威利(杰米·福克斯 Jamie Foxx 饰)本是一位名不见经传的橄榄球运动员,在一次极为艰巨的比赛中,他临危受命上场征战。威利出色的表现吸引了球队老板克里斯蒂娜(卡梅隆·迪亚茨 Cameron Diaz 饰)的注意,她看出威利是一名可塑之才,而威利之后的表现也并没有让克里斯蒂娜失望。 一夜成名让威利的自我开始膨胀,骄傲与自满逐渐占据了他的内心,作为球队的教练,经验丰富的托尼(阿尔·帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰)知道威利正处在一个非常危险的状态之下,然而对于托尼的忠告,威利置若罔闻。威利离开了旧日女友,和队员们的关系也越来越差,与此同时,他所效忠的球队也正在面临着前所未有的重大危机。When a devastating hit knocks a professional football legend and quarterback Cap Rooney out of the game, a young, unknown third-stringer is called in to replace him. Having ridden the bench for years because of a string of bad luck stories and perhaps insufficient character, Willie Beaman seizes what may be his last chance, and lights up the field with a raw display of athletic prowess. His stunning performance over several games is so outstanding and fresh it seems to augur a new era in the history of this Miami franchise, and forces aging coach Tony D'Amato to reevaluate his time-tested values and strategies and begin to confront the fact that the game, as well as post-modern life may be passing him by. Adding to the pressure on D'Amato to win at any cost is the aggressive young President/Co-owner of the team, Christina Pagniacci, now coming into her own after her father's death. Christina's driving desire to prove herself in a male dominated world is intensified by her focus on the marketing and business of football, in which all coaches and players are merely properties.