The BEST episodes of Hard Knocks (2001)

#1 - Training Camp with the Houston Texans - #2

Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/18/2015

#2 - Training Camp With the Dallas Cowboys Week 3

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/21/2002

Dallas plays its first preseason game and for some cowboys, it's their last game. The competition for starting quarterback heats up as Quincy Carter is challenged by newcomer Chad Hutchinson.

#3 - Training Camp with the Los Angeles Rams #5

Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/6/2016

#4 - Training Camp with the Los Angeles Rams #4

Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/30/2016

#5 - Episode 2

Season 17 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/24/2021

As the Colts look to move past the .500 mark, Head Coach Frank Reich leads the team into Buffalo.

#6 - Episode 1

Season 17 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/17/2021

Inside the relationship between head coach Frank Reich and his QB Carson Wentz; plus, Darius “Maniac” Leonard; and Colts vs. Jaguars.

#7 - Episode 4

Season 17 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/8/2021

Following their closely contested loss to the Buccaneers, the Colts enter a December schedule in which every game is crucial.

#8 - Training Camp with the Los Angeles Rams #1

Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/9/2016

#9 - Training Camp with the Los Angeles Rams #3

Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/23/2016

#10 - Training Camp with the New York Jets Week 5

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/2010

Cutdown Day has arrived in the NFL.

#11 - Episode 3

Season 17 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/1/2021

The red-hot Colts come home for Thanksgiving and face their biggest test yet: Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

#12 - Training Camp with the New York Jets Week 1

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/11/2010

In the opener of the sixth season, Jets players and coaches arrive in Cortland, N.Y., and settle in to their new quarters before beginning two-a-day drills.

#13 - Episode 5

Season 17 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/15/2021

As the Colts enter their bye week, Frank Reich explains why it’s less a vacation than a tool to help recharge for the playoff push.

#14 - Training Camp with the Atlanta Falcons - #2

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/12/2014

The 2nd week of the Atlanta Falcons 2014 training camp routine. Roosevelt Nix-Jones, who was making the transition from defensive end to fullback, was released to kick off the show. Teammates expressed some surprise to see his locker cleaned out, but such is part of training camp, and many more cuts are yet to come. Hageman's fighting in practice and resulting injury led Mike Smith to ban fighting from practice. Thomas Dimitroff talks about his history with a dad as a coach and how he started as a grounds keeper. Titans are in town for practice and Smitty is warning the guys not to fight with them. He tells them they'll be fined and kicked off the field if they do. "If someone takes a swing, don't retaliate, remember their number. We play them in about two weeks."

#15 - Training Camp With the Baltimore Ravens Week 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/8/2001

The practical jokes heat up at training camp. Also the team and it's coaching staff has to deal with the season ending injury of star running back Jamal Lewis.

#16 - Episode 1

Season 19 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/9/2022

#17 - Training Camp with the Houston Texans - #5

Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/2015

#18 - Training Camp With the Baltimore Ravens Week 4

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/22/2001

Tony Siragusa take out some of the rookies to his restaurant. The Ravens compete in their second preseason game.

#19 - Episode 1

Season 18 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/9/2022

Enthusiasm is building for the 2022 Lions. In his second season as Head Coach, Dan Campbell welcomes the youngest roster in the NFL back to training camp, including this year’s number two overall draft pick, Michigan native Aiden Hutchinson.

#20 - Training Camp with the Houston Texans - #1

Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/11/2015

#21 - Training Camp with the Houston Texans - #3

Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/25/2015

#22 - Training Camp with the Los Angeles Rams #2

Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/16/2016

#23 - Training Camp with the New York Jets Week 4

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/1/2010

The fourth week of New York Jets training camp.

#24 - Training camp with the Cleveland Browns #4

Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/28/2018

With camp cuts on the horizon, players on the margins fight for their place on the team. Some Browns players find their inner child. Star receiver Josh Gordon returns.

#25 - Training Camp with the Atlanta Falcons - #5

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/2/2014

The preseason comes to a close as the Falcons head to Jacksonville to face the Jaguars; coaches evaluate performances as they prepare for final cuts.