Coach Ben Johnson's Bears sit atop the NFC North heading into Week 8's game in Seattle that got a big Colston Loveland injury update. The Bears traded for DT Jeffrey Simmons at the trade deadline and could trade more players, but running back Kyle Monangai is not expected to be one of them.

Johnson and the Bears were hoping to have Monangai back for the Seahawks game, but fate has gone a different way as Monangai was ruled out of Week 8's matchup.

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Monangai has not played since October 4's 146-yard explosion against Aaron Glenn's New York Jets, a game that fans look back on fondly as Johnson's team gears up for another playoff run.