Thursday Night Football returns for the first time this season, and it's the third straight year that the Bears will be on tap.

For Chicago, Week 10 means they got to deliver themselves from last week, the bad news being a home loss to Arizona.

The Bears are not in a good position, but there's always chance to win. If they are going to make a serious run at the playoffs, it would be for a wild-card berth, and so far the Bears are 0-2 against teams they trail in the wild-card race (Green Bay and Atlanta).

In order to qualify for a tiebreaker, the Bears would need to win this week's game.

Last Sunday's loss to the Cardinals started a tough four-game stretch for the Bears, who play at San Francisco, against Philadelphia, and then a crucial game at Minnesota.

To stay alive, it seems the Bears will have to win all three of those games.

The 49ers started off strong, before losing their last four games to fall to 3-5.

The Bears need to concentrate on Frank Gore. The 49ers' running back has already posted a 200-yard game this season.

The matchup to watch is Lance Briggs against Gore, both in the running and passing games. If Briggs gets blocked, then Gore will make them pay.

In order to shut down the 49ers' offense the Bears need to control and fill their gaps properly.

Let’s see how exciting the matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the Chicago Bears will be.