Win or go home. It’s that simple after the 49ers 34-24 loss to Buffalo.
Don’t buy it? Check with the coach.
“We’ve got four more games . . . and we’ve got to win all of them,” said Kyle Shanahan.
You know the calculation. The Niners were 5-6 coming into Monday night’s nationally televised game. Ten wins is a perfectly acceptable total for an invitation to the playoffs. To get to 10-6, San Francisco had to beat Buffalo and win the next four.
However, there were some optimists who said the team could lose one of the last five and still make the postseason.