The NFL promises change. Impatient owners and general managers fire coaches after one or two years. Quarterbacks like the sound of new homes. Franchises embrace rebuilds with more frequency, and draft picks are traded like baseball cards on a school bus. And if Tom Brady can sign with Tampa Bay in 2020, then nothing appears off the table in 2022.
At the end of last season, we asked league executives and coaches to make predictions about what was next for the NFL in the coming year. That list included a surprising number of hits: Carson Wentz to Indianapolis, Alex Smith retiring, a potential Julio Jones deal, the 49ers keeping Jimmy Garoppolo but getting QB help and the Patriots drafting a quarterback high.