Sometimes predictions are done for the sake of generating conversation. They’ll be labeled as “bold” and work to envision some sort of extreme outcome for an individual or team during a year. It’s a fun exercise that we’ll certainly visit before the 2023 campaign kicks off.
For now though we don’t want to muck around in the world of the bold. Instead we’ll hang out in the space of very generic, straightforward predictions that are almost certain to be correct.
Here are 11 things that, barring injury, we are confidently predicting will happen for the 49ers this season: