

As Payton told the New Orleans Times-Picayune in 2012, the truth is that the team won its first game with him as offensive coordinator 30-0. One key difference between real life and what we see on screen: The Warriors weren't nearly as bad as the film implies.

With kid players involved, "Home Team" has more of a cleaned-up "Bad News Bears" vibe. As it turns out, Payton still coached football, but just on a more basic level as the offensive coordinator of his son Connor's 6th-grade football team, the Liberty Christian Warriors. In real life, the coach moved to the Dallas area during his suspension to spend more time with his children, Meghan and Connor. Netflix's new original movie "Home Team" definitely falls in that category, but is it based on real-life events or is it all made up?Īpart from the ominous phone call from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and the dramatic opener, "Home Team" is largely a family-friendly comedy, starring Kevin James as Payton. There are funny moments in true-life football movies to be sure, but not out-and-out comedies the game that are too strange to seem real. There certainly is room for laughter in football movies - take Burt Reynolds' 1974 comedy "The Longest Yard," for example, as well as Adam Sandler's 2005 remake of the film - but comedies based on true stories about the gridiron are few and far between. From the heartbreaking tale of late Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo (James Caan) and the bond he formed with fellow running back Gayle Sayers (Billy Dee Williams) in "Brian's Song" in 1971, to the 2021 fact-based film "American Underdog," about the inspiration story of NFL star Kurt Warner (Zachary Levi), football movies tend to end in tears or cheers, not laughs. There have been a number of football movies inspired by real-life events over the years, and generally, the narratives tend to skew on the dramatic side of the line. YOU determine every aspect of Alex's story while exploring Edwards Island, uncovering the base's dark past, and changing the course of your friends' lives.Contains spoilers for Netflix's "Home Team" How you deal with these events, your peers, and the ominous creatures you’ve unleashed is up to you. The night takes a terrifying turn when you unwittingly open a ghostly gate spawned from the island’s cryptic past. Play as Alex, a bright, rebellious teenager who brings her new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight party on an old military island.

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