Bears TE Cole Kmet Suffers Season-Ending Knee Injury Against Patriots

Chicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet will miss the rest of the 2026 season after a serious right knee injury during their win over New England.

4 publishers · 12 articles · first seen 23 Oct 2026 · updated 14d ago

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The story so far

4 publishers have covered this in 12 articles since 23 Oct 2026. SI Feed published first, on 23 October at 03:03 UTC; www.espn.com followed 48 min later. The most recent article, from SI Feed, appeared on 24 October at 15:00 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: www.espn.com (major outlet), SI Feed, feeds.bleacherreport.com, CBS Sports Headlines.

One prediction market prices this story:

Will the Chicago Bears win the 2027 NFL league championship? — the market puts it at 7%, with $5k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 1 Apr 2027. The market resolves to Yes if the Chicago Bears win the 2027 NFL league championship and No if they do not. If the team is eliminated from contention, the outcome becomes No immediately. Readers often mistake the linked injury report as a factor in the resolution, but only the final championship result matters.

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How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Will the Chicago Bears win the 2027 NFL league championship? at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

23 Oct, 03:03SI Feed Cole Kmet Injury Update: Latest News on Bears TE's Status in Week 7 Game5%
23 Oct, 03:51www.espn.com Kmet injures knee, carted off late in Bears' win5%
23 Oct, 14:19SI Feed Cole Kmet Injury Will Force Struggling Bears Rookie into Significant Playing Time6%
23 Oct, 15:33SI Feed Cole Kmet Injury Update All But Confirms Worst-Case Scenario For Bears Tight End6%
23 Oct, 16:05feeds.bleacherreport.com Cole Kmet Has 'Serious' Knee Injury, Latest Rumors on Timeline to Return to Bears6%
23 Oct, 17:31SI Feed Chicago Bears Best Available Options at TE Following Cole Kmet's Injury6%
23 Oct, 18:15CBS Sports Headlines Bears fear season-ending injury for Cole Kmet after veteran tight end is carted off field6%
23 Oct, 19:56www.espn.com Bears TE Kmet to be 'sorely missed' after season-ending knee injury6%
23 Oct, 22:30SI Feed Why Bears May Not Need a Trade with Cole Kmet Going on Season-Ending IR6%
23 Oct, 23:00SI Feed Did Cole Kmet Play Final Game for Bears? Contract Decision Looms After Season-Ending Injury6%
24 Oct, 11:00feeds.bleacherreport.com Week 7 Waiver Wire Targets to Replace Fantasy Players on Injury List6%
24 Oct, 15:00SI Feed Cole Kmet's Injury Could Create an Opportunity For Forgotten Rookie6%
NowCurrent odds7%

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