The other thing is when we play the 49ers.
That Chargers, Rams, Packers, Panthers stretch is going to be brutal.
We could conceivably lose 3 of 4 of those games (Panthers more because of that 10am issue). That leaves the 49ers game coming up either a way to put the pieces back together because of a string of losses OR the team falling apart because of those losses. (I think we win that one though because at home and a night game but...)
Then the team would have to play the Vikings - who at the tail of the year are probably motivated to still fight for playoff position. If we lose that, the doors fall off and the 49ers beating us the next week in their house becomes very likely.
It wouldn't be crazy. And yes, if they did lose that 1st 49ers game they would almost assuredly lose that 2nd one. So a sweep would not at all be an unreasonable prediction. Evaluating it in context, that stretch is going to be a rough one.