Home Team

The Home Team, a Netflix movie, is an inspirational comedy biopic about Sean Payton, coach of the NFL football team New Orleans Saints. In the film, Kevin James appears in an unusually sincere role, and Tait Blum plays his son. Although both of them complement each other, there are comedic elements in the film, but they never become initiators of comedy, remaining faithful to the characters in real life and keeping their stories intact. As of 2022, the NFL (National Football League) is the most prestigious football league in America. Players are recruited at a very young age and undergo rigorous training from adolescence, receiving abundant sports scholarships to later become major league players, which is considered a huge event in the United States. Unlike Major League basketball, American football is the only sport where the ball has an almost egg-shaped shape and is passed or thrown from hand to hand. We know that famous quarterbacks are responsible for keeping score, thereby helping teams earn points. Strategy is the key to victory. But some teams resort to dastardly behavior, which eventually comes to light, and the federation deals them a severe blow. In 2012, Sean Payton was accused of such vile behavior when it turned out that some players on his team were paid to physically influence other players, injuring them and not allowing them to continue playing in order to earn points for the Saints and take a leading position in the NFL. Whether he was guilty or not is unknown, but this biopic is about the relationship he maintained with his son during his suspension.