SANTA CLARA – What the 49ers saw Sunday from the Pittsburgh Steelers was probably just the beginning.
There is little doubt that if Carson Palmer has time to throw on Sunday when the Arizona Cardinals face the 49ers, he will look repeatedly for the home-run ball.
“I look at it as a challenge,” 49ers cornerback Kenneth Acker said on Thursday. “I know the ball is going to come. It was going to come even if we had a good game against the Steelers. It’s what they do, and I know they’re not going to skew away from anything they’ve been doing because it’s effective and it works for them.