There was more talk about the valuable experience the Bears gained by going toe to toe against San Francisco's explosive offense and taking it to the edge of the goal line on the final play of Sunday's 42-38 loss.
On one hand, the Bears being able to keep pace with a 49ers in a 42-38 shootout is awesome. On the other hand…what in the world is going on that the Bears can’t win with 38 points?
The 49ers came away with an exhilarating 42-38 win over the Bears on Sunday night. While Chicago's defense came to play on the first snap, when T.J. Edwards returned a Brock Purdy interception for a touchdown, they went on a hiatus from that point onward.
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We don’t really do moral victories here. But as far as losses go, the Chicago Bears falling to the San Francisco 49ers in a shootout to determine who still has a shot at the No.
The Chicago Bears came up two yards shy of a huge victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday evening. Caleb Williams' pass to Jahdae Walker fell incomplete in the end zone, handing the Bears (11-5) a heartbreaking 42-38 loss. Head coach Ben Johnson talked through the final play of the game in his post-game news conference.
The Chicago Bears began Week 17 with a chance to earn the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs, but their 42-38 loss Sunday night to the San Francisco 49ers ended any hope for the first-round bye.
The Bears went west with a roster full of sick players and no one felt any better on their way back from Santa Clara, Ca., especially on defense. Brock Purdy threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Jauan Jennings with 2:15 remaining and the Bears ran out of comebacks in a 42-38 loss.
NFL history was quietly rewritten in Week 17, and it happened in a blur of touchdowns. The matchup between the Chicago Bears and the San Francisco 49ers produced an unprecedented scoring sequence never before seen in a regular-season game.
The Cardiac Chicago Bears finally had the luck run out on "Sunday Night Football" against the San Francisco 49ers but man what an absolute masterclass of a game that was between the two head coaches in Ben Johnson and Kyle Shanahan.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
With the No. 1 seed in the NFC still up for grabs for both teams in the Week 17 edition of Sunday Night Football, the Chicago Bears roared out in front of the San Francisco 49ers on the first play of the game.
The Chicago Bears lost a heartbreaking game to the San Francisco 49ers on a game-ending incomplete pass from the two-yard line, but there was a play earlier on Chicago's final march down the field that the Bears could rue forever.
The Chicago Bears lost one of their linebackers to injury in Sunday night’s intense game against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
The San Francisco 49ers escaped with a 42-38 win over the Chicago Bears and kept their bid for the NFC's top seed alive in a thrilling "Sunday Night Football" game that came down to the final play.
Chicago Bears linebacker Noah Sewell was carted off the field after suffering an ankle injury on Sunday night against the San Francisco 49ers. The incident happened in the third quarter, and it was a non-contact injury.
It took the Chicago Bears three drives to get their first down of the game against the San Francisco 49ers. Somehow, as has been the case all season, Ben Johnson's team managed to finagle a tie game early on after the slow start.
Going into the "Sunday Night Football" game between the Chicago Bears and the San Francisco 49ers, Bears assistant head coach and wide receivers coach Antwaan Randle El asked for a big favor from his players that had nothing to do with what happened on the field.
The Chicago Bears are living in two very different worlds at the same time. On the field, everything is clicking. The Bears are 11-4, they have clinched a playoff spot and they are heading into one of the biggest games of the NFL season against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday Night Football.
The Chicago Bears added wide receivers DJ Moore and Olamide Zaccheaus to the Week 17 injury report on Sunday morning. Moore and Zaccheaus were the latest victims of an illness that’s spreading around the Bears locker room.
This has been one of the weirdest and most unpredictable NFL seasons in recent memory. There are a ton of teams near the top of their conference that are complete surprises, and one of these teams is the Chicago Bears.
The 2025 NFC North champions Chicago Bears will be playing for a shot at the 1 seed in the NFC in Sunday night’s showdown against the playoff bound San Francisco 49ers.
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The Chicago Bears have been dealing with a concerning issue outside the team's control this week in regards to an illness making it's way around the locker room.
The Chicago Bears added right tackle Darnell Wright to the injury report Saturday as the three-year starter deals with an illness. Wright did not travel with the team and is listed as questionable for Sunday's game at the San Francisco 49ers.