Episode 27: The Replacements (2000)

This week on Haven’t Seen That in Forever, football is officially back, so we’re kicking off the NFL and college football seasons with The Replacements (2000). The movie that gave us Keanu Reeves at quarterback, Gene Hackman on the sideline, and a team of replacement players somehow becoming the easiest group of lunatics in sports to root for. We’re talking Shane Falco, Footsteps Falco, prison-yard football, deaf tight ends, Welsh kickers, cheerleaders who definitely weren’t hired for their knowledge of football, and whether anyone has ever looked happier playing a cop than Jon Favreau. So grab your eye black, protect your blind side, and remember: pain heals, chicks dig scars, glory lasts forever. Football is back, and we got a movie on our hands.