The Niners have had their slump, and I don't see them looking past us. That #1 seed with the first-round bye is like gold, especially considering how many injuries are occurring this season, and they're just one game back of it and they own the tiebreaker over the Eagles. I don't see them letting down.
On the other hand, although we've lost 3 in a row and 4 of the last 5, we're not exactly a runaway train heading for a washed-out bridge, at least not yet. We played an unexpectedly solid game last Thursday and will be coming off a mini bye so we'll have some time to get some of our guys, like K9 and our OL, a little healthier.
The NYT playoff predictor pegs our chances of making the playoffs at 23%. For a lot of us, simply backing into the playoffs as a 7th seed isn't going to float our boats. But it is going to be an interesting stretch run no matter the outcome.