49ers Dominate Down Under: 3 Takeaways From The Niners' Win Over The Rams

Let’s slow the "super team" chatter around the Los Angeles Rams.

Just for now.

Australia was not good to the Rams, who looked tired and sloppy in their season-opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

The Niners took total control of the game, largely by controlling the line of scrimmage.

By the fourth quarter, the Rams never really knocked on contention — slipping deeper and deeper into defeat.

It’s important to remember that Week 1 lies.

In other words, there’s a long, long season ahead.

And this game — which took place roughly 8,000 miles from Los Angeles — won’t tell us everything we need to know about either team.

But there’s no denying it: the 49ers looked dominant.

And the Rams looked … dominated.

Here are my takeaways: It was brutal to watch rookie receiver De’Zhaun Stribling get carted off with an injury in the first half.

That’s another injury to another young receiver — after wide receiver Ricky Pearsall headed to IR before the season started.

But Purdy didn’t look shorthanded.

Not in the least.