"I trusted him. He believed in me tirelessly. He put me front and center with everything. I've never had an executive believe in me as much as he did."
"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."
The report also indicates that there could be “more resistance among current NFL partners to help out Netflix” because the company may be looking to become a long-term media rights partner for the league in the future.
Launch dates for the projects have yet to be announced by Netflix, which recently agreed to a three-season deal with the National Football League to exclusively stream at least one Christmas Day game.
Netflix, which recently announced that it had approximately 269.6 million paid subscribers in Q1 2024, would reportedly pay less than $150 million per game.
"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."
"What I saw was part circus, part radio festival, and part New England sports fans reunion. I couldn't help but sit there and think about how radio should be taking notes."