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Season 1 2021

  • 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z on MGM+
  • 42m
  • 5h 54m (8 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
This documentary series celebrates the biggest names in the history of pro football. Each episode focuses on a single subject, whose career comes to life through a deep dive into the NFL Films archive.

8 episodes

Series Premiere

2021-10-02T04:00:00Z

1x01 Brett Favre

Series Premiere

1x01 Brett Favre

  • 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z44m

Making reality out of what only sounds possible in myth was Brett Favre’s calling card, the way Football’s Iron Man became an icon. With the Packers, Jets, Vikings and beyond, he was part country boy, part gunslinger and always part kid.

2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

1x02 Emmitt Smith

1x02 Emmitt Smith

  • 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z45m

The NFL’s All-Time Leading Rusher in his own words, from his standout high school career to starring for the Dallas Cowboys. With never before seen footage from NFL Films’ unprecedented coverage of the day Smith broke Walter Payton’s rushing record.

2021-10-16T04:00:00Z

1x03 Vince Lombardi

1x03 Vince Lombardi

  • 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z44m

The 5-time NFL championship head coach of the Green Bay Packers is examined through his own legendary voice as well as fresh perspectives on his words, his vaunted Power Sweep play and the iconic silver Super Bowl trophy that bears his name.

2021-10-23T04:00:00Z

1x04 Jerome Bettis

1x04 Jerome Bettis

  • 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z44m

The story of the Hall of Fame running back with one of NFL history’s most famous nicknames. How “The Bus” starred as a childhood bowler, Notre Dame tailback, Los Angeles Ram, and Pittsburgh Steeler Super Bowl champion.

2021-10-30T04:00:00Z

1x05 Jerry Rice

1x05 Jerry Rice

  • 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z43m

Reflections from the 3-time Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49er on how he transformed fear of failure and the pursuit of perfection into unparalleled success. New and classic mic’d up sound and archival interviews capture Rice’s joys and struggles.

2021-11-06T04:00:00Z

1x06 Steve Sabol

1x06 Steve Sabol

  • 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z45m

The man whose love of football and movies transformed the way sports stories are told. With new reflections on Sabol the man, boss, and filmmaker from fellow Hall of Famers Peyton Manning and Andrea Kremer, whose own life journeys Sabol influenced.

2021-11-13T05:00:00Z

1x07 Marcus Allen

1x07 Marcus Allen

  • 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z44m

From a Heisman winning career as a USC Trojan, to his Super Bowl and NFL MVP years as an LA Raider, to his complicated relationship with Al Davis, one of the most decorated running backs in football history reflects on a journey filled with iconic stops.

Season Finale

2021-11-20T05:00:00Z

1x08 Joe Namath

Season Finale

1x08 Joe Namath

  • 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z45m

The Icon’s Icon “Broadway” Joe Namath, who inspired a legion of Hall of Fame quarterbacks. Explores the personal challenges Namath faced during and after his time as a Super Bowl winning New York Jet, and the games that made him an NFL legend.

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