Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there was nothing better for me to do. They also didn't draft me because they thought I was too wild and undisciplined.

The two-hour made-for-television movie/pilot was filmed and shown on network television. O'Neill made a brief appearance on the comedy variety show In Living Color playing the "Dirty Dozens" champion who defeats the challenger played by Jamie Foxx.

Edward Phillip "Ed" O'Neill Jr.