We’ll be getting you my Ten Takeaways earlier this season, publishing them late on Sunday nights. So here goes—with the rest of my usual reporting coming on Monday …
The 49ers are the best team in the league. This, of course, is always subject to change. But the complete suffocation of the Steelers—in Pittsburgh, no less—was something to behold. And the numbers really do tell you everything you need to know.
• At one point in the second quarter, the disparity in yards from scrimmage was 199–1.
