49ers' Season Performance: Impact of McCaffrey & Team Dynamics

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00:00All right, speaking of the 49ers, they have not played their best football all season

00:07long.

00:08I'm assuming at some point they will.

00:10I got to tell you, Vinny, I did watch this game again very closely.

00:13I mean, they missed some kicks.

00:15I definitely think that that was part of the equation.

00:17The Buccaneers, I mean, Baker Mayfield played really great late.

00:20But to me, Vinny, it really is about Christian McCaffrey.

00:22Like him catching those balls out of the backfield is not what Jordan Mason can do.

00:27I think we underestimated that.

00:29And as long as McCaffrey is healthy, I got to put them close or right at the top in the

00:34NFC.

00:35I understand they didn't cover the spread.

00:36But I do think San Francisco is going to go on a little bit of a run here to get themselves

00:40to a 10 or 11 wins.

00:42Yeah.

00:43And their offense, they had 30-yard plays from all the receivers they involved.

00:46I mean, 30-plus yards from all those guys.

00:49So this is what happens when McCaffrey's in there, opens up the rest of the offense.

00:54Ryan Aiyuk is not in there, but they seem just fine with Jawan Jennings, the rookie

00:58first-rounder Ricky Persall looked fantastic.

01:00So we know they still have George Kittle and Debo Samuel.

01:03Basically, they only involve five players in the passing game and the offense in general.

01:08And it didn't matter.

01:09That's all they needed.

01:10And then the one thing you think about is the 49ers, their offense has to be better

01:14this season because their defense is not as good.

01:16I mean, they let the Buccaneers kind of move down the field, got their running backs going.

01:21Also, the 49ers used to just take away the run.

01:24So they're going to have to score a lot of points if they're going to win the NFC or

01:27even get to the championship game because again, their defense is not something they

01:31can rely on week in and week out.