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THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL
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**Bears fall just short in tight 42-38 battle with 49ers – Windy City Gridiron **The Bears fall to 11-5 with their Sunday night loss.
**Kyle Shanahan Doesn’t Hold Back on Caleb Williams’ Arm Talent – Sports Illustrated Chicago Bears **As the Chicago Bears and quarterback Caleb Williams prepare to face the San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan raved about the former USC Trojans star and his ability to play the position at a high level.
**Simone Biles serves as credentialed photographer at Bears-49ers – ESPN **The 11-time Olympic medalist appeared as a credentialed photographer during “Sunday Night Football” between the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers. Biles’ husband, Jonathan Owens, is a safety for Chicago.
**Caleb Williams finding Bears’ rookie weapons for long TDs in shootout with 49ers – Sports Illustrated Chicago Bears **Despite playing without receivers Rome Odunze and Olamide Zaccheaus, the Chicago Bears are matching the San Francisco 49ers’ red-hot offense early Sunday night.
**Bears clinch NFC North title, No. 1 seed still in play heading into huge Sunday night matchup with 49ers – WGN **It’s a great first step if the Bears are to hold a much, much bigger celebration in the same stadium a little over a month from now.
POLISH SAUSAGE
**Cardinals’ Trey McBride sets new single-season tight end receptions record – NFL.com **The Cardinals TE hauled in his 117th catch of the season in the fourth quarter for a 5-yard gain from Jacoby Brissett, eclipsing the previous record of 116 set by Zach Ertz in 2018 with the Philadelphia Eagles.
**Bills QB Josh Allen becomes fastest, youngest player to reach 300 total touchdowns – NFL.com **With his 2-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles, Allen became the youngest and fastest player in league history to reach 300 career offensive touchdowns.
The Steelers lost, but they did a good job protecting T.J. Watt’s record.
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