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We’re nearly two months removed from the San Francisco 49ers allowing 42 points at home to the then Super Bowl favorite Los Angeles Rams. The result dropped the Niners to just one game over .500, leaving many fans skeptical about a playoff berth. That was Week 10. We’re heading into the final week of the […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
As a fan of the Los Angeles Rams, I don’t care for the San Francisco 49ers or the Seattle Seahawks, but which team do I dislike more (which team do you dislike more)? Well, no surprise, but it has to be the 49ers. We’ll credit them for all the success they’ve had and for being […]
From Turf Show Times | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The results of either of two games this weekend could send the Carolina Panthers to the playoffs with the NFC South title, the number 4 seed in the NFC, and a home playoff game against either the San Francisco 49ers or the Seattle Seahawks. All they have to do is beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers […]
From Cat Scratch Reader | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Here is the San Francisco 49ers’ first injury report of the week with a Saturday game. Starting with the players who won’t practice: Keion White (groin) Trent Williams (hamstring) Kyle Juszczyk (hip) Christian McCaffrey (back) Limited: Upton Stout (protocol) George Kittle (ankle) Ricky Pearsall (knee/ankle) Yetur Gross-Matos (knee) Kyle Shanahan said cornerback Renardo Green will […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Jaquan Brisker kept it a buck when discussing the Chicago Bears’ Week 17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Jaquan Brisker: "We let the offense down. I'm going to say it. We let the offense down, period. I feel like Caleb and them, they gave us enough points to do what we had to do to win. The defense didn't." — Courtney Cronin (@CourtneyRCronin) December 29, 2025 Sure, that loss stung. But in a year where we have seen the head coach and quarterback remind us what accountability ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Another nationally televised game, another 40-burger from the 49ers offense. The quarterback is dealing, the playcaller is dialed in, the running back looks explosive again, and the All-Pro tight end should be back in the lineup for Saturday’s game for the number one seed in the NFC. This is the 49ers offense that was imagined […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 1 read
The San Francisco 49ers have quite a few playoff scenarios that could happen in the final week of the regular season, as they’re vying for the No. 1 seed in the NFC. The 49ers will play the Seahawks for the No. 1 seed next weekend at Levi’s Stadium, with the winner getting the coveted first-round […]
From Niners Nation | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Few games ever live up to the hype, but Sunday night’s meeting of the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers definitely did. It didn’t finish the way Chicago wanted, but it was a thrilling game and showed a national audience that Caleb Williams has arrived. And for the most jaded or skeptical Bears fans, it […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The San Francisco 49ers beat the Chicago Bears in a thriller on Sunday night, winning on the final play of scrimmage with a defensive stand to keep their No. 1 seed hopes alive heading into Week 18. It was a shootout from the start, as the score was 14 apiece after one quarter and 28-21 […]
From Niners Nation | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Caleb Williams recorded his first 300 yard game of 2025 in the shootout against the 49ers on Sunday night. He added two touchdown passes (both absolute highlight throws) to the ledger and now sits at a comfortable 25 on the year. Caleb surpassed both the TD and yardage over/under bets from the sportsbooks during this […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 2 months ago | 1 read
And so it’s come to this. The final week of the NFL regular season will decide who wins the NFC West. It was a wild ride, but the San Francisco 49ers have a chance to take that crown back and not go on any more road games in 2025. The 49ers have issues—or an issue: […]
From Niners Nation | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The Chicago Bears faced off with the San Francisco 49ers on the road, and although they came up short, they didn’t go down without a fight. This 42-38 loss to the 49ers consisted of exhilarating, inspired football from both offenses during Sunday Night Football as they went toe to toe in a shootout. The Bears […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Brock Purdy, slinging and dancing, makes anything possible for these 49ers (paywall)“As soon as the expectations rose for the 49ers, and the stakes escalated, Purdy ascended with them. The season got real, transforming from a surprising feel-good story to a real chance to put themselves in the driver’s seat. The 49ers stared at a critical […]
