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Rumor: 49ers to Host Bears on Sunday Night Football in Week 17

This should be a good game.
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Dec 8, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle (85) and Chicago Bears punter Tory Taylor (19) after the game between the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Kupbens-Imagn Images
Dec 8, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle (85) and Chicago Bears punter Tory Taylor (19) after the game between the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Kupbens-Imagn Images | Bob Kupbens-Imagn Images

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This should be a good game.

The 49ers and Chicago Bears will face each other Week 17 on Sunday Night Football at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara according to reports. These teams faced each other last season at Levi's Stadium and the 49ers won 38-13.

But that was a week after the Bears had fired head coach Matt Eberflus. They were a mess. And their quarterback, Caleb Williams, was a rookie who led the league in sacks.

Now, the Bears head coach is former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. He's one of the best offensive coaches in the NFL and his specialty is protecting his quarterback. That's why the Bears signed a starting center and two starting guards during free agency.

Next season, Williams should have plenty of time to throw. And by the time he finally faces the 49ers in the second-to-last week of the regular season, he should have a good feel of Johnson's offense.

Ideally, the 49ers would have liked to face the Bears as early in the season as possible. But by Week 17, Chicago could have one of the top offenses in the league. It's absolutely loaded with talent at every position.

Still, assuming the 49ers are healthy, they should be expected to win this game. They have a core of players that have been together for nine years -- they should be able to beat an up-and-coming team like Chicago. Especially considering the 49ers have Robert Saleh back as their defensive coordinator.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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