The 49ers enjoyed a day off on Tuesday having surged to a 5-0 record last Sunday with a beatdown of the Cowboys.

San Francisco will already have switched its focus to the Week 6 meeting with the Browns, a tricky assignment on the road, though that one potentially made a little easier by Cleveland's injury troubles.

But before we turn the page, let's look at six of the biggest winners from a complete team performance by the 49ers.

6 Winners from the 49ers blowout win over the Cowboys

Brock Purdy

The night began with Cris Collinsworth starting the NBC broadcast by saying Purdy was “relevant in the MVP discussion“.

Those comments might have raised eyebrows but it's becoming harder to disagree with such sentiments after his dissection of the vaunted Cowboys defense on the primetime stage.

Purdy displayed all the qualities that have shone through during the incredible start, displaying poise, decisiveness and accuracy in racking up 252 yards and four touchdowns, the first time in his career he has reached the latter tally in a game.

He averaged an astonishing 0.71 Expected Points Added per play and had a completion percentage over expectation (CPOE) of 5.8 percent, per rbsdm.com.

Purdy leads the NFL in DYAR, a measure of total passing value, and is top of the league in EPA per play and the composite EPA + CPOE metric.

His EPA per play is 0.502, with Josh Allen (0.302), his nearest challenger. The gap between Purdy and Allen is the same as the gap between Allen and C.J. Stroud in 11th.

EPA is in large part a reflection of the offense as a whole, but the numbers tell a story that became clear to plenty of doubters on Sunday. Purdy is playing at a level of efficiency no quarterback in the NFL can match, and his skeptics should be growing fewer by the day.

Jordan Mason

With Elijah Mitchell missing his second successive game, it was Jordan Mason who spelled Christian McCaffrey in the backfield.

An undrafted free agent who enjoyed a promising rookie season in 2022, Mason took full advantage of the opportunity, rushing for 69 yards on 10 carries and adding the finishing touch to the blowout with a 26-yard touchdown run.

McCaffrey will remain the focal point of the running game and the engine that drives the offense, but the 49ers can't afford to put too much on him and will need his backups to produce effective play.

Mason achieved that goal and then some, and in the fight for snaps behind McCaffrey between him, Mitchell and Davis-Price, he did his case for a larger share of the workload when everybody is healthy the power of good.

George Kittle

George Kittle had gone without a touchdown across the first four games of the season and only had one catch in the Week 4 win over the Cardinals.

However, in terms of scoring production, Kittle was the undisputed headline act, with all three of his receptions from Purdy going for a touchdown.

It was a timely reminder of just two impactful one of the game's premier all-round tight ends can be when he is a featured part of the passing game.

Kittle may have a few quiet weeks where his influence is limited to the blocking game, but a performance like this is never too far around the corner with one of the best all-round offensive players in the NFL.

Kevin Givens

While Nick Bosa enjoyed a dominant game against the Dallas offensive line, registering seven pressures according to Pro Football Focus, no player on the front did more to help his stock than interior lineman Kevin Givens.

He finished the game with three pressures, including a sack, on just 12 pass rush snaps. Givens has long since been a player of underrated importance on the defensive line and has fallen further under the radar with the arrival of Javon Hargrave and Javon Kinlaw's strong start to the season.

But Givens' performance, which came days after the 49ers released the versatile Kerry Hyder Jr. to make room on the roster for Randy Gregory, should improve the odds of him earning more snaps on the interior rotation in the coming weeks. 

Kinlaw has been the go-to man behind Hargrave and Arik Armstead in the middle of the trenches, but Givens could be in line for an increased role after excelling on the national stage.

Deommodore Lenoir

Of the 49ers’ two starting outside cornerbacks, Deommodore Lenoir is seen as the weak link across from Charvarius Ward.

But Lenoir, who came on extremely strong down the stretch and in the playoffs last season, thrived against Dallas as the 49ers embraced a man coverage-heavy approach that was a big factor in taking away quick completions for Dak Prescott.

Lenoir was targeted five times and gave up only two completions for 14 yards. Pro Football Focus credited him with two forced incompletions, including a pass breakup that ended up in the arms of linebacker Fred Warner.

Aggressive and physical throughout while showing improvement in transitioning downhill out of his backpedal from earlier in the season, Lenoir was the star of an excellent overall performance by the 49er secondary, and teams may be more reluctant to pick on him if he continues to produce games of this standard.

Fred Warner

In case you'd forgotten that Fred Warner is the premier linebacker in football, he refreshed everyone's memory in stunning fashion as the 49ers throttled the Cowboys offense, limiting Dallas to four yards per play and keeping them out of the red zone for the entire game.

Warner is the heartbeat of a swarming, physical defense and rarely has that status been more apparent than in Sunday's bewitching showcase of his remarkable versatility.

The All-Pro forced a fumble from Tony Pollard, sacked Prescott on third down and then intercepted the Cowboys quarterback in the fourth quarter as Dallas found it impossible to move the ball on the 49ers with the score way out of hand.

It was the type of performance that will generate talk of Warner winning Defensive Player of the Year. No inside linebacker has won the award since Luke Kuechly in 2013.

Said Warner of such suggestions:

“If they put me in the conversation, great. To me I know what I have to contribute to this team. I know the caliber player I am and I don’t need anyone else’s recognition or people to tell me how great I am. I want to be the best person I can be and the best player I can be for my teammates and for this team. We know what we have ahead of us and the goals we’ve set out for ourselves. All the other stuff will take care of itself when you’re doing things the right way day in and day out. I’m just really grateful for this moment, seriously.”

Warner may not require any such acclaim but, so long as he continues to perform at this standard, widespread acclaim will continue to come his way.

Brock Purdy is now the favorite to win NFL MVP

Nobody expected this before the season.