In his weekly Tuesday press conference, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was asked about the team's challenging stretch of upcoming games, which features four road contests over the next five weeks, including three away matchups against teams that made the playoffs last season.

Shanahan did his best to answer the question.

"Um, I'm not sure," he said. "I don't even know who we have after the Rams ."

Shanahan can be forgiven if he truly does not know that San Francisco plays the Buccaneers , Falcons , Texans and Giants in Weeks 6-9 because his team has a massive matchup this week: the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on Thursday Night Football. The Week 5 showdown between the NFC West rivals is so significant, in fact, that it is the biggest leverage game in the NFL

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