So let me get this straight:
We are supposedly the best team or near the best team in football.
We came into yesterday's game with a playoff mentality in a game that was clearly important to us - but we lost anyway.
We lost on the road in good weather and in the afternoon time slot.
and yet....the team that beat us in spite of all of that, somehow, for some inexplicable reason, is going to stumble down the stretch even though we know they have a good coach and were able to play under pressure well enough to get to the SB last year (something we could not do).
It sounds more like someone's hopes and dreams than reasonable analysis. I suppose you could point out that SF has not been solid on the road this year, but you could counter with the truth that it was missing over half its passing offense for over half the year too. So the numbers are a bit misleading.
I would be very shocked to see SF go into a tailspin with how close they are now to a playoff slot.