In the end, on National Tight Ends Day, it was fitting that the Hummers defeated the Ferraris.

Some eye-catching statistics in Sunday’s nightcap suggest that superstar speedster CeeDee Lamb outperformed the tortoise-like George Kittle. The most important numbers say something different.

The end result was Kittle’s 49ers defeating Lamb’s Cowboys (again) 30-24. But overall, inequality was much greater.

You see, Lamb is part of a growing problem in the NFL. Simply put, wide receivers make too much money.

They pay a whopping $34 million — like the Cowboys are doing for Lamb — and end up with a defense that is overrun by a third-string running back.

Not always, but enough that some forward-thinking NFL teams are changing the way they model a roster.

Take the bills. When it came time to pay Stefon Diggs big money last offseason, the Bills told him to take a hike… and take his buddy Gabe Davis with him.

Rookie Keon Coleman would be enough… especially at about $15 million in annual savings.

Don’t look now, but the Bills are arguably playing the best football east of Detroit after allowing someone else – thank you, Browns – to pay most of their near-No. 1 receiver Amari Cooper.

The Chargers took the concept a step further when Jim Harbaugh turned his latest NFL project into a college business course.

To put it simply: You recruit top talent cheaply, ride it rich for four years, then say goodbye and start the process all over again while investing heavily in line depth on both sides of the ball.

Few, if any, in the NFL would understand this concept better than Harbaugh, who applied it to a national title at Michigan. So it’s not really surprising that the first thing he did when he got the Chargers gig was to tell Keenan Allen and Mike Williams to get on the pike.

Ladd McConkey came into the game with huge savings, and while many expected Harbaugh’s first season to be a disaster, the club currently has a better record than, well, the Cowboys.

And a savings account that also points to a damn better future.

National Tight Ends Day brought us nine catches, 81 yards and two touchdowns from Cade Otton; 91 yards and two scores from Kyle Pitts; nine receptions and 124 yards from Trey McBride.

Guys named Adam Trautman, Josh Oliver, Tucker Kraft, Tyler Conklin, Brock Wright and Nate Adkins scored six more touchdowns on Sunday than AJ Brown, Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, Davante Adams, DJ Moore and Deebo Samuel. Feel free to throw in Justin Jefferson, who was held out of the end zone on Thursday night, and maintain the shutout.

David Njoku, Sam LaPorta, Dalton Kincaid and Evan Engram were even among the big scorers on Sunday. Michael Pittman, Calvin Ridley, Terry McLaurin and even Cooper didn’t.

Some tight ends make good money; Don’t get me wrong. But on their day, they were worth it.

Kittle had six catches, 128 yards and a touchdown, and Travis Kelce had 10 catches, 90 yards and a score. Sam LaPorta and Mark Andrews also had touchdowns.

And to round out the $20 million-a-year wideout group, the aforementioned Diggs and Allen laid goose eggs.

Let’s not forget: Hummers are not only cheaper, but also much more durable than Ferraris.

Injuries prevented Dallas Goedert and TJ Hockenson from cheering on their brothers on Sunday. Meanwhile, flat tires prevented Brandon Aiyuk, Nico Collins, DJ Metcalf, Tee Higgins and Mike Evans from earning their inflated paychecks.

It wasn’t on any scoreboard, but the actual final score Sunday was: tight ends 17 touchdowns, the 22 members of the $20 million wide receiver club: 4.

Note to Ja’Marr Chase: This is probably not a good time to move forward with negotiations.

Then again, maybe that’s Jerry Jones in line 1.