Much as the Pittsburgh Steelers aspire to on offense, the San Francisco 49ers do not lack for playmakers. Head coach Mike Tomlin knew that he would have some superstars to prepare for in the likes of TE George Kittle, RB Christian McCaffrey, and WR Deebo Samuel.
While he wasn’t wholly successful in containing those players—McCaffrey in particular—he did acknowledge yesterday that their efforts to keep them bottled up helped to produce the conditions in which WR Brandon Aiyuk flourished.
“Certainly, some of his exploits had to do with our desire to minimize, Kittle’s and Deebo and Christian, but that’s what makes awesome units challenging”, he told reporters yesterday via the team’s website about Aiyuk’s big game.