The Bears have significant incentive to beat the Lions on Sunday in their final game of the regular season, but even if they didn’t, coach Ben Johnson wants to keep his foot on the gas.

The Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers take the field for NFL Sunday Night Football tonight in Week 17. SNF start time, TV schedule and how to watch.

The Bears totaled 440 yards and found the end zone five times in Sunday night's road battle with the 49ers, but Jauan Jennings' 38-yard touchdown reception late in the fourth quarter gave San Francisco a 42-38 victory at Levi's Stadium.

Even though the Chicago Bears already clinched the NFC North thanks to a Green Bay Packers' Week 17 dud, they still have plenty to play for Sunday night's game

Bears safety Jaquan Brisker openly admitted that Chicago's defense needs to play better after getting steamrolled by the 49ers on SNF.

Just when you thought you had seen the most dramatic, astonishing, improbable comeback victories by the cardiac Bears this year, they topped each and every one of them Saturday night in the most important game of the season.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/49ers/onsi as Kyle Shanahan thought this call cost the 49ers the game vs. Bears. The San Francisco 49ers clinched a 42-38 victory over the Chicago Bears in Week 17.

Burden, who missed the Packers game last week because of a sprained ankle, led the Bears with eight catches and 138 yards in the team’s 42-38 loss to the 49ers at Levi’s Stadium. His performance was needed, given that Rome Odunze remains out with a chronic foot issue and DJ Moore was slowed by an illness and finished with one catch for seven yards.