Singletary: 49ers are a playoff team

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Alex Smith briefly watched film of Sunday's game before moving on to the next task: the Chicago Bears on Thursday night.

The quick turnaround meant San Francisco's quarterback had little time to nitpick his turnover-plagued performance in last weekend's loss to the Tennessee Titans -- and he figures that's a good thing.

The 49ers (3-5), mired in a four-game losing streak and two games out of first place in the NFC West after leading the division last month, are desperate to save their season starting now.

Mike Singletary still believes he has a playoff team, and he's counting on Smith to take charge of the offense in primetime Thursday night and get things back on track.