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Chris Landry Gives His Thoughts on the Outlook of the NFL Going Forward · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Chris Landry Segment two on a Monday. Chris, you know when you look
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  and this is just I know, we got a long way to go,
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  but you know, always reference Vegas because they seem to know a lot.
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  It's always right. But when you look at way too early odds for next
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  year, the forty nine Ers sit at the top at five to one,
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  followed by the Chiefs seven to one, the Bills, the Bengals, the
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  Ravens. But let's just stop right there with the forty nine Ers and the
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  Chiefs, who obviously the Chiefs back to back Super Bowl wins. Now,
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  the forty nine Ers, at least at face values, seem to have one
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  of the best, if not the best organization in football. Do you see
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  either one of these teams or both taking maybe a step back next year or
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  do you expect them to be in the thick of things again next year?
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  Well, Kansas City is because of Mahomes, and they're likely keep the poor
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  together. I think the Niners have a really good roster. Now, let
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  me remind folks that the key evaluate or in that front office is left to
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  be the general manager of Washington Commanders. It's not John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan
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  makes the football decisions. I think that not next year. I think the
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  Niners will be fine. And by the way, Vegas is wrong a lot
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  more than people think. They had the Chiefs as underdogs all three games that
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  they won, and they just put a line together that they think the public's
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  gonna go for. Look, I think that the Niners are in good position
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  to be back. In contention, I have no interest in like who's gonna
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  win that. We've got free agency, we've got the draft. We don't
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  know what teams are gonna len. We may know what some of these teams
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  look like, we don't know what some of the others may be able to
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  do. That's gonna determine a lot. But both of these teams have a
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  chance to be really good long term. I mean because of Mahomes and look,
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  Andy Reich's coming back next year. But I don't know that Andy.
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  Every year will be asking is Andy coming back? So think that finished you.
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  I would say this not for next year, but the challenge for the
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  Niners not next year, but the year after. They're gonna have to pay
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  Rock Party and he's gonna deserve and people will not understand this. I'll just
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  say it in front. The market dictates what they're gonna get paid. So
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  once he's gonna get paid amongst the very elite quarterbacks when he gets his deal,
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  whenever he gets it, it's gonna be a top five It's not top
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  three quarterback in the league. Well that's think about and I'm not comparing the
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  two players. Think about Dak Prescott and the Cowboys, and think about how
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  you put it. Now, all of a sudden, all the talents that
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  they have around Party, they have Party on a rookie contract. So once
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  they have and what makes them really good is that they're well rounded, the
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  personnel they've got, They've got a really good roster. Once they have to
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  put all that money into Party, then it's they're gonna have to hit on
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  all their draft picks in order to stay at the same level. Much like
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  you know, the Seahawks had a run when Russell Wilson was on a rookie
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  contract. Once at to pay him, it started to fall apart. That's
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  what the Niners are facing. But not next year. But going forward the
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  Chiefs, they're going to have a fighting chance as long as Mahomes is there.
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  But Andy Reid is a big part of that. He's a big part
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  of the ability to developed him, and he'll benefit beyond Andy Reid with the
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  development that he helped teach the young guy. But you know how good of
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  a team are they're going to be around him. We see that tackles were
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  not very good for the Chiefs. Got really one weapon most of the year
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  in the passing game, and then two with Rice came along to help Kelsey
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  and they still but they've got a great defense, had a great defense,
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  Chris Jones. We'll see if he comes back. You put Mahomes back.
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  They got a shot. I mean, I don't know how far they go,
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  but they got a shout as long as that guy's did Chris, who
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  is at least today, Well, let me ask you this. Let me
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  still on the forty nineer real quick. You mentioned that about party, and
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  I was talking with somebody about that yesterday. Is you know, we've yet
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  to see what he'll make and what a value to have him under that rookie
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  contract right now. But Christian McCaffrey, how much how much life, how
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  much Gaston tank does he have left? Oh? I think he's still got
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  a good bit now, you know, obviously shelf life for running backs or
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  not talking like with the over quarterbacks of course, but he's still he is
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  maybe the most complete back in the league I think right now, because he
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  runs with a great deal of power that people don't seem to think that he
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  has. I think he's fine. You know, it's just you hope that
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  he stays healthy long term. But I think he's got quite a bit of
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  tread loved on his tire. Is it still the AFC is the more I
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  guess you could say rigorous road. I mean, when you're talking about Buffalo,
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  Cincinnati, Baltimore, you look at Miami, you look at maybe the
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  emergence. So we'll see what Jim Harball does with with the Chargers versus the
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  NFC. I mean, I mean, we could see maybe the Packers make
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  another step up. We'll see what happens with the Cowboys. Can the Lions
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  maintain? But as the AFC still waited, at least in your mind,
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  the heaviest of the two leagues right now? Yes, but again three months,
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  six months from now, you know, how good can the Packers get?
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  What will the Bears do? That's a pretty decent roster. There may
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  be a year away from becoming a factor in that division with the Lions.
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  We'll see what Seattle can do. And I mean, you know, we've
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  got some teams in the NFC that right now are not very good. But
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  it's it's the league that you can get better pretty quickly, particularly if you
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  find your quarterback. You know, if you can find your CJ. Stroud,
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  if you're an NFC team, all of a sudden, you're pretty good.
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  I mean, if you're Washington and you can find that guy, you
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  know, all of a sudden, we're talking about in the year or two
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  changing it. But yeah, I would say right now, I mean hardball,
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  the Charges make a lot of sense. But how good are they going
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  to be this year? They're in major cap problem, so the roster that
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  they have is going to be hard to keep together. So let's see how
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  well they hit on the draft will determine how good they can be. You
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  want to talk to me in two three years. I tell you that I
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  think the Charger is going to be pretty good. In a couple of years.
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  I think they'll be good and competitive this year. I just don't know
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  that they're going to be the contender this year, that they will be in
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  a couple of years, so there's a lot of unknown I guess, is
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  what I'm saying. The Bengals are, you know, with Joe Burrow,
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  absolutely got a chance, but he's got to stay healthy. And if he's
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  not healthy, we can talk about it all we want. That's that's gonna
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  be a pretty low ceiling every year if he's out for you know, half
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  a dozen games and particularly the end of the year, they don't have much
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  of a chance without it. Chris Andanry make sure to find him on x
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  at Landry Football also Landry football dot com. Chris, I appreciate your time.
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  I want to get with you next week. I've got some questions in
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  college football with Chip Kelly and some other moving parts as well, and of
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  course as we head towards the NFL Draft. I really do appreciate your time.
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  You bet take care and enjoyed it. Talk to you next week.