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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — When it comes to the playoffs, the Bears don’t know what they don’t know.
After Sunday, though, we know more about them. A team with shockingly little playoff experience was neither overwhelmed nor overmatched Sunday night in the closest they’ll come to a dress rehearsal for the postseason.
The Bears lost 42-38 to the 49ers inside a raucous Levi’s Stadium, doomed by a defense that couldn’t rush the passer and an offense that stalled at the wrong times. As has happened all season, the game came down to one play — second-and-goal at the 49ers’ 2 with four seconds to play.