​(Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images) | Getty Images We asked San Francisco 49ers fans what they thought were the biggest surprises from the Week 1 mashing of the Rams. There was no shortage of answers, because there was no shortage of ways the Niners stood out, both individually and as a team.Today, we’ll highlight the biggest surprises from the Niners Week 1 win, based on your responses. We narrowed them down from 50.The 49ers offensive line shinesOL play. I can’t remember the last time I saw them absolutely bully a defensive line, much less one supposedly as amazing as this year’s Rams, in the way they did.— SoCal delenda est🏜🌉 (@The530Bro) September 15, 2026Trent Williams played like a Hall of Famer. That’s where he set the bar. But overall, each player consistently won their individual matchups. As a unit, they kept the quarterback upright in pass protection and excelled on the ground.The running backs weren’t touched, on average, until 2.79 yards downfield. That was the best mark of any team in the NFL in Week 1. The offense averaged 3.17 yards needed to gain on third downs. And they only had 12 of those.Those numbers show an offensive line dominating.Raheem Morris’s coverage schemesNot so much surprised but impressed by Raheem coverage schemes. Matt looked lost— DS (@DSLION904) September 15, 2026Morris leaned into coverage in this game, blitzing Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford only 10.3% of the time. The 49ers were middle-of-the-pack in both 1-high and 2-high coverages. They only ran man coverage 18% of the time. Re-watching the game, it felt like Stafford had a hard time distinguishing the coverage, thanks to the safeties rotating post-snap.The 49ers rotated their safeties nearly 45% of the time last Thursday, which was the fourth-highest in Week 1. Here’s a breakdown of the coverage usage, with two plays unknown:Cover 3: 9 plays, 66.7% success rate (6 of 9)Cover 6: 9 plays, 77.8% success rate (7 of 9)Cover 1: 5 plays, 80.0% success rate (4 of 5)Cover 4: 4 plays, 25.0% success rate (1 of 4)Stafford was forced to check the ball down time and time again. He had three completions on ten attempts over 10 yards, with one interception. That tells me Stafford wasn’t seeing the field well and didn’t have anywhere to throw the ball.Kaelon Black in the game earlyHonestly, that Coach didn’t overuse CMC— Chuck Beretz (@ChuckBeretz) September 15, 2026Arguably the biggest surprise of the game came when Kyle Shanahan used his rookie running back on the first drive of the game. Black had a carry and a reception on the first drive. And he came onto the field for the second drive.Nobody in their right minds would have predicted that Black would have more carries than Christian McCaffrey in Week 1. McCaffrey ran 18 routes compared to Black’s 10.The game script set up perfectly for Black to get snaps in the fourth quarter. You don’t need McCaffrey taking any unnecessary hits. It’s one week, but tha