The last time these two teams met, the Falcons pulled off a stunner of an upset against a Super Bowl-bound 49ers team. This team around, both teams look like lesser shades of those 2019 squads.
Atlanta is 32nd in the NFL in Football Outsiders’ DVOA, one of the more comprehensive metrics for team success out there, and are 6-7 in spite of it. The 49ers are a far better squad on paper and a little better in terms of their record, but they aren’t yet playing like one of the NFC’s true juggernauts, and it seems likely they won’t quite get there in 2021.