Bears tight end Cole Kmet hurt his back against the Saints and is doubtful to return Sunday.
Kmet was injured in the third quarter. He had one catch for 16 yards before leaving the game.
The tight end has been remarkably healthy during his Bears career, missing only one game in his five-and-a-half years with the team.
The Bears drafted Michigan tight end Colston Loveland in the first round this year with plans that he could coexist with Kmet — and even play alongside him, with the rookie appearing as more of a slot receiver. Neither has been a prominent pass-catching weapon this season, with Kmet catching nine passes for 132 yards and Loveland catching six passes for 52 yards. Loveland missed the Raiders game with a hip injury.
With Kmet injured, the Bears leaned on Loveland and third-string tight end Durham Smythe. He wasn’t the only starter hurt Sunday — cornerback Tyrique Stevenson went down in the first half with a shoulder problem.
There’s no great achievement in kicking a sad-sack opponent to the curb, but it was how the Bears won a fourth game in a row — for the first time since 2018 — that counted.
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It was only the third time in Swift’s career that he’d run for more than 100 yards in consecutive games.
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While all wins are worth celebrating, this didn’t change the overall assessment. Quarterback Caleb Williams called it “insane” for the Bears to be 4-2 given how much growth has yet to happen, and Johnson continued his approach of cherishing the victory but still being “a truth-teller.”
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