The 49ers on Monday night blew out the Cardinals 38-10 at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. While a four-touchdown blowout is hard to come by in the NFL, there’s still a tendency to downplay that kind of dominance against a team starting its journeyman backup quarterback the way Arizona did.
While a win over this iteration of the Cardinals is hardly reason to start planning a championship parade route, there are a handful of takeaways with significance for the rest of the season. Monday night just looked different than any of the 49ers’ previous five wins. Here were our takeaways from the NFC West showdown: