Peyton's Places
Through conversations with former players, coaches, and key figures, Peyton Manning gets to the heart of football history and its cultural impact.
Manning chats with former Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, one of the most respected running backs in NFL history. Lynch discusses joyriding on an injury cart, causing an earthquake and his pre-game superstitions with Manning in the season premiere.
John Elway, one of the NFL’s most revered quarterbacks and Manning’s former boss, breaks down film at Mile High Stadium in Denver and chat with each other.
Manning meets up with 4-time Super Bowl champion Lynn Swann, reuniting him with the AMC Pacer X, the same kind of car he won as the MVP of Super Bowl X.
The mobile quarterback of the modern NFL owes some of its DNA to Tarkenton, who broke free from the mold of pocket QB.
Owens is one of the biggest and most widely misunderstood personalities in NFL history. Peyton meets with T.O. to talk about his Hall of Fame career and larger-than-life persona.
Manning meets up with the former late-night host at Ball State, Letterman’s alma mater. The future Hall of Famer enlists the help of the football team to propose new rules for the sport.
This time, fans will join Manning as he enlists the help of Ron Jaworski to learn how Thomas Edison produced the first game film when he recorded Princeton versus Yale in 1903. He then meets up with James Van Der Beek to break down the play of the greatest movie quarterbacks of all-time.
The former NFL quarterback heads to West Point. There he meets up with former United States President, Bill Clinton, and they journey to learn about the history of the forward pass.
The former NFL quarterback will chat with Kurt Russell as they talk about his character, Reno Hightower, from the movie The Best of Times. It also stars the late Robin Williams as a banker looking to restage a game where he dropped a perfectly thrown pass that cost his team the game.
Peyton goes into the history of the safety position and talks with a hard-hitting San Francisco 49ers all-time great Ronnie Lott and Rodney Harrison.
Peyton takes a look at the history of the Super Bowl halftime show.
Peyton meets up with Willie Gault and Darrell Green, two of the fastest players in NFL history, and learns how they blazed a trail into pro football.
Peyton talks with former NFL running back Garrison Hearst about the unfortunate luck that has stricken the cover athletes over the years.
Peyton interviews Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez, who famously used his basketball skills to help him transition to playing tight end in the NFL.
Peyton ponders the difficulty a football player faces in saying goodbye to the game they love and talks to some of the all-time greatest players, including his brother Eli, about their retirements from the game.
Peyton drives a 1920s Hupmobile with comedian Jay Leno and learns how the NFL started with a car and a car salesman, Ralph Hay, in Canton, Ohio. He visits with Joe Namath, playing pool and discussing how Namath led the New York Jets to the historic Super Bowl III victory.
Peyton re-enacts a 1926 Giants publicity stunt by throwing a pass off the top of the Radiator Building in New York City to Hall of Famer Cris Carter in adjacent Bryant Park. The pass attempt was from 324-feet in the air and had to travel 112 yards to reach Carter.
Hall of Fame quarterbacks Roger Staubach (Cowboys) and Joe Montana (49ers/Chiefs) help Peyton explore the evolution of the quarterback and how it became the most important position in all of sport – and the face of every NFL franchise.
Host of CNBC’s Mad Money Jim Cramer welcomes Peyton to Wall Street where they discover how the stock market crash of 1929 led to the creation of the NFL Draft. Also, Peyton explores how an IBM 360 computer and Mel Kiper, a draftnik with no credentials, helped turn the draft into must-see television.
Peyton talks with NFL legend Ray Lewis about the importance of defense.
Peyton looks at the origins of fantasy football.
Peyton looks at the history of football in Chicago and visits with two Bears super fans.
Peyton and his brother Eli look at the history of the Lombardi Trophy.
| Location | United States of America |
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| Language | English |
| Release | 2019-07-28 |
| Producer | NFL Films |