear buy-low target.
Loveland started last season in a two-man rotation with Cole Kmet, playing a lot in two- and three-wide receiver sets, but only sparingly in 11 personnel. As the season progressed, he eventually played over 50% of 11 personnel snaps on third downs. Loveland broke out at the end of the year, catching 28 passes for 378 yards and two touchdowns over his final four games, including the playoffs. He only played 73% of the Bears‘ offensive snaps in the postseason. Loveland continued to play in 12 personnel, to no surprise. He was always with Kmet, with rookie Sam Roush seeing nearly all of his playing time out of 13 personnel. On third downs, Loveland played 100% of snaps, which is something he did at the very end of last season. The big difference was normal early-down plays out of 11 personnel, where he played two-thirds of snaps in this game after only seeing 42. 2% of those snaps last season. Loveland ran a route on 92. 1% of the Bears‘ pass plays, which was over 20% more than any other Bears player. That was also the best rate for all tight ends over the first 10 games of the season.