In 2007, the last game of the regular season, between the Boston Rebels and the New York Dukes. The game ends in a touchdown by Rebels quarterback Joe Kingman (Dwayne Johnson) after he runs it into the end zone, ignoring a wide open receiver Travis Sanders. The playoffs have just begun and the Rebels are again contenders for the league championship. The Rebels march through the playoffs via three road games. They first travel to Denver in the Wild Card round, then to Indianapolis the Divisional round and then the Conference round against Baltimore. They eventually make it to the championship game held in Arizona in a rematch with the New York Dukes. As the championship game begins, Kingman is distracted from performing well. He is injured near the end of the first quarter, causing him to b