This game could be viewed as a crossroads for the 49ers.

It’s the first full game without All-Pro linebacker Fred Warner , who is generally regarded as the team’s best player and best leader.

Coach Kyle Shanahan views this Sunday night matchup against the Atlanta Falcons as a big game. The 49ers enter the game with a 4-2 record, in a three-way tie atop the NFC West.

But he also understands it is just the first of 11 games remaining on the regular-season schedule.

“You got to do your best in a 17-game schedule,” Shanahan said on NBC Sports Bay Area's "49ers Game Plan." “You take it one week at a time and you throw everything you have into one week. You don't even think about the next week. You put all your cards on the table, and the next day, you evaluate what you did right, you eval

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