There was Blaine Gabbert running all over Chicago in 2015. There was the Toilet Bowl in the snow of 2016. And Chicago Bears Jerseys Stitched , last but not least, the Robbie Gould #RevengeGame of last season. This year, the Bears are a Super Bowl contender while the 49ers are the best NFL team that’s decidedly not good, but is still playing for pride. Sunday’s game in the Bay Area is a microcosm of what NFL football in December often turns into: irrelevance. For once, at least the Bears are actually playing for more than pride in comparison to their counterparts. Here’s the Windy City Gridiron staff picks for Bears-49ers.Robert Zeglinski: Bears 30, 49ers 17The 49ers’ Kyle Shanahan is a great offensive mind, but even he can’t make up for this team’s talent deficiency against the Bears. Chicago wins a comfortable road game in San Francisco (Santa Clara).Lester A. Wiltfong Jr.: Bears 23, 49ers 17The 49ers have won two in a row and I could see them staying competitive with a late touchdown making it closer than it seems. Aaron Leming: Bears 27, 49ers 20I may be in the minority, but I think this is going to be a more hard fought game than assumed. The Bears should still win and keep their hopes for a first-round bye alive. Jacob Infante: Bears 31, 49ers 20Nick Mullens and George Kittle have been an effective quarterback-tight end combination, which should give the Bears a challenge. However, the Bears are still the Bears, and they’rethe more talented team.Sam Householder: Bears 31, 49ers 24After knocking off a rival and one of the league’s best at home, the only thing left for the Bears to prove is that they won’t play down to bad opponents on the road. Nagy has his team ready to go with a top seed to play for.Josh Sunderbruch: Bears 27, 49ers 23I think the 49ers stay uncomfortably close and a late Gould field goal puts San Francisco ahead. Then the Bears finally get a late offensive drive to seal the game, and don’t trail again in the regular season.ECD: Bears 28, 49ers 10I feel the 49ers will put up a good fight, based on their two consecutive victories in recent weeks. With that said Youth Duke Shelley Jersey , Mitchell Trubisky should continue shredding weak secondaries, and the defense should be fine without Eddie Jackson this week.Patti Curl: Bears 42, 49ers 9The Bears fail to keep Gould in check, but otherwise dominate this game enough to anger the 49ers and prime them to knock the Rams out of the No. 2 seed in a Week 17 upset.WhiskeyRanger: Bears 28, 49ers 17The 49ers are on a roll, but they haven’t faced a team like the Bears. They’ll put up a fight, but the NFC North champions will be too much. Then I get to stick it to my father, who happens to be a 49ers fan. THAT’S FOR MISSING ALL MY JFL GAMES, DAD! Wait, what were we talking about? Oh, right. Robert Schmitz: Bears 27, 49ers 17Mullens has shown a surprising amount of poise, but has yet to play a top 16 defense. I don’t think the 49ers have enough weapons on offense to keep their young quarterback’s head above water when the Bears bring the rain. Ken Mitchell: Bears 34, 49ers 20The 49ers have been playing good football and any game is tough on the road. Additionally, it’s hard to imagine the Bears not letting down a bit after clinching. In the end, Chicago is the better team. But don’t be surprised if the game goes south. WCG Contributors: Jeff Berckes; Patti Curl; Eric Christopher Duerrwaechter; Kev H; Sam Householder; Jacob Infante; Aaron Lemming; Ken Mitchell; Steven Schweickert; Jack Silverstein; EJ Snyder; Lester Wiltfong, Jr.; Whiskey Ranger; Robert Zeglinski; Like us on Facebook. Chase Daniel promises to be ready to step in at quarterback for Mitchell Trubisky on Thursday when the Chicago Bears play the Detroit Lions.The Bears' backup might need to clear away some rust.Daniel hasn't started or played extensively in an NFL game since 2014, and might start for Trubisky because of a right shoulder injury sustained in the fourth quarter of Sunday night's 25-20 Bears victory over the Minnesota Vikings."This week is a little bit different just because it's a short week, but I really haven't changed the way I prepare," Daniel said. "I prepare like a starter every week Duke Shelley Jersey Color Rush , so for me it's just another game."Coach Matt Nagy is holding out hope Trubisky can play even without practice."I'm saying cautiously optimistic, but I can't make any promises," Nagy said. "I hope he does. But it's a day-to-day thing for us."The Bears had walkthrough type practices Monday and Tuesday, and on Wednesday have meetings before leaving for Detroit.Nagy wouldn't describe the injury beyond saying Trubisky is " ... in pain, which is normal."Nagy stressed it isn't a long-term injury, or one requiring surgery, but the Bears will be prepared if Daniel plays."I know that Chase, this is one of the reasons why he's here, if we get in a situation like this where we have to make a decision one way or the other," Nagy said. "This is why you have a guy like Chase."You feel very comfortable with him. Chase understands; he's the oldest guy on our team (32), so he's got experience."Daniel hasn't thrown a regular-season pass since 2016. He hasn't thrown more than two passes in a season since 2014 in Kansas City. However, he has extensive knowledge of the offensive system after being in it from 2013-15 with the Chiefs."Nags and I go way back, he was my position coach for three years in Kansas City, obviously, and we stayed close for my time away," Daniel said. "Yeah, we have a great relationship, so when it comes to that we trust each other pretty well. So we know what each other likes, and I think we can just roll."Daniel has a 1-1 record as an NFL starter and has completed 51 of 78 for 480 yards with a touchdown pass and an interception. He also played for the Saints, Chiefs and Eagles."The No. 1 thing that you learn about Chase when you're around him is that in a really good way Womens Duke Shelley Jersey , he's extremely confident in how he plays because he's so smart," Nagy said. "The game is not fast to him when he plays."Daniel started at the end of the 2013 season on short notice when Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith suffered a lacerated spleen. Daniel completed 21 of 30 for 200 yards and a touchdown in a 27-24 loss to San Diego."I got called by Andy Reid on Thursday night late, so really that week I only got a red-zone practice on Friday and a walk-through on Saturday," Daniel said. "So similar timeline (to this week), yeah."One of Trubisky's strengths has been his mobility, even if it did land him on the injury report. He leads all NFL quarterbacks in rushing with 363 yards.Offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich sees no reason for play calling to be altered even if Daniel isn't a scrambler."They're not that significantly different," Helfrich said. "Certainly, you're going to tailor things to one person or another absolutely, but within the same structure."We're not going to change the offense if something happens. You can't do that."Trubisky's best game yardage-wise came against the Lions on Nov. 11; he threw for 355 yards on 23 for 30 with three touchdown passes.Nagy avoided calling the penalized hit by Minnesota's Harrison Smith on Trubisky a dirty play. Trubisky was struck on the left shoulder but landed on his right shoulder while sliding."It wasn't intentional," Nagy said. "Again, it is football. It is an illegal hit. You always want to look at things from both sides and you hope it's not malicious."Trubisky's slide left something to be desired. He seemed to want to lunge more than slide."He's good at it," Nagy said. "Because he's running more often than others, there's different times that he slides and different ways that he slides."I've been around some bad sliders, including Michael Vick, and he'd laugh at it. He couldn't slide to save his life. We used to go out and put the slip and slide out after practice and try to teach him, and he couldn't do it."