The Tennessee Titans are expected to select Cam Ward with the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL draft.
The Miami quarterback is well aware of that, and already appears to be trying to build up goodwill with his potential future teammates.
Case in point, Ward was asked to name his top four NFL running backs during a recent Fortnite stream. His response?
‘I would say… Tony Pollard; [Tyjae] Spears,’ Ward began, eliciting a chuckle from the chat.
Pollard is coming off a strong first season in Tennessee during which he ran for 1,079 yards and five touchdowns on 260 carries. Still, few – if any – would classify him as one of the NFL’s four best running backs.
Meanwhile, Spears has merely been a backup during his two-year NFL career. The 2023 third-round pick averaged just 3.7 yards per carry in a limited role behind Pollard last season, so Ward is clearly buttering up his potential future teammates by showering praise upon them.
Ward’s commitment to the bit continued later in his stream, when he was asked to name the four best receivers in the NFL. He chose two non-Titans for that category, Ja’Marr Chase (Cincinnati Bengals) and Justin Jefferson (Minnesota Vikings), but also stumped for Tennessee’s Calvin Ridley and Treylon Burks.
Time will tell how much Ward enjoys working with those Titans skill position players if Tennessee does, in fact, select him with the No. 1 pick next Thursday.