This was the 49ers’ defensive players’ opportunity to scream to the heavens that, yes, they are the determining factor in this team’s success, and yet they passed. No boasting, no chest-thumping, no “We always we knew we could make the Arizona Cardinals leave the ball on the ground seven times.”

There was a hint of “Monday Night Football” Syndrome, though, as best presented by nickel back Tarell Brown.

“We’re the only ones playing, the whole league is watching us, and it was good for us to show them what we could do,” he said after he and his mates put a breathtaking beatdown upon the Cardinals in San Francisco’s 24-9 victory Monday night. “We wanted to show we were good, that we could make a difference, and we did that.”

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