The San Francisco 49ers took care of business in the cold on Sunday, beating the Cleveland Browns 26-8 to improve to 9-4 on the season.

That, paired with the Los Angeles Rams loss to the Carolina Panthers, put the 49ers just a half-game back in the NFC West with five weeks left to go.

The 49ers defense came to play, making a number of key stops, while the offense did just enough behind Christian McCaffrey for the much-needed win.

Here are three quick takeaways from the 49ers 26-8 win over the Browns on Sunday.

Defense makes stop after stop

Coming into the game, I said the 49ers defense needed to limit the run on Sunday.

They gave up 138 yards on 4.5 yards per carry, with Quinshon Judkins having 91 yards on 23 carries (4.0 yards per carry). That, it turned out, was good enough to secu

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