The final score says this game wasn’t particularly close, and even though the Arizona Cardinals got within five points late in the third quarter, it felt like the San Francisco 49ers never lost control of the game.
Maybe that’s an indictment of how good the 49ers are, beating Arizona 35-16 in its fourth-consecutive game with at least 30 points to open the season. The win moved the 49ers to 4-0, marking the second time it opened a season with four straight wins under Kyle Shanahan.
Christian McCaffrey led the way with a stat sheet-stuffing performance - something that’s become commonplace since the 49ers acquired him - and was easily the biggest winner coming out of Sunday:
Winner: RB Christian McCaffrey
McCaffrey on the ground finished with 60 percent of the 49ers scoring and slightly more than a quarter of its total yards.