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REVIEW: 'The Home Team: New York Jets' Takes Flight


members of the New York Jets and their significant others in front of a backdrop of a sports stadium. Text reads "The Home Team. New York Jets Review"
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Sports docuseries, I love them. Having worked in the National Football League for a decade now, it is no surprise to me that these things are hitting the second level and seeing nothing but green ahead. What you see on the field is a profession, and the things I love about sports docuseries is it shows you the professionals, on and off the field.


The Home Team: New York Jets is a six-part documentary series that debuted on Prime Video on August 21. Presented by Prime Video Sports and Skydance Sports, in association with NFL Films, the sports docuseries dropped on Prime Video a week ahead of the official kickoff of the National Football League. The Home Team gives Jets fans a glimpse at the ups and downs of their season through the eyes of players Quinnen Williams, Alijah Vera-Tucker, Allen Lazard, Tyler Conklin, Chuck Clark, and C.J. Mosley, accompanied in the series by their significant others.



Although the 2024-2025 season did not pan out the way Head Coach Robert Saleh and the New York Jets would have hoped. In this series, viewers will go on the emotional journey of an NFL season and the tolls it takes on their lives outside of the game they love to play.


A man feeds his infant child while wearing a NY Jets beanie
An Off the Field Look at the NY Jets / Courtesy of Prime © Amazon Content Services LLC

Seeing sports through a humanizing lens is a concept I truly believe in. Having worked closely with NFL athletes myself, I have grown to realize that what happens on the field doesn't define the human off of the field. The strengths they build through the bonds they believe in, the foundations they are setting for life after football, even though football is very much the present force in their lives. I can't preach enough how much of a pleasure it is to be given glimpses at what separates a player from a person.


The author being put in a headlock by NFL player George Kittle
San Francisco 49ers Tight End and amazing Human Being George Kittle and Myself, one of the many friendships I have made over the last ten years working with the National Football League.

I guess it's best review a documentary by asking myself if the "sports" docuseries leaves me informed, educated, and opens my eyes more to the World around me. Does The Home Team: NY Jets tick the boxes for me? Yes. I would take this flight. Is it a destination I prefer to go, not exactly. More like a business trip. Prime Video if you ever intend on a San Francisco 49ers version of this docuseries and I will purchase a First-Class ticket.


Rating: ★★★☆☆



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About The Home Team: New York Jets


Premiere Date: August 21, 2025

Producers: Jesse Sisgold, Jason T. Reed, Jon Weinbach, Ross Ketover, Ken Rodgers, Jessica Boddy, Keith Cossrow, Eric Wattenberg, Gary Vaynerchuk, Matt Higgins, Sam Brown, Sheena M. Joyce, Don Argott

Directors: Sheena M. Joyce, Don Argott and Ron Cornwall

Production: Skydance Sports, NFL Films, VaynerWATT

Distribution: Prime Video

Cast: Quinnen Williams, Maranda Williams; Alijah Vera-Tucker, Jessie Vera-Tucker, Allen Lazard, Camila Escribens, Tyler Conklin, Scottie Conklin, Chuck Clark, Aysha Clark, C.J. Mosley, Jamie Reiff, Robert Saleh, Aaron Rodgers


Synopsis: The Home Team: NY Jets is a six-part documentary series that follows six New York Jets players and their partners—including Quinnen & Maranda Williams; Alijah & Jessie Vera-Tucker; Allen Lazard & Camila Escribens; Tyler & Scottie Conklin; Chuck & Aysha Clark; and C.J. Mosley & Jamie Reiff—throughout the 2024-25 regular season. The series will provide an authentic peek into the emotional journey these players and their families go on over the course of a 17-game NFL season. From business endeavors to baby showers to family reunions, The Home Team: NY Jets will take viewers inside the professional and personal lives of these diverse, loveable couples, in order to show how family makes football possible. 


Starting with the season opener on Monday Night Football versus the San Francisco 49ers and culminating with the season finale at home against Miami, the series intimately explores the impact of winning and losing and the expectations that surface among players and their families in the highly competitive world of the National Football League. Virtually every week of the season delivers a rollercoaster of emotions that are punctuated by game day performance and the physical toll that the sport inflicts. 






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