Robert Gordon

C'est la descente aux enfers pour les Miami Sharks, une équipe de football américain qui subit une série de revers. Pour se maintenir à son poste, l'entraîneur qui commence à être sérieusement contesté fait jouer un débutant talentueux. À travers cette fresque sur les enjeux du football américain, le réalisateur dresse un bilan des névroses de l'Amérique.

American football coach Chuck Dichter has worked wonders with the Buffalo Bills, and is even confident to crown his career with a Super Bowl victory, but before the play-offs an oyster food-poisoning wipes out his first team for a month. Dan Heller, an insurance salesman and former college quarterback, who was hired -relactantly, but his wife twisted his arm- just for practice, now has to captain and train a bunch of rookies and old-timers against the hardest adversaries. Dichter decides to sign up triple Super Bowl-winner Tommy Baker in Dan's place...