Maybe the last three months were just the calm before an NFL draft storm.

This is the first time in the common era of the draft (since 1967) that every team holds its own first-round pick a day before selections get underway.

The trade inactivity has supported a relatively unchanged consensus top-10 picks (in one order or another) in most mock drafts, without many big risers or fallers to sway the buzz.

But don’t be fooled. Chaos still could happen.

And the uncertain quarterback class is the reason.

Here are The Post’s five bold predictions for the 2025 NFL Draft:

1. The Giants will select quarterback Shedeur Sanders at No. 3 and giftwrap pᴀss-rusher Abdul Carter to the Patriots at No. 4

The first three picks of the draft have been written in pencil for weeks.

Good thing the order isn’t set in ink.

After quarterback Cam Ward (тιтans) and receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter (Browns) are called, the Giants will throw a stunning curveball as a result of investing more hours in scouting Sanders than any other team has in any other prospect.

Not wanting to risk Ward, Sanders and fellow quarterback Jaxson Dart all being off the board before they pick again at No. 34, the fourth-year regime of general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll take their signature sH๏τ on Sanders to learn as a rookie behind Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston. The “best player available” draft strategy has failed the Giants too many times before.

The Patriots — who landed the quarterback that the Giants wanted in 2024 by refusing to trade out of the pick that became Drake Maye — then are handed a generational pᴀss-rusher.

Dart and 26-year-old Tyler Shough complete a surprise four-quarterback first round as teams with high second-round picks and no quarterback of the future (the Browns, Jets, Raiders and Saints) jockey to move up a handful of picks and select a quarterback who comes with a coveted fifth-year option on his contract.

Meanwhile, quarterback Jalen Milroe, who was a surprise invite to attend the draft, will have his uncomfortable moment where he waits in the green room through the entire first round – just like Will Levis did in 2023.

2. Ashton Jeanty will be a top-five pick

Everyone laughed at the Giants for using the No. 2 pick in 2018 on Saquon Barkley. It seems less funny after Barkley made the NFL rethink the value of running backs in 2024 by rewriting the record book and winning a Super Bowl ring with the Eagles once he had proper support.

The highest-drafted running backs since Barkley are Bijan Robinson (No. 8) and Jahmyr Gibbs (No. 12) in 2023. The Falcons and Lions, respectively, have no regrets.

Jeanty is a top-five talent with a clean character evaluation to boot. He will be drafted accordingly – either by the Jaguars or in a trade-up scenario by the Raiders (No. 6), Bears (No. 10) or Cowboys (No. 12) – instead of being devalued because of his position.

3. The NFL’s sacks leader will get traded

The Bengals got their mega-extensions done with receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.

But a “disappointed” Trey Hendrickson’s wait continues. After leading the NFL with 17.5 sacks last season, his $21 million paycheck in 2025 ranks No. 10 among edge rushers, according to OverTheCap.

This situation feels similar to when the тιтans (disastrously) traded A.J. Brown to the Eagles for a first-round pick in 2022 and then immediately spent it on receiver Treylon Burks to replace Brown.

The Bengals will fetch a first-round pick for Hendrickson — from the Commanders, Packers or Lions — and then use that pick on either Tennessee’s James Pearce Jr. or Boston College’s Donovan Ezeiruaku.

Other veteran players on the in-draft trade block include quarterback Kirk Cousins (Falcons), cornerback Jalen Ramsey (Dolphins), and тιԍнт ends Mark Andrews (Ravens) and Dallas Goedert (Eagles).

4. The defending AFC and NFC champions make big trade-ups, dipping into 2026 draft capital

Here’s a time-tested lesson for 30 NFL general managers: Hang up the phone when the Eagles’ Howie Roseman or Chiefs’ Brett Veach calls to offer a trade. You probably are about to get fleeced.

Super Bowl 59 proved two things: The Eagles want to send waves of pᴀss-rushers and the Chiefs don’t have enough protection for Patrick Mahomes.

So, the Eagles — flush with extra draft picks in 2025 and 2026 — will make a big move up from No. 32 into the teens to get Mykel Williams and continue building their Georgia alum pipeline.

Then the Chiefs will counter by moving up about 10 spots from No. 31 to land Texas’ Kelvin Banks, who offers tackle/guard versatility like the departed Joe Thuney.

5. There will be the same amount of true receivers as тιԍнт ends and running backs drafted in the first round.

One year after a record-tying seven receivers were first-round picks, that number will fall to just three (discounting Hunter, who lives in his own two-way category): Arizona’s Tetairoa McMillan, Texas’ Matthew Golden and Ohio State’s Emeka Ebuka.

And, for the first time since 2017, three тιԍнт ends will be first-round picks: Penn State’s Tyler Warren, Michigan’s Colston Loveland and LSU’s Mason Taylor.

Furthermore, Warren and Loveland will be the first тιԍнт-end duo to be top-15 picks since 1992 (Derek Brown to the Giants and Johnny Mitchell to the Jets).

In addition to Jeanty, North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton and Ohio State’s TreVeyon Henderson will make it three first-round running backs for the first time since 2012.