Chicago Bears vs. the 49ers 12/28, 5:20 - Pre-game Thread

Hope Niners don't have a total meltdown like the Packs did for the Bears to win the game. Albeit the Bears still have to capitalize. Credit the Bears for that.

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 to everyone! Go 49ers! Can't wait til Sunday night for some 49ers football!!

Originally posted by tohara3:
Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 to everyone! Go 49ers! Can't wait til Sunday night for some 49ers football!!

Merry Christmas 🎁

Originally posted by tohara3:
Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 to everyone! Go 49ers! Can't wait til Sunday night for some 49ers football!!

I hope the field is still in decent shape. I'm reading about all these big storms that are battering the area.

Originally posted by DrEll:
I was watching football before many of you were even a thought in your parents minds. Those of us that have lived through the glory years stick with the Super Bowl or bust mantra. You newbies just care about regular season wins because it gives you something to look forward to next week…

I don't think this is the flex you think it is LOL

Originally posted by Stanley:

Originally posted by DrEll:
I was watching football before many of you were even a thought in your parents minds. Those of us that have lived through the glory years stick with the Super Bowl or bust mantra. You newbies just care about regular season wins because it gives you something to look forward to next week…

I don't think this is the flex you think it is LOL

I've been a fan for 70 years and had season tickets during the glory years. Even then when the Niners were winning super bowls I still wanted to see them make the playoffs. Was I disappointed when they lost? Sure but at least they had a shot at winning. Can't win if you aren't in.

Originally posted by grif:
"You can speak for yourself. I'm no spring chicken either, but I like being in the mix every year or thereabouts even if it doesn't lead to a title. Did those 3 lost SBs hurt? Sure they did, though actually in my case not as much as some of the NFCCG losses ('90 and '11 were worse than any of the 3 lost SBs, as the first ruined the 3-peat and the second a beautiful Cinderella season. I hated '92 too, as I can't stand Dallas and that holding call was one of the biggest b******t calls ever.). But the lost decade before '11 hurt more, and so did the lost half decade between the last Harbaugh tilt at the title and the '19 run. Irrelevance and pointless Sundays, sloppily coached teams committing tons of penalties and blow coverages, ruined parts of careers of greats like Gore or Justin Smith, and the tedious hoping for FA and the draft leading to a reset. That's what I really hate. Winning a title is HARD, and a lot of it falls on luck. We've had some dreadful luck in most of these losses." - Paulk205

I was there.........3000 years ago........

Memories, good and bad for all the Niners fans born mid last century like us anyway I agree with all you said and would add the NFCCG against the Redskins when they flagged Lott for two PI's that led to the winning FG for Washington. Joe brought the Niners back from 21 point deficit. Happy Holidays

Originally posted by DrEll:
I was watching football before many of you were even a thought in your parents minds. Those of us that have lived through the glory years stick with the Super Bowl or bust mantra. You newbies just care about regular season wins because it gives you something to look forward to next week…

We're back to this stuff?

There is nobody here who only cares about regular season. Stop this type of posting. You can speak for yourself but stop speaking for other people, especially when nobody said anything of the sort that you're claiming.

Originally posted by paulk205:

Originally posted by DrEll:
I was watching football before many of you were even a thought in your parents minds. Those of us that have lived through the glory years stick with the Super Bowl or bust mantra. You newbies just care about regular season wins because it gives you something to look forward to next week…

You can speak for yourself. I'm no spring chicken either, but I like being in the mix every year or thereabouts even if it doesn't lead to a title. Did those 3 lost SBs hurt? Sure they did, though actually in my case not as much as some of the NFCCG losses ('90 and '11 were worse than any of the 3 lost SBs, as the first ruined the 3-peat and the second a beautiful Cinderella season. I hated '92 too, as I can't stand Dallas and that holding call was one of the biggest b******t calls ever.). But the lost decade before '11 hurt more, and so did the lost half decade between the last Harbaugh tilt at the title and the '19 run. Irrelevance and pointless Sundays, sloppily coached teams committing tons of penalties and blow coverages, ruined parts of careers of greats like Gore or Justin Smith, and the tedious hoping for FA and the draft leading to a reset. That's what I really hate. Winning a title is HARD, and a lot of it falls on luck. We've had some dreadful luck in most of these losses.

This season's been a blast. The team is horribly flawed and has little chance of doing damage in the playoffs... on paper. It's also beautifully coached, makes very few mistakes, and maximises their chance for winning every week. Sometimes it doesn't work, especially against good teams like the Jaguars, the Texans, and the Rams. But they're always in the mix. Now they have a chance for a most unlikely #1 seed, and once you're home in the playoffs who knows what may happen? I still think there are too many holes to go all the way, but I'm going to enjoy the ride regardless.

What's funny about the take that you are responding to is that for those of us who were around, we should remember that it was the Super Bowl or bust mindset that in part killed the team in the 90s. If it's really Super Bowl or bust, does it mean that the poster and other thinking like that were unhappy until the final Sunday in January? So basically, they only got to enjoy football during the offseason because nothing was to be celebrated since a team couldn't win a Super Bowl until that final Sunday back then.

They also like to criticize the draft record of this regime. I'd say our drafting in the 90s was probably at it's worst. 1994 I think was the only truly good draft class we had in an entire decade.

