Week 17 · 2025–26 season
Bears
L 38-42 at 49ers · Dec 28, 2025
Misery Index · Uneasy
Bears fans split between admiring a 42-point shootout with SF and wanting the defense investigated for war crimes.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
C.Williams traded haymakers with Purdy all afternoon and still had a shot, hitting C.Loveland to the SF 13 with 33 seconds left before the incompletion to J.Walker on which L.Burden left injured. Forty-two points surrendered, including the J.Jennings 38-yard dagger, makes it hard to credit the shootout energy some fans are clinging to. The offense looked real; whether Dennis Allen's defense can ever hold a lead is the question that won't go away.
What fans said
“Not even mad to be honest. Went toe to toe with a top team in the NFC.”
u/ChicagoBears96▲ 356hope
“Caleb Williams did not lose this game for the Bears. The Bears defense did.”
u/ThorntonLionheart▲ 123frustration
“Dennis Allen needs to figure it the fuck out, that was unacceptable.”
u/VinnieTheDragon▲ 115rage
“As good as this team has been, the penalties have been backbreaking practically every week.”
u/Frankensteinbeck▲ 104frustration
“I deadass don’t care that was good game”
u/LilThieves▲ 101joy
“The least upset I’ve felt after a loss in years.”
u/PlacebosForALL▲ 68joy
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