10 Most Irritatingly Improbable Sports Movies
6. The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon
OK first of all, let's get this out of the way at the beginning, that is a horrendous name for a film. What were they thinking? As the title oh-so-cleverly explains, the movie centers around a garbageman (played by Tony Danza) who becomes a kicker for the Philadelphia Eagles.
He gets this gig basically by being in the right place at the right time: he kicks a jug and the Eagles' coach just happens to see it, leading the owner to hire him as a publicity stunt. (This is not a real thing that NFL teams do. You do not become a starter on a professional football team as a publicity stunt.)
And another thing: Tony Danza is not young in this movie. He was like 46 years old when this was filming. So you're saying that the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, a team that is popular and wealthy enough to hire players the conventional way, decided to pick a garbageman well into middle age off the streets and just give him a contract? No.