The Super Bowl or bust mindset had us going in on past their prime big name free agents that did not work out after 1994. Internally, it had us firing Walsh and lead to him becoming so stressed by the pressure that he prematurely retired. Maybe our drafting in the 90s doesn't take a nosedive if he still is with the team. Maybe we can a better handle on Charles Haley (though I do think Ronnie Lott's leaving hurt matters) and we don't trade him to the Cowboys. If the so-called newbie fans like the regular season success because it gives them something to look forward to, what exactly did the Super Bowl or bust crowd look forward to, because even during the glory years, more often than not, the team did not win the Super Bowl. That doesn't sound very enjoyable.

Originally posted by DrEll:

Originally posted by pillageDatazz:

Originally posted by DrEll:

Originally posted by tankle104:

#49ers will be rocking their '94 red throwbacks on Sunday Night Football vs. Bears this week 🔥 pic.twitter.com/6iH3DFG8dT

— Akash Anavarathan (@akashanav) December 23, 2025

i love these throwbacks. Mainly the white ones but red is cool too

Brings back memories

The 1994 NFC Divisional Playoff featured the dominant San Francisco 49ers crushing the Chicago Bears 44-15 at Candlestick Park on January 7, 1995, with the 49ers' explosive offense, led by MVP Steve Young and Jerry Rice, overwhelming the Bears despite an early Chicago field goal; the 49ers scored 30 unanswered points in the first half, with William Floyd scoring three TDs in the lopsided win.

You were a Bears fan back then too How disgusting

I was watching football before many of you were even a thought in your parents minds. Those of us that have lived through the glory years stick with the Super Bowl or bust mantra. You newbies just care about regular season wins because it gives you something to look forward to next week…

🤣 you are so full of s**t. You were barely old enough to remember the 94' SB.

Originally posted by qnnhan7:
Hope Niners don't have a total meltdown like the Packs did for the Bears to win the game. Albeit the Bears still have to capitalize. Credit the Bears for that.

Yah but Jordan Love got knocked out with a concussion. And Malik Willis is garbage, Mac Jones is much better.

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by DrEll:

Originally posted by pillageDatazz:

Originally posted by DrEll:

Originally posted by tankle104:

#49ers will be rocking their '94 red throwbacks on Sunday Night Football vs. Bears this week 🔥 pic.twitter.com/6iH3DFG8dT

— Akash Anavarathan (@akashanav) December 23, 2025

i love these throwbacks. Mainly the white ones but red is cool too

Brings back memories

The 1994 NFC Divisional Playoff featured the dominant San Francisco 49ers crushing the Chicago Bears 44-15 at Candlestick Park on January 7, 1995, with the 49ers' explosive offense, led by MVP Steve Young and Jerry Rice, overwhelming the Bears despite an early Chicago field goal; the 49ers scored 30 unanswered points in the first half, with William Floyd scoring three TDs in the lopsided win.

You were a Bears fan back then too How disgusting

I was watching football before many of you were even a thought in your parents minds. Those of us that have lived through the glory years stick with the Super Bowl or bust mantra. You newbies just care about regular season wins because it gives you something to look forward to next week…

🤣 you are so full of s**t. You were barely old enough to remember the 94' SB.

How old is he?

Originally posted by Kolohe:

Originally posted by qnnhan7:
Hope Niners don't have a total meltdown like the Packs did for the Bears to win the game. Albeit the Bears still have to capitalize. Credit the Bears for that.

Yah but Jordan Love got knocked out with a concussion. And Malik Willis is garbage, Mac Jones is much better.

Malik Willis was actually playing much better in that game, tho that sometimes happens when teams aren't prepared for the backup.

Originally posted by Stanley:

Originally posted by DrEll:
I was watching football before many of you were even a thought in your parents minds. Those of us that have lived through the glory years stick with the Super Bowl or bust mantra. You newbies just care about regular season wins because it gives you something to look forward to next week…

I don't think this is the flex you think it is LOL

Went to my first game at Kezar. Our starting QB was YA Tittle. Had season tickets when they hired BW, who went to high school with my Mom. I remember being thrilled if we made the playoffs. I don't know anybody that thought like you are implying. I'm super happy that my team is in the mix come playoff time. I'm happy if we beat the Rams, Cowboys, and Seahawks during the season. My Dad went to the game with me and my brother for "The Catch". That was the last game he attended. He said that "they finally won the 'big one' and for him, a fan from their inception, was good enough. So when you come on here and act like celebrating the team when they didn't win the SB is comical, and sad, because you don't know the richness of supporting something that has a history through generations. We, the faithful, are always going to be happy to support OUR team, regardless of their record, and you don't seem capable of that.

Originally posted by eastie:

Originally posted by Stanley:

Originally posted by DrEll:
I was watching football before many of you were even a thought in your parents minds. Those of us that have lived through the glory years stick with the Super Bowl or bust mantra. You newbies just care about regular season wins because it gives you something to look forward to next week…

I don't think this is the flex you think it is LOL

Went to my first game at Kezar. Our starting QB was YA Tittle. Had season tickets when they hired BW, who went to high school with my Mom. I remember being thrilled if we made the playoffs. I don't know anybody that thought like you are implying. I'm super happy that my team is in the mix come playoff time. I'm happy if we beat the Rams, Cowboys, and Seahawks during the season. My Dad went to the game with me and my brother for "The Catch". That was the last game he attended. He said that "they finally won the 'big one' and for him, a fan from their inception, was good enough. So when you come on here and act like celebrating the team when they didn't win the SB is comical, and sad, because you don't know the richness of supporting something that has a history through generations. We, the faithful, are always going to be happy to support OUR team, regardless of their record, and you don't seem capable of that.

P.S. Thanks pops, for making me a niner fan for life!!!