{"id":679734,"date":"2026-05-19T01:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/679734\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T01:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:01:16","slug":"chris-long-netflixs-quarterback-will-make-cam-ward-one-of-nfls-most-popular-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/679734\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Long: Netflix\u2019s \u2018Quarterback\u2019 will make Cam Ward one of NFL\u2019s most popular players"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Long<\/a> is already sold on Cam Ward<\/a>. He thinks Netflix is about to sell everyone else.<\/p>\n

On his Green Light<\/a> podcast, the former NFL defensive end made the case that Ward\u2019s spot on the show \u2014 which premieres July 14 alongside Jayden Daniels, Baker Mayfield, and Joe Flacco<\/a> \u2014 is going to accelerate him into being one of the most popular players in the league. And it\u2019s not hard to see why Long is bullish on that. Ward is the first rookie the show has ever followed; he\u2019s got one of the best backstories in recent NFL Draft history, and if his personality translates on camera the way Long thinks it will, the timing is perfect.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think that Cam Ward is going to be one of the most popular NFL football players by the end of his second year in the league, because I just think he\u2019s got \u2018it,’\u201d Long said. \u201cI love the dude.. He\u2019s such a f*cking adult, dude. He\u2019s such an adult, but he\u2019s still interesting, and he has a howitzer for an arm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ward came into Nashville as arguably the least hyped No. 1 overall pick<\/a> in recent memory \u2014 a zero-star recruit out of high school who bounced through Incarnate Word and Washington State \u2014 before becoming a Heisman finalist at Miami and going first overall to the Titans. A six-part Tubi docuseries on his journey<\/a> dropped before his rookie season even started, which at the time raised questions<\/a> about whether the coverage was outrunning the player. His rookie season was uneven, as he showed flashes of the arm talent that made him the pick, mixed with plenty of growing pains. But that\u2019s exactly the kind of material Quarterback has always been built around. The show works<\/a> because it finds the human story within a season, not the highlight version.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m biting the cheese on Cam Ward being on this show,\u201d Long added. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be great for him. And I think this show is actually going to be very interesting this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Starting July 14, the rest of the world gets to decide if Long is right.<\/p>\n

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