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SAN FRANCISCO -- Here are Five Things We Learned following Chicago Bears' 32-7 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night: 1. Bears could be in trouble: Their record still stands at 7-3, but Monday night's foundation-shaking loss raises seri...

Jeff Dickerson enters the Bears chat room from San Francisco at 12 CT. Submit questions here and come back for the chat....

The Monday Night Chaser looks at which team to bet on when the Chicago Bears visit the San Francisco 49ers.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2012

NFL.com/Trevor Ebaugh, ESPN Stats & Information Roll over each running back to go deeper into their individual trends.The Chicago Bears enter their Monday Night matchup with the San Francisco 49ers having given up back-to-back 100-yard rushers for t...

Michael C. Wright enters the Bears chat room at noon to talk about Monday's game against the 49ers. Submit questions now here and come back for the chat....

Aaron Schatz breaks down the most likely upset of Week 11, foreseeing a battered Bears team taking down the 49ers.

Story | Conversation | November 15, 2012

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OK, I've heard back on a few inquiries regarding potential fines stemming from Week 10 games involving NFC West teams. Looks like we had some pretty good damage. Seahawks at Cardinals $7,500 against the Cardinals' Darnell Dockett for elbowi...

Referee Ron Winter and crew called 24 penalties, assessing 19, during the 49ers' 10-6 victory over the Bears on Thursday night. Did they miss a flagrant one? "I haven't seen any other columnists mention it, and it's extremely blatant," shane_es...

Thoughts and observations following the 49ers' 10-6 victory over the Bears in Week 10: The 49ers' failure on a fourth-and-1 quarterback sneak was predictable and a reflection of their offensive line. Alex Smith is a lanky quarterback. His offensi...

Jason Paradise and Floyd Hanson of ESPN Stats & Information just passed along some telling stats from the 49ers' 10-6 victory over the Bears: Quarterback Alex Smith completed 15 of 19 passes for 98 yards and an 88.2 rating on passes that trav...

The 49ers seem to have lost the spark quarterback Alex Smith provided in his first couple games after replacing Shaun Hill. They still have Frank Gore and a tenacious defensive front. That combination was enough to beat a slumping Bears team, and ...

Come on. You know you were thinking it. As Chicago was driving for what could have been the winning points Thursday night, you were waiting for Jay Cutler to throw another (red zone) interception. Sure enough, Cutler obliged on the final play of the ...

Aug. 12: The 49ers badly want Dashon Goldson to give them needed speed and playmaking ability at free safety. I thought the 49ers might name him the starter a year ago. They went with veteran Mark Roman instead. Now there's no doubt. Goldson is the s...

How else would the 49ers' offensive coordinator have thought to call that first-down running play from three-receiver personnel? Frank Gore's 14-yard touchdown run from that personnel group has given the 49ers a 7-0 lead against the Bears. I know,...

49ers quarterback Alex Smith entered Thursday night with the highest red zone passer rating in the NFL among players with at least 10 attempts. He had completed 8 of 11 passes for 55 yards, four touchdowns, no interceptions and a 123.1 rating, acc...