On Thursday night the Chicago Bears hosted the New England Patriots in a battle of playoff hopefuls.

Quarterback Caleb Williams led the Bears to a 30-24 victory with 326 total yards and two touchdowns, but lost one of his best targets in the process. Tight end Cole Kmet left Thursday’s game with what appeared to be a significant knee injury.

Before leaving the game, Kmet hauled in all three of his targets for 26 yards. Immediately after the game, though, head coach Ben Johnson said, “We’ll know more tomorrow, but I don’t think it looked very good.”

Ben Johnson Issues New Statement on Cole Kmet

Fast forward to Friday afternoon and Johnson revealed even more bad news about the tight end. He told reporters that Kmet will be placed on injured reserve and miss the rest of the season as a result of the knee injury – though he didn’t give an official diagnosis at the time.

“He’s everything we want to be about here. He’s going to be sorely missed. He’s Chicago. He’s been here his whole life.…