Home Team is a 2022 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Charles Kinnane and Daniel Kinnane (in their feature length directorial debuts), written by Chris Titone and Keith Blum, and starring Kevin James in the lead role, Taylor Lautner, Rob Schneider, Jackie Sandler, and Tait Blum. Inspired by actual events, the film tells the story of New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton who coached his 12-year-old son's football team during his one-year suspension from the NFL.
Home Team was produced by Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions and James's Hey Eddie Productions, and filmed in New Orleans from May to June 2021. It was released on January 28, 2022, by Netflix.
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Two years after the New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl XLIV, head coach Sean Payton is involved in the Bountygate scandal and suspended from the NFL for one year. While he's awaiting the results of his appeal, he returns to his hometown, Argyle, Texas, to reconnect with his 12-year-old son Connor.
Not knowing how long he'll stay, Sean checks into a local hotel for 5 days and heads to his old middle school, Liberty Christian. Showing up to the football team's game unannounced, his ex-wife Beth and her new husband Jaime call him over.
Connor wonders why his father has come and Sean explains he just wants to get to know him. Beth and Jaime invite him to their barbecue the next afternoon. Sean introduces himself to coach Troy. At the BBQ, Connor's teammate in the Argyle Warriors friends are friendly, but he remains distant.
