Despite that focus, there was also an acknowledgment of what finishing the season strongly would mean. By beating the 49ers, the Cardinals could build some positive momentum entering the offseason — a good taste by which to remember 2024. They achieved that on Sunday, avoiding a 1-6 finish in the process.

The San Francisco 49ers' 2024 season came to an end in a fashion in keeping with a miserable campaign as they suffered defeat to the Arizona Cardinals in Week 18. San Francisco went down in a contest that saw the 49ers give away three turnovers,

The story of the 2024 Chicago Bears is one that is littered with brutal, almost inconceivable last-minute losses. The Hail Mary debacle in Washington. A pair of no-shows against the Cardinals and Patriots.

Following the 24-22 win in Week 18, the fifth victory in a disappointing 2024 season, cameras inside the locker room captured an exuberant, and even relieved, team celebrating. Fo

The Bears (5-12) beat the Packers for the first time since 2018 and ended an 11-game losing streak in this rivalry.