A Football Life Season 3, Episode 4: Derrick Thomas

LaDainian Tomlinson

45 min

Don Shula

45 min

Darrelle Revis

45 min

Steve Sabol

45 min

Matt Millen

45 min

Michael Strahan

45 min

Pat Summerall

45 min

Warren Sapp

45 min

Randall Cunningham

A Football Life honors the life and career of one of the most influential players of his time. Now 50, Cunningham is a born-again minister who tragically lost one son and is in the midst of watching another become a football star of his own.

45 min

Cris Carter

A Football Life honors the life and career of legendary wide receiver Cris Carter with an all access look at his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the culmination of a roller coaster career.

45 min

The Forward Pass

2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the official arrival of the forward pass - the most significant rule change in the history of sports. Sparked by a health and safety crisis that threatened the future of football, the forward pass has become the defining play in America's Game.

45 min

Steve Gleason

A Football Life honors the life of the former Saints star, now battling ALS.

45 min

The Great Wall of Dallas

A Football Life honors perhaps the most dominant offensive line in NFL history, who paved the way for Emmitt Smith and a Dallas dynasty but suffered the pitfalls of fame and fortune along the way.

45 min

Houston '93

In 1993 the high-flying Houston Oilers fielded one of the most talented teams in football, expected by many to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. What ensued was one of the wildest, most controversial seasons any team has ever had, a season that may have changed the course of pro football in one of America's largest cities.

45 min

Marty Schottenheimer

A Football Life honor's the life of the NFL's Ahab, a man who never quite caught his white whale, but put together one of the most successful head coaching careers of the past 40 years.

45 min

Vince Lombardi (1)

Part 1 of the Vince Lombardi story chronicles the legendary coach’s rise from his Brooklyn youth to the sidelines of Lambeau Field.

45 min

Vince Lombardi (2)

Part 2 of the Vince Lombardi story details the final years of his life, from his three-peat in Green Bay to his brief tenure as head coach in Washington and sudden, tragic death from cancer.

45 min

Tiki & Ronde Barber

A Football Life chronicles the identical twins who dominated the game but ended their careers in very different ways.

45 min

Bill Parcells

A Football Life examines the career of legendary coach Bill Parcells.

45 min

Jerry Smith

Almost 50 years ago, a young tight end named Jerry Smith joined the Washington Redskins. After 13 seasons on the team, Smith retired, but not before making two Pro Bowls, one All-Pro team, and playing in the Super Bowl. He set an NFL record with 60 receiving touchdowns, the most ever by a tight end (that record stood for 26 years). Smith was also gay, something that caused him to live a life in constant fear and tension.

45 min

Jerry Rice

A Football Life chronicles the story of how an unrecruited small-town wide receiver became the Greatest Of All Time.

45 min