I will def post excerpts if I am chosen for this high honor of a job.

AtticusMatlock said:

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Rookie of the Year vibes. Rewrite it so he accidentally gets an experimental medication at the doctor's office after he gets hurt tripping on a football.

Maybe Henry Rowengartner can be the kid's dad.

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ssssshhhhh! They might actually do this don't give any ideas!

Can we get Lou Gossett Jr involved as the gruff football coach with a good heart under all the gruff?

Oh yeah. Kid kicks the doc in the nards this time. And walnuts come falling out of his mouth ala Hot Shots Part Deux

Daniel Stern can be the wide receivers coach.

Milwaukees Best Light said:

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Can we get Lou Gossett Jr involved as the gruff football coach with a good heart under all the gruff?

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Only if you can get Mr. T to reprise his role as the wise janitor

That's the first thing I thought of! The A-Team theme is the chef's kiss.

There's a lot of places you could legitimately go with that, but none of them are the NFL...

Maybe the growth hormones are instead steroids that drive him to confront and kill his bullies and abusive mother. It could be a B horror movie where he turns into a hulking monster when he gets angry, but no one suspects him of the murders because they seem to have no effect and he stays a small kid.

Maybe the growth hormones actually kill him and those around him who treated him poorly are left to deal with the consequences of their actions. They community blames them for driving him to such extremes and they are in turn ostracized. Mom loses job. Bullies are arrested or doxxed and harassed on social media.

Maybe he goes on hormones, finds out they're killing him, and decides to pursue something else and just be himself. After going to business school and getting an MBA in finance, he starts a very successful hedge fund and ends up buying an NFL team. At the end, one of his bullies has finally made the roster after years of bouncing around on scout teams or in the CFL, and he finds him in the locker room and casually asks him, "Do you like apples?" before firing him and crushing his dreams. (This is the only way I see this going to the NFL)

Bendy and the Ink Machine?

Would have worked except everybody knows you can't go to the NFL unless you're at least 3 years removed from high school. I hate movies that aren't grounded in reality.

I totally forgot Chris Evans was in this...

Gigem314 said:

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AtticusMatlock said:

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Rookie of the Year vibes. Rewrite it so he accidentally gets an experimental medication at the doctor's office after he gets hurt tripping on a football.

Maybe Henry Rowengartner can be the kid's dad.

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And you have to work this line into the script

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Dude! The blonde kid can be the doctor! When he realizes the error, he says the line!

ABATTBQ11 said:

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I totally forgot Chris Evans was in this...

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How could you!

So basically an episode of "What If" where Steve Rogers get the treatment, realizes his super powers, and shirks being Captain America so he can be the captain of America's Team instead.

I'm in.

Tanya 93 said:

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Bendy and the Ink Machine?

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I was craving the Indian buffet place nearby for chicken vindaloo. It was gonna be Vindy, but the Bender Rodriguez voice in my head said that was dumb. So it came out Bendy.

Coach has to be a former loser that not looking for redemption, but finds it.

JCA1 said:

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Would have worked except everybody knows you can't go to the NFL unless you're at least 3 years removed from high school. I hate movies that aren't grounded in reality.

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Ok, he's also a super genius. Maybe even a...Baby Genius.

You totally need to make this movie and create the Kids playing professionally Cinematic Universe. Then the next movie could be this kid from the NFL movie + Calvin Cambridge from Like Mike + Henry Rowengartner from Rookie of the Year have to team up under the guidance of Billy Heywood from Little Big League to play against all the dogs from the Air Bud movies for control of the sports universe.