For the most part, the San Francisco 49ers navigated one of the tougher offseasons general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan have endured since taking over in 2017, doing about as well as they could have given the circumstances.
Unlike 2017, which was a total rebuild year, the 2020 offseason was about maintaining a now-open Super Bowl window. The offseason campaign was centered around continuity and matching what was a storybook 2019 campaign that saw the team go 13-3, win the NFC West, secure the No. 1 seed in the conference and make it to the Super Bowl.