The 2019 NFL offseason is already well underway, and the next few months will feature major roster changes across the league via salary cap casualties, free agent signings and April’s draft selections.
How will things unfold over the next 12 months? Here are 10 bold predictions:
1. The San Francisco 49ers will add Antonio Brown and Earl Thomas, then improve to 8-8 or better.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are likely to trade Brown after a flurry of late-season incidents, and the 49ers are expected to be quite interested. The team claimed that it had made perhaps the best offer to acquire then-Oakland Raiders edge rusher Khalil Mack last summer before he ended up with the Chicago Bears, and it makes sense that it could be similarly aggressive in trying to deal for the ultra-talented Brown.