For a second straight game, the San Francisco 49ers had to win by scoring over 40 points. The Chicago Bears had no answers to stopping the 49ers' offense. It wa

Losing to the 49ers in a game where they just ran out of time isn’t a death knell. Instead, the Bears deserve to hold their heads high. We learned this team's offense is ready for the playoffs.

The Chicago Bears’ loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday eliminated them from contention for the top seed in the NFC, but they still have plenty to play for this week.

After giving up over 300 rushing yards to the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday, the Green Bay Packers claimed defensive tackle Jonathan Ford off waivers on Monday. Ford was originally drafted by the Packers in 2022 in the seventh round. He spent three years with the team, but never played in a regular-season game for Green Bay.

Looking to once again become the comeback, cardiac Bears, Chicago would come up short on their comeback attempt with just yards to go. With just four seconds left on the game clock, Caleb Williams would scramble around but was unable to complete the pass and the Bears would come up just short in the end.

The San Francisco 49ers host the Chicago Bears at Levi's Stadium in Week 17 on "Sunday Night Football" at 8:20 p.m. ET. in Santa Clara, California.

The division winner gets the tougher schedule and here's who the Bears will play, but one never knows who improves and drops in the NFL on a year-to-year basis.

He played in four games with zero catches that season, and was eventually cut from the Bears’ active roster. In 2023, Tonges earned a spot on the 49ers ' practice squad, and kept grinding until he clawed his way onto the active roster for the 2025 season — setting up the best game of his career on Sunday Night Football this past weekend.