Nam Y. Huh/AP
Best Bet
BEARS at 49ERS
Time: 3:25 p.m., Fox 32.
Line: 49ers by 3½.
Total: 44.
Records (overall/ATS):
Bears 4-8/6-4-2; 49ers 5-7/4-8.
Interim head coaches are inherently put in a bad spot — almost always taking over a team in such disarray that an in-season change was necessary. New Bears coach Thomas Brown has the additional hurdle of the toughest finishing schedule in the NFL — the defending NFC champion 49ers (5-7), Vikings (10-2), Lions (11-1), Seahawks (7-5) and Packers (9-3).