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The 49ers Haven't Decided what to Offer Jordan Mason this Offseason

As well as Mason ran the ball in 2024, he wasn't much of a threat as a receiver, and the 49ers offense needs one of those to reach its full potential.
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Oct 6, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers running back Jordan Mason (24) before the game against the Arizona Cardinals at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images
Oct 6, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers running back Jordan Mason (24) before the game against the Arizona Cardinals at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images | Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images

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INDIANAPOLIS -- The 49ers could lose Jordan Mason this offseason.

Mason will be a restricted free agent when the new league year starts and the 49ers haven't decided what to do with him.

"Jordan played really well, so there are decisions to make," general manager John Lynch said this week at the NFL Scouting Combine. "We can low tender him because he wasn't drafted, but then you get nothing if someone makes an offer to him and you don't match. You can do the second round tender, or you can just agree to a deal. There are a number of different options that we're exploring. Jordan played at a really good level when Christian McCaffrey was out, so we'll see where that goes."

The low tender would cost the 49ers more than $3 million if another team doesn't match, the second-round tender would cost the 49ers more than $5 million. Considering the 49ers made Christian McCaffrey the highest-paid running back in the NFL last year, they might not have the luxury to invest significant cash into another player at the same position. Which means Mason could leave

As well as Mason ran the ball in 2024, he wasn't much of a threat as a receiver, and the 49ers offense needs one of those to reach its full potential. Expect the 49ers to spend a second- or third-round pick this year on a running back who caught lots of passes in college. Arizona State's Cam Skattebo could be the pick.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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