From Niners Nation | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The Bears have already clinched the NFC North, and they’ve secured home-field advantage in at least the first round of the upcoming playoffs. That said, it was still unfortunate that their dreams of securing the No. 1 seed in the NFC came to an end with their 42-38 loss to the 49ers. You could probably […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
There’s a slight part of me that doesn’t want the Atlanta Falcons to beat the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football. It would mean that the Seattle Seahawks were literally a few yards away from clinching the NFC West title through the Rams and San Francisco 49ers losing, but the Chicago Bears couldn’t seal […]
From Field Gulls | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
That game didn’t go as hoped, but I, along with many others, came away feeling pretty good about the Chicago Bears. They fell a play short against the San Francisco 49ers, but rookies Colston Loveland (21 years old) and Luther Burden III (22) combined for 14 catches, 233 yards, and two touchdowns. Caleb Williams (24) […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The Seattle Seahawks’ main focus will be beating the San Francisco 49ers in Week 18 to secure the NFC West and therefore the top seed. After the Seahawks and 49ers both won on Sunday, the Los Angeles Rams were eliminated from division and top seed contention, which is astonishing given they were 30-14 up on […]
From Field Gulls | about 2 months ago | 1 read
One of the least popular opinions that I’ve shared on Turf Show Times was that the Los Angeles Rams might regret not going for a tie against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 5. My argument was simple: If it was Week 18 instead and you knew that a tie would win you the NFC […]
From Turf Show Times | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Of course Luther Burden III earned the best Bears player grade in Week 17. Heck, Pro Football Focus had Luther Burden with the best initial grade of any player who suited up in that game. So with all due respect to quarterbacks Caleb Williams and Brock Purdy, the Sunday Night Football shootout between the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers was a Burden coming out party. The rookie wide receiver saw a season-high nine targets and turned it into a season-best line of eight catches, 138 r...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
You can’t win them all, but the Chicago Bears certainly gave the San Francisco 49ers a scare on Sunday night in Santa Clara, California. In one of the toughest games on their 2025 schedule, the Bears came out with tons of firepower but ultimately fell just two yards (and a few seconds) short in a […]
From Windy City Gridiron | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Any Eagles fan who watched the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears go up and down the field in a wildly entertaining game on Sunday Night Football this week, won by the Niners 42-38, had to wonder if they were watching a different sport. There was 936 yards of total offense. The teams combined for […]
From Bleeding Green Nation | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
ESPN’s Adam Schefter appeared on the Pat McAfee show to provide a couple of injury expectations for George Kittle and Trent Williams: Kittle is going to push to come back next week. He never tested it last week, at all. They weren’t going to play him on Sunday night. He was out. He’ll have a […]
From Niners Nation | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
The Bears fall 42-38 to the 49ers in a nationally televised instant classic , and the crew breaks it all down on the Bleacher Nation Bears Podcast, presented by Obvious Shirts . Hosts Patrick Flowers, Matt Rooney, and Luis Medina react to a game that felt like a full-blown track meet — one that ended with the ball in Caleb Williams’ hands at the 2-yard line, one play deciding everything. It’s the exact scenario Bears fans have imagined for decades, and even in defeat, it felt like a defi...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Caleb Williams almost pulled another rabbit out of his hat in Week 17. And while it could be easy to point fingers or play the woulda, coulda, shoulda game with the final play of the Week 17 thriller between the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers on Sunday Night Football, it was Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson who pointed the finger inward when discussing what happened on that fateful play. “We didn’t quite get aligned in the formation we wanted to,” Johnson said via the Bears’ official w...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 2 months ago | 1 read
It was fitting that, in a season defined by the 49ers’ ability to overcome injury adversity, they were forced to produce one of their best offensive performances of the season in a must-win game without two of their most important players on that side of the ball. On paper, losing Trent Williams to a hamstring […]
From Niners Nation | about 2 months ago | 1 read