CHICAGO -- Through the midpoint of the season, one of the few positive things you could say about the 49ers was that they were the least-penalized team in the NFL.
Now you can't say that.
Following a recent trend for the 49ers, they were penalized far more heavily than the Bears on Sunday, including three infractions that surely cost them points early in the game.
The most prominent involved a snow angel in the north end zone. It happened after the 49ers thought they had scored a touchdown when Shaun Draughn blocked a Bears punt in the second quarter and Dontae Johnson returned the ball into the end zone.