The cardiac Bears staged another dramatic late fourth-quarter rally in Sunday night's NFC Divisional Playoff contest against the Rams, forcing overtime with one of the most incredible touchdowns in recent franchise history.

But Los Angeles ultimately rebounded to win the game 20-17 on Harrison Mevis' 42-yard field goal with 3:19 remaining in overtime, ending the Bears' season.

Trailing 17-10 and facing fourth-and-4 from the Rams' 14 in the final minute of regulation, Caleb Williams retreated under heavy pressure and flung a pass 50 yards off his back foot from the 40 to the back left corner of the end zone, where Cole Kmet snared the ball, tying the score 17-17 with :18 remaining.

The Bears defense opened overtime with a three-and-out. The offense marched from its own 16 to the Los Angeles 48. But Williams was intercepted by safety Kam Curl at the Rams' 22. Matthew Stafford completed three passes for 43 yards to put Mevis in position to boot the game winner.

The Bears won seven games this season—including last weekend's wild card victory over the Packers—after trailing with 2:00 remaining. It appeared they were on the cusp of an eighth such victory but unfortunately were unable to close it out.

"Disappointing result tonight," said coach Ben Johnson. "Our guys fought the entire way, just like they have all season long. I thought this was very much like our team has been. You've got to give the Rams credit … They ended up making a couple more plays than we did … and they ended up coming out on top.

"Our guys are feeling it right now. They all believed all year long that we could find a way to win each and every week, so it's disappointing like that."

That belief was evident on the Bears' final drive of regulation when Williams threw what was likely the longest 14-yard TD pass in NFL history.

Johnson described his quarterback's individual effort on the play as "ridiculous."

"We talked about that fourth-and-8 from last week and how outstanding that was, and I think this one was probably even another level ahead of that," Johnson said. "There are some things that you just can't coach."

The Bears defense played well Sunday night, holding the NFL's No. 1 scoring offense to 10 points below their season average. After allowing a touchdown on the Rams' first possession, they did not permit another TD until Kyren Williams' 5-yard run gave Los Angeles a 17-10 lead with 8:50 left in the fourth quarter.

"Our defense played their tails off," Johnson said. "I thought they did a great job. That's the No. 1 offense in football yards and points and I thought [coordinator] Dennis [Allen] and the defensive coaching staff, they had a great plan.

"They've got weapons all over the place on the perimeter, but also that running game is very efficient and it can wear on you. So those pose a lot of problems and yet our guys did a nice job taking the plan, bringing it to life. I thought they played with great emotion, they played hard throughout that game, and they certainly had us in it the whole time."

The Bears offense generated 417 total yards but was limited to 17 points, its third fewest in a game this season. Williams completed 23 of 42 passes for 257 yards with two TDs, a career-high three interceptions and a 59.3 passer rating.

With Sunday night's loss, the Bears' magical ride came to the end of the road—but what an incredible trip it was. In Johnson's first year as coach, they enraptured their fanbase with one of the most memorable and fun seasons in modern franchise history. Fueled by their patented comeback wins, they captured the NFC North title for the first time since 2018 and won a playoff game for the first time since 2010.

The highlight of the Bears' 2025 campaign was two scintillating victories over rival Green Bay four weeks apart—one in the regular season and one in a wild card playoff game—in which they twice erased double-digit fourth-quarter deficits.

Last weekend they trailed the Packers 21-3 at halftime and 21-6 entering the final period before scoring touchdowns on their last three possessions in rallying for a thrilling 31-27 victory that ended Green Bay's season.

On the first play from scrimmage Sunday night, Williams completed a 34-yard pass to DJ Moore to the Rams' 27. But Rome Odunze was unable to haul in Williams' pass at the 1 on second-and-4 from the 23 and the quarterback was intercepted by Cobie Durant on fourth-and-2.

The Rams responded by taking a 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter on Williams' 4-yard touchdown run, capping a 14-play, 85-yard drive.

The Bears followed by tying the score 7-7 on Williams' 3-yard TD pass to Moore on fourth-and-goal on the first play of the second quarter. Williams rifled the ball through traffic to Moore, who reached back to snare the pass.

After allowing a TD on the Rams' first possession, the Bears defense forced three straight Los Angeles punts, permitting only two first downs on the three drives while recording three sacks by Jaquan Brisker, Montez Sweat and Kyler Gordon.

The Bears took their first lead of the game at 10-7 on Cairo Santos' 48-yard field goal with 1:10 left in the first half. But the Rams answered with Mervis' 32-yard field goal as time expired in the half, tying the score 10-10.

After Williams' 5-yard TD run put the Rams ahead 17-10, the Bears marched to the Los Angeles 5, but they were unable to get into the end zone. After D'Andre Swift runs of 2, 1 and 0 yards, Williams' pass over the middle intended for Luther Burden III was broken up, turning the ball over on downs with 3:03 to play.

The Bears somehow forced overtime on Williams' amazing heave, but they ultimately could not write another chapter in their storybook season.