Overview
- The Chicago Bears announced on Monday that running back Kyle Monangai did not practice in the walk‑through and is listed with thumb and toe injuries, leaving his status for Thursday Night Football against New England uncertain.
- Monangai has missed the past two games and two weeks of practice after suffering turf toe and a lesser thumb problem following his Week 4 breakout of 146 yards and two touchdowns.
- Chicago’s rushing output fell without him, totaling 81 yards on 24 carries against Green Bay and 98 yards on 33 carries against Atlanta, forcing greater reliance on D’Andre Swift and backups.
- Sports reporting and team comments now view the Bears’ Nov. 2 Week 8 game in Seattle as the likelier target for his return because the short week makes playing on Thursday imprudent.
- Monangai is a second‑year back on a modest contract whose emergence altered Chicago’s backfield plans, so his continued absence could affect play calling, snap allocations for Swift and Roschon Johnson, and fantasy and betting markets.