Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice and fantasy analyst Matt Harmon discuss the 49ers recent struggles and whether they can turn their season around or if they have too many issues to fix. Hear the full conversation on “Football 301” - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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There is especially in the red zone.

Uh Christian mccaffrey sized hole and that is not just the run game, that is the past game too, which is part of CM C's talents.

This is where they miss him the most last year.

Christian mccaffrey was the most targeted player in the NFL in the red zone.

Jordan Mason this year, I believe has one or two targets in the red zone and you can see where this crops up because the Fords like to get an empty when they're in the red zone empty is a lot better when the running back is a valid receiving threat because then the defense is like, well, we can't do, we can't do, man, we can't, you can see defenses are like, oh Jordan Mason is not C MC, we don't really have to worry about that because they don't feel that threat.

There's repercussions about what the foreigners want to do once they get in really inside the 15 yard line, once in that low red zone, inside the 10 when they want to get to these passing concepts where C MC is so good at this feel and opening other guys up.

It's not happening with Jordan Mason and also Jordan Mason just as a runner is solid, but he still misses some holes too.

So there's some meat left on the bone.

Uh, I think in the run game right now, I think they, they'll be fine.

I think they'll still score points, they'll still be ok.

It's just that without C MC, there is some venom lost in this offense and they have to find some maybe new answers, especially when they get inside the 10 to punch at home.

I'm generally not in like panic mode about the offense or any of these players, but, you know, little things start to add up in a season.

Like, ah, yeah, we lost the game because we couldn't kick, uh, we, we lost the game late to the L A Rams because we weren't ready for Kyron Williams in the run game.

Uh, which is a little weird.

You should be ready for that.

I, I think that these things start to add up and then, oh, shoot, we're in November like we have to be at our best.

Uh, so that's kind of the hope is that they are their best at that point.

But I don't know, it's, uh, we always say, I always say it's a long season but it starts to get late pretty early for a team with a lot of ex expectations like this

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