As Kyle Shanahan said (in so many words) earlier this year: The spring is for learning the playbook, the summer is where the roster jockeying begins. With that in mind, here's how the depth chart looked when the spring sessions ended as well as some of the storylines to come when training camp gets underway. Players report on July 27; the first practice is July 28.
First up: defensive line.
LDE: Tank Carradine, Ronald Blair, Solomon Thomas, Noble Nwachuckwu
NT: Earl Mitchell, Quinton Dial, D.J. Jones
DT: DeForest Buckner, Chris Jones, Dial
RDE: Arik Armstead, Aaron Lynch, Pita Taumoepenu, Elvis Dumervil
Storylines:
* Absent the rookie minicamp, Thomas didn't take part in any spring practices.