5 refreshing takeaways from 49ers' season-opening win over Steelers
Christian McCaffrey is good, and so is the 49ers defense. But what other takeaways revealed themselves in Week 1?
By Peter Panacy
49ers takeaway No. 4: Brandon Aiyuk, other players are selfless
One of the concerns about a stacked team, particularly on offense, is the reality that there are plenty of players who want to pad their stats but only so many snaps and touches to get in any one particular game.
That said, at no point during the Niners' recent stretch under Kyle Shanahan has any San Francisco player come out and said he's not getting the ball enough.
Selfless.
Beyond that, being selfless involves doing the dirty work on other players' top plays, which is precisely what Brandon Aiyuk and fellow wideout Ray-Ray McCloud did on Christian McCaffrey's 65-yard touchdown run:
Teamwork, right? It was on full display right there.