What actually matters coming out of this offseason is how Kyle Shanahan deploys the new roster additions in a scheme that had 18 different players land on injured reserve last season. The 49ers ran 11 personnel on roughly 60% of their offensive snaps in 2023 — the question isn't whether everyone showed up to practice in May, it's whether the line can stay healthy long enough to execute it in January.

Brock Purdy posted a 113.0 passer rating last season, third in the league. That number doesn't move because Deebo Samuel ran routes in a non-contact spring session. It moves when the offensive line holds long enough for the designed rollouts to develop, and when the tight end room stays available. George Kittle played 16 games. That was the exception, not the floor.

The defensive additions deserve real scrutiny too. Adding veterans in the secondary sounds like a front-office win in June. Check back when those contracts are on the cap in year two and the player is a half-step slower in November.

Voluntary OTAs generating positive coverage is the sports equivalent of a company announcing record attendance at the all-hands meeting. Nobody skips when morale is high and the stock is up. The test is September, not May.