Nick Woltemade grabbed all the headlines with a debut goal, Sandro Tonali was excellent in midfield and Nick Pope, Fabian Schar and Dan Burn all made eye-catching interventions to preserve a third Newcastle clean sheet in four Premier League matches.
But the performance of Jacob Murphy in the Magpies' 1-0 win over Wolves deserves a lot of plaudits too. The 30-year-old enjoyed his career best season last term, bagging nine goals and 13 assists in all competitions.
His form saw him usurp Miguel Almiron as Newcastle's first choice right-winger which ultimately led to the Paraguayan's January sale to Atlanta United.
So good were Murphy's performances towards the end of last season that there was talk of a possible England call-up. Of course, competition for places in the wide areas for the Three Lions is ridiculously competitive and teeming with quality but it was testament to Murphy's season that he was even in the conversation.
But despite his success last term it was acknowledged that Newcastle had to bring in competition on the right hand side for Murphy in the summer and they did just that with the £55million arrival of Anthony Elanga.
The Swedish international was largely seen as an upgrade after an excellent season with Nottingham Forest. His pace and trickery is perhaps something Murphy hadn't brought to the table and offers Newcastle a genuine alternative.
Crucially, it meant that they now had two quality operators to choose from on the right-hand side and when Elanga started the first game of the season away at Aston Villa, it felt like he had won the battle to be Newcastle's first choice in the role.
The former Manchester United youngster also started in the second game of the season against Liverpool. He looked bright and dangerous in both games but his end product perhaps let him down at times.
Elanga missed a golden opportunity to score on debut against Villa and although he got into some dangerous positions against Liverpool his final ball left a little to be desired, albeit a natural centre forward might have helped him out in that regard.
A switch to five at the back saw him left out of the starting XI in the 0-0 draw against Leeds but it was curious to see him left out of the team to face Wolves on Saturday.
A logical explanation could be Howe managing his squad carefully given Elanga played twice for Sweden across the international break and Murphy remained on Tyneside.
But Murphy took his chance from the start brilliantly, looking dangerous throughout the win over Wolves. He went close to scoring three times and set up Woltemade for the winning goal with a beautiful cross from the right hand side.
Murphy and Woltemade combined brilliantly throughout and Howe may find it difficult to change things up ahead of Thursday's Champions League opener against Barcelona.
The nature of Newcastle's schedule this season should mean that both players get plenty of opportunities. Certainly, Eddie Howe is a lot more comfortable with his squad depth than he was before the summer transfer window, as his Magpies side get to grips with challenging on four fronts this season.
"I really like the squad," Howe told reporters on Friday.
"It has depth to it, it's got really strong players in all positions if everyone is fit and fighting for starting places which is always a great thing.
"And the starting XI is very difficult to compare even to last season. This will be a new team and we are going to have to win a lot of games because that is our expectation of ourselves.
"My gut feel in terms of the incomings is very strong. I really like the group of players that we've added to the already really strong squad, not just in terms of ability and playing style but in terms of people.
"So I think the group and the spirit and the feel of the group will be very strong again. Of course, we've lost a few players in there as well and that's always an adjustment period for the squad to stabilise and to find its feet in terms of a new squad and a new team.
"We will now have to go and prove how good we are, but I'm excited about the possibilities of this squad."
That adjustment period, of course, applies to Elanga and nobody is writing off an extremely talented player just four games in to the season, particularly when he's looked bright.
Newcastle's glaring issue in the last few seasons has been their lack of squad depth. They now have two quality players for every position and it is a situation Howe has always wanted.
But if Murphy gets the nod it will be a third successive game their new £55million right-winger will have to settle for a place on the bench.