Overview
- San Francisco beat Chicago 42-38 after the Bears reached the 2-yard line in the final seconds before a pass rush forced Caleb Williams’ game-ending incompletion.
- The last sequence featured a designed lateral from Colston Loveland to D’Andre Swift that Deommodore Lenoir stopped at the 2, followed by a spike and the decisive incomplete throw under pressure that included Yetur Gross-Matos.
- Williams completed 25 of 42 passes for 330 yards and two touchdowns, voiced that the Bears are “a team to be reckoned with,” and sits at 3,730 passing yards entering Week 18.
- The loss ended Chicago’s shot at the NFC No. 1 seed, but the NFC North champions can secure No. 2 with a win over the Lions or an Eagles loss to the Commanders, which would bring at least one home playoff game.
- Chicago’s identity remains late-game resilience with six fourth-quarter comeback wins, though defensive lapses persisted against the 49ers’ 496 total yards and 140 rushing yards by Christian McCaffrey.