One of the biggest issues with the 2017 San Francisco 49ers offense was the performance of their offensive line. In fact, the unit has been in a downward spiral since the conclusion of the 2013 season, when dependable, if not unspectacular, center Jonathan Goodwin was technically the weakest link on the line. Since then, a revolving door of poor draft selections, poor free agent signings, and poor trades have left the unit as a whole scrambling just to scrape the bottom of the barrel.
In contrast to the previous regime(s), Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch seem to share a vision of how the offensive line should be built.