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POSTED 5:15 p.m. EDT, June 2, 2007
CHIEFS-GREEN FACE-OFF TO CONTINUE ON HBO?
The Kansas City Chiefs have announced that they'll be the next team to be featured on Hard Knocks, a joint venture between HBO and NFL Films. (And not to be confused with Homer Simpson's college research film.)
The series started in 2001, with an inside look at Ravens camp. In 2002, the series continued with the Cowboys. After a year off, the show moved to NFL Network in 2004, with the Jaguars as the featured team.
"There are no scripts or retakes for us as filmmakers in a series like Hard Knocks," said NFL Films President Steve Sabol. "Our cameras will be rolling from the time the players leave their families to the time the coach decides if they're 'in' or 'out.' Chiefs training camp in River Falls is a throwback to the old training camps in the '60s and '70s and we look forward to taking the fans behind-the-scenes of one of the great franchises in professional sports."
The show will debut on August 8.
The biggest question, as we see it, is whether quarterback Trent Green will be on the team. If so, we're looking forward to the parts where he continues to lobby to be traded or cut, and where G.M. Carl Peterson sweats like a mob boss at an FBI picnic every time Green walks onto the field -- and risks putting the team on the hook for his full $7.2 million salary if he blows out a knee or pops an Achilles' tendon.
CHIEFS-GREEN FACE-OFF TO CONTINUE ON HBO?
The Kansas City Chiefs have announced that they'll be the next team to be featured on Hard Knocks, a joint venture between HBO and NFL Films. (And not to be confused with Homer Simpson's college research film.)
The series started in 2001, with an inside look at Ravens camp. In 2002, the series continued with the Cowboys. After a year off, the show moved to NFL Network in 2004, with the Jaguars as the featured team.
"There are no scripts or retakes for us as filmmakers in a series like Hard Knocks," said NFL Films President Steve Sabol. "Our cameras will be rolling from the time the players leave their families to the time the coach decides if they're 'in' or 'out.' Chiefs training camp in River Falls is a throwback to the old training camps in the '60s and '70s and we look forward to taking the fans behind-the-scenes of one of the great franchises in professional sports."
The show will debut on August 8.
The biggest question, as we see it, is whether quarterback Trent Green will be on the team. If so, we're looking forward to the parts where he continues to lobby to be traded or cut, and where G.M. Carl Peterson sweats like a mob boss at an FBI picnic every time Green walks onto the field -- and risks putting the team on the hook for his full $7.2 million salary if he blows out a knee or pops an Achilles' tendon.
