The difference is that most of the Hawks fan would at least give the Niners credit for being a good team.
The Hawks have kicked the crap out of them 2 times in the last 2 seasons, beat them in the playoffs, but that doesn't matter. According to the DenialZone Niner, the performance of the previous SB winners following season in past years is solid basis. Having a target on their back (as if they didn't have it last year) is another. So is losing a few players. Never mind that everyone in the division lost some talent, the ones that the Hawks lost are going to be catastrophic.
Remember earlier when they were saying "wait until they have to pay Sherman" or Thomas, Bennett and Wilson? That was going to destroy the Hawks. Don't hear much of that anymore.
So they can't come up with a single reason to substantiate their bullshit, but it is already assumed that the Niners will dominate the Hawks in 2014.
The games with Wilson vs.Kaep have the Hawks scoring 28ppg and the Niners scoring 13ppg. In fact the last game the Niners scored more than 19 points against the Hawks was week 1 of 2011. Hard data that cannot be argued, but THIS season will be different because the other Super Bowl winners didn't have the same success.
I love the DenialZone. It is like a different realm.