The 2019 season is perhaps the most important for the 49ers this decade. After 10 combined wins in two years, on top of a five-year playoff drought, expectations for the former perennial contender to get back to the postseason will only rise.

A slew of issues have held Kyle Shanahan’s club back since he arrived in 2017, but this year appears to be their best chance to compete for a postseason berth in his tenure. Here are four reasons why San Francisco will go from No. 2 overall pick to the playoffs in 2019:

They’re healthy

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This could always change, of course, but San Francisco should go into the year healthier than they were at any point last season. A complete overhaul to their training and strength staffs should improve injury prevention and rehab. The losses of Jimmy Garoppolo and Jerick McKinnon were impactful, but players like Weston Richburg and Matt Breida playing hurt also adversely affected the 49ers. Getting their starting quarterback back under center, and ensuring all their players are healthy by Week 1 will put them in a much better position to compete.