{"id":892030,"date":"2026-10-23T15:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T15:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/892030\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T15:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T15:56:16","slug":"bears-suffer-devastating-cole-kmet-injury-i-dont-have-the-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/892030\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears suffer devastating Cole Kmet injury: ‘I don’t have the words’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bears are bracing to be without vetearn tight end Cole Kmet for a significant period after he had to be carted off the field in the fourth quarter Thursday night with a right knee injury.<\/p>\n

Bears coach Ben Johnson said after the 30-24 home win over the Patriots<\/a> that \u201cI don\u2019t think it looked very good,\u201d but added that the team will learn more Friday with more tests coming.<\/p>\n

Kmet\u2019s injury particularly affected star quarterback Caleb Williams.<\/p>\n

\"ChicagoChicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet (85) holds his right leg after suffering an injury on a pass play during the second half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots in Chicago, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was tough,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI don\u2019t know exactly what it is and all of that, but obviously being carted off is never good. You\u2019re at least going to miss some time. I don\u2019t have the words to describe what Cole is to me, what Cole is to this team, this organization. He\u2019s the longest-tenured Bear, I believe.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been through it, and it\u2019s challenging, it\u2019s tough and I\u2019ll be with him, I\u2019ll be right there with him through every step of whatever the injury is. Cole\u2019s been there for me every step of the way through the first year, the second year and now through this year. I could only do the same for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kmet, 27, suffered the injury with roughly 5:40 remaining and the Bears leading 27-21 after catching a pass on second down and running toward the first-down marker.<\/p>\n

Two Patriots defenders met him short of the stick toward the sideline, with one appearing to clip his right leg, and he immediately grabbed his right knee after being tackled.<\/p>\n

He flashed a thumbs up while being carted off the field, and was quickly ruled out for the remainder of the game.<\/p>\n

Kmet tallied three catches for 28 yards.<\/p>\n

The seventh-year backup used to serve as the team\u2019s starting tight end but has shifted to a complementary role after the team selected Colston Loveland in the first round last year.<\/p>\n

\"ChicagoChicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet (85) is carted off the field after suffering an injury on a pass play during the second half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots in Chicago, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh<\/p>\n

He\u2019s tallied just 10 catches for 87 yards and one touchdown this season, although he had logged 62.2 percent of offensive snaps, according to Pro Football Reference<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cLove that guy,\u201d Loveland said, per ESPN<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re going to miss him, for sure. I\u2019m praying for him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bears are bracing to be without vetearn tight end Cole Kmet for a significant period after he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[19419,14354,8850,349,99],"class_list":["post-892030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ben-johnson","tag-caleb-williams","tag-chicago-bears","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}