49ers vanquish Bears' No. 1 seed hopes in Sunday night shootout

49ers Talk: A San Francisco 49ers Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Matt Maiocco, San Francisco 49ers, Football, Nfl, Sports

4.6 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of "49ers Talk," co-hosts Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan discuss the electric atmosphere at Levi's Stadium on Sunday and how San Francisco has proven all season that this iteration of the team is built for prime-time games. Also, the duo discusses how good of a job coach Kyle Shanahan and 49ers GM John Lynch have done keeping the team's competitive window open, as well as how a unique roster and season is capturing the hearts of the 49ers Faithful.

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0:19.6	The 49ers and Chicago Bears staged an epic fireworks show in Santa Clara on Sunday night.
0:26.1	And the 49ers did their part to set up a huge week 18 showdown against the Seattle Seahawks
0:32.4	in what will be the most important regular season game in Levi's stadium history.
0:37.7	The 49ers and Bears put on a show in week 17 in front of a revved-up crowd and a national
0:43.1	television audience.
0:44.8	Brock Purdy and Christian McCaffrey led the way for the 49ers, and the defense came through
0:49.2	with two huge stops at the end to allow the 49ers to hold off the bears for their sixth consecutive
0:54.9	victory. Now the attention shifts to Saturday when the 49ers face the Seahawks in a
1:00.0	game that will determine home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Jennifer Lee Chan
1:04.7	was in Santa Clara on Sunday night and we will break down this exciting game and look
1:09.2	ahead to week 18. We'll have all that and much more on this episode of 49ers talk coming at you right now.
1:17.1	A little extra.
1:18.7	That was. That was a little extra.
1:21.2	I think this game deserves a little extra.
1:23.4	I think so.
1:24.5	Welcome to another episode of 49ers talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.com.
1:30.7	Introducing your hosts, Matt Mayoko and Jennifer Lee Chan.
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