Brett Favre, Pat Tillman headline A Football Life’s sixth season

With a new NFL season getting ready to kick off, a new season of NFL Network’s documentary A Football Life will also debut this fall on Sept. 16 with 13 new episodes.

The sixth season of the Emmy-nominated documentary series will begin with a look at Hall of Fame running back (class of 2012) Curtis Martin. Each episode of A Football Life will premiere Fridays at 9 p.m. ET. The series, as with all NFL Network programming, can also be streamed through the NFL Mobile and Watch NFL Network apps on mobile devices, desktops and set top boxes such as Apple TV and Xbox One.

Also among the former NFL greats to be covered during the sixth season’s 13 episode run will be Hall of Famers Steve Young, Troy Aikman, Chuck Noll and Kevin Greene. Chad Johnson will also be featured. He would probably be upset if we didn’t mention that.

The schedule for A Football Life is as follows for September and October:

Sept. 16 – Curtis Martin
Sept. 23 – Rodney Harrison
Sept. 30 – Chad Johnson
Oct. 7 – Steve Young
Oct. 21 – Brett Favre
Oct. 28 – Pat Tillman

NFL Network also announced that a new season of The Timeline will also premiere this fall. The documentary series highlights notable moments in NFL history.

The show’s second season will debut on Friday, Sept. 9 with an episode titled “9/11,” which looks at how the league reacted to the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Each subsequent episode will premiere on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET.

Other occasions The Timeline will cover include the re-opening of the New Orleans Superdome after Hurricane Katrina, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers losing their first 26 games as a franchise, Vince Lombardi’s one season coaching the Washington Redskins and the 1988 “Fog Bowl” playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears.

The second season schedule for The Timeline is as follows:

“9/11” (Sept. 9) – The inside story of how the NFL reacted to the crisis of September 11, 2001

“Last Day in LA” (Sept. 14) – Exploring the complex history of football in Los Angeles through the lens of Christmas Eve 1994

“Rebirth in New Orleans” (Sept. 21) – The story of the recovery and grand re-opening of the New Orleans Superdome post-Hurricane Katrina

“Night of the Living Steelers” (Sept. 28) – Legendary zombie filmmaker George A. Romero revisits Pittsburgh and members of the 1970s Super Bowl Steelers

“Peyton Manning’s Summer School” (Oct. 12) – The story of how Peyton Manning prepared for his record-setting 2013 season with exclusive, never before seen access of Manning that spring and summer

“0 and 26” (Nov. 23) – The story of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their inspired march to a first win that became as satisfying as any the league has ever seen

“There’s Only One America’s Team” (Nov. 30) – In 1978, NFL Films dubbed the Dallas Cowboys as “America’s Team.” Ever since, no team has become more loved, and possibly more hated

“1984 Comeback” (Dec. 7) – An exploration of what 1980’s “cool” really was and how a team – the Miami Dolphins – came to define the style and substance of the league for years to come

“Lombardi’s Redskins” (Dec. 14) – The story of Vince Lombardi’s one year of coaching in the nation’s capital

“The Fog Bowl” (Dec. 21) – Exploring the 1988 NFC Divisional Round Game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears