Steve Young had an up-close look at the 49ers on Sunday.

And the Hall-of-Fame quarterback and ESPN analyst, an unabashed fan of his former team, didn’t like what he saw.

The 49ers’ offensive execution, of course, was unsightly in a 13-10 loss to the Rams at Levi’s Stadium. However, Young, who has often hailed the team’s locker-room leadership in the Jim Harbaugh era, was most disturbed by their body language and lack of passion.

“They looked broken, “Young said today on ESPN Radio in New York, “and I can’t figure that out.”

Young was on the sideline for part of the game to honor former coach George Seifert, who was inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame on Saturday and recognized at halftime Sunday.

“So I stood right by the team,” Young said. “It was right before halftime and afterwards. And I remember calling to my security guy that I’ve known for years and years, Jeff Rodriguez. I said ‘Jeff, something’s wrong with these guys. There’s a bad vibe. Guys on and off the field.’ … A lot of complaining, a lot of moaning coming off the field.”

In the locker room, left tackle Joe Staley appeared to place blame on the players and coaching staff when asked about the offensive performance: “Penalties. Dumb blocks. Dumb techniques. Dumb schemes,” Staley said.

Running back Frank Gore suggested the 49ers need to pick an offensive identity and stick with it after he and Carlos Hyde combined for 16 carries: “We’ve just got to make our minds up, do what we feel we’re good at, and go do it,” he said.

Asked today about Staley’s assessment, Harbaugh said he didn’t want to comment on such “talk” until he met with the team Tuesday. The purpose of that meeting?

“We discuss where we’re at, what we can learn from what we did and where we’re going,” Harbaugh said.

For his part, Young agrees the 49ers (4-4), who have already matched the most losses in a season during the Harbaugh era, need to figure out where they’re headed.

“There’s really nothing to really put my finger on other than sometimes teams just get lost,” Young said. “I walked away yesterday saying ‘Boy, that team is not even close to what the teams they were the last couple years. Ready to take things on deep into January.’”

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Here’s the full transcript of Young, who also briefly discussed Colin Kaepernick:

What’s happening with this 49ers team?

SY: “I was standing on the sideline yesterday. George Seifert, our old coach, was inducted into the 49er Hall of Fame. So I stood right by the team. It was right before halftime and afterwards. And I remember calling to my security guy that I’ve known for years and years, Jeff Rodriguez. I said ‘Jeff, something’s wrong with these guys. There’s a bad vibe. Guys on and off the field.’

“I mean this is the best locker room in football. You know how much I love studying locker rooms and guys that self-police and take care of business. They looked broken and I can’t figure that out. I mean … they’ve had some injuries and they haven’t had injuries. Maybe this is a team that’s not resilient enough to deal with injuries. But offensively they don’t have that many injuries and they look lost. A lot of complaining, a lot of moaning coming off the field.

“Colin looks like – guys that really know what they’re doing, their eyes are up. Quarterbacks that aren’t sure, their eyes come down. As soon as they get to the back of their drop, their eyes come down because they want to find out what’s happening around them. They start to move. And that’s what’s happening to him.

“There’s really nothing to really put my finger on other than sometimes teams just get lost. I walked away yesterday saying ‘Boy, that team is not even close to what the teams they were the last couple years. Ready to take things on deep into January.”