The San Francisco 49ers and the Chicago Bears come together in a clash act Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, and the Bears will be hoping to claw their way back to .500 with a win in today's contest. The game has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream via the link below.
A win today will see the Bears reach .500 for the first time in more than a year. However, they will have to find a way to put aside their home problems, and overcome a struggling 49ers team in the process.
The Bears have won three of their last four games, but each of those wins has come on the road, and they seem to have a chronic problem with playing in front of their home fans. Chicago have lost 11 of their last 14 games at Soldier Field, making it a happy place for visiting teams rather than a fortress to be daunted by.
Chicago are 1-4 this season at Soldier Field, and must play three of their last five games here, so they must find a way to overcome their home field blues and start to pick up wins if they are to build on the progress they've made in recent weeks.
The Bears have fought back into the Wild Card race, but it could all be for nothing if they don't claim wins in games like today against a generally poor 49ers outfit.
Earlier this week, NFL Thursday Night Football saw the Green Bay Packers take on the Detroit Lions, and although it looked like the Lions had the game in the bag, a spectacular comeback in the second half by the Packers saw them take the spoils to move to 8-4.
Green Bay went in at the half way point without a point on the board and were behind by 17. But whatever they drank at halftime seemed to do the trick, as they came back out and piled on the points winning the third quarter 14-3 to pull the score back to 14-20. They then completed their comeback in the final quarter, scoring another 13 points with the Lions offense shut down and only able to score another three to leave the final score at 27-23.
The game winning play came in dramatic style, with Aaron Rodgers throwing a 61 yard touchdown to Richard Rodgers with no time left on the clock.
The result will be a relief for the Packers, who had lost four of their last five, and will be setback for the Lions, who had won three straight games coming into the game. They will be hugely disappointed to have missed out on the chance to sweep the series for the first time since 1991.
Anytime a team loses a 20 point lead it is a huge blow, but the nature of the loss and the opposition will make the defeat that much worse for Detroit.
The Packers left it late to make their charge, only scoring their first points with just 5.44 on the clock in the third quarter. But once they got into their rhythm there was no stopping them.
On the final play, the only reason the Packers had their final chance was because Devin Taylor grabbed Aaron Rodgers facemark. If he had not done that then the game would have been over, but because of that foul, Green Bay were given another chance, and Aaron Rodgers didn't need to be told twice. He launched a massive 61 yard Hail Mary pass, which came off to leave the Detroit fans stunned and the Packers fans in ecstasy.
Rodgers admitted after the game: "I've never had a completed Hail Mary before."
Rodgers finished the game with 26 of 36 for 289 yards and two touchdowns, compared to Matthew Stafford's 23 of 35 for 220 yards and two touchdowns.
Today's big game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Chicago Bears has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream by clicking here.
