Today's question: What will Chip Kelly bring to the San Francisco 49ers that last season’s head coach, Jim Tomsula, lacked?

Josh Weinfuss, Arizona Cardinals reporter: There’s a whole laundry list of things Kelly will bring that Tomsula didn’t. Experience. Ingenuity. A system. Kelly is an established NFL head coach, having won 26 games in three seasons before leaving Philadelphia for San Francisco. Tomsula was a lifetime assistant before getting promoted in the wake of Jim Harbaugh’s departure. Regardless of what you think about Kelly or his time at either Oregon or Philadelphia, he’s a true head coach. He can manage a locker room, personalities and a staff of assistants. That was all new territory for Tomsula. Kelly also found a system that worked for him, and he’s tweaked and turned it into what it’s become: a fast-paced, uptempo offense that wears down defenses -- while at times wearing out its own players.

Nick Wagoner, Los Angeles Rams reporter: It didn’t take long to see Tomsula was simply in over his head. Rams players and coaches respected Tomsula as an opposing position coach, but making the leap to head coach left him scrambling for answers, particularly on offense. That wasn’t Tomsula’s forte, and it played out over the course of the season as the Niners finished 31st in the NFL in yards per game and 32nd in offensive points scored per game. With Kelly, it’s safe to say the Niners probably won’t finish dead last in the league in major offensive categories. That’s not to say his scheme and philosophy are some sort of magic elixir for the holes San Francisco has on the offensive side of the ball, but it would seem Kelly could at least come up with some answers when the offense stagnates. Kelly’s prickly persona didn’t play well in Philadelphia, but he still won more games than he lost and good coaches learn from mistakes they made at previous stops. Kelly’s mind for offense and his previous experience should give him a sizable head start relative to Tomsula.

Sheil Kapadia, Seattle Seahawks reporter: Relevancy. In Tomsula’s only season in San Francisco, the 49ers were an afterthought league-wide. The only times they were part of the national discussion were when something negative happened. Kelly, at a minimum, will bring entertainment value. The 49ers will play faster than any team in the league on offense. He will implement changes around the practice facility. And he’ll likely influence GM Trent Baalke into some unorthodox personnel decisions. But the big questions will be: What lessons did Kelly learn at his first NFL coaching stop that he can carry over to San Francisco? Will he do a better job of building relationships with players and management? Has he identified tweaks that can make his offense more consistent? How will he keep the defense fresh late in the season? Kelly has been reluctant to discuss this topic since taking the 49ers job, but it’s one that will determine whether his tenure in San Francisco is a success or a failure.