The BEST episodes of Peyton's Places
Every episode of Peyton's Places ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Peyton's Places!
Through conversations with former players, coaches and key figures, Peyton Manning gets to the heart of football history and its cultural impact.
#1 - The Curse of Bobby Layne
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/30/2022
Peyton discovers the reason the Detroit Lions haven't won a Championship since 1957 is "The Curse of Bobby Layne". With the help of famed Lions fans, Keegan-Michael Key and Jeff Daniels, Peyton sets out to lift the curse.
#2 - National Tight Ends Day
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/22/2023
Peyton joins 49ers tight end George Kittle on the streets of San Francisco to promote the NFL's newest holiday: National Tight Ends Day.
#3 - Football Under the Christmas Tree
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/24/2022
Peyton is making a list and checking it twice to show how a Christmas present changed football forever and bringing some holiday cheer to Philadelphia's boo birds.
#4 - Football Follies
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/11/2022
Peyton shows that in football, screwing up can make you a hero. Keegan-Michael Key and Jim Marshall join Peyton to reminisce on football's greatest follies.
#5 - Do You Believe in Miracles?
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/18/2022
Football's a game where fans truly can believe in miracles. Peyton meets up with the players who pulled off two of football's greatest: Herman Edwards and Ahmad Rashad.
#6 - Flight of the Mayflowers
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/4/2022
One city's heartbreak is another city's dream as Peyton learns the real story behind the most notorious move in sports history - the Colts leaving Baltimore for Indianapolis. Peyton surprises die hard Baltimore Colts fans and then meets up with an old friend in Indianapolis to explore what really happened the night the Colts left town.
#7 - Every Underdog Has His Day
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/27/2022
Everyone loves a good underdog story and Peyton finds two of the NFL's best longshot stories at a grocery store in Iowa and at an ice fishing lake in Minnesota. Kurt Warner and John Randle recall their journeys from humble beginnings to the Hall of Fame.
#8 - Dreamcatchers
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/20/2022
When his son, Marshall, spends the day sick at home, Peyton tells him a football version of The Princess Bride. A tale of "dreamcatchers", wide receivers Peyton dreamed of throwing a pass to, comes to life with the help of Lance Alworth and Calvin Johnson.
#9 - Two-Sport Stars
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/13/2022
Peyton meets up with QB and former shortstop Russell Wilson to learn what it takes to become a two-sport athlete. The pair discuss two-sport all-stars of the past and Peyton steps into the batter's box.
#10 - Helmet Cars
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/6/2022
Peyton finally gets the "sports car" he's always dreamed of -- an Indianapolis Colts helmet car -- and takes it for a spin at the Indy 500. Jeff Saturday and Pat McAfee join the ride down memory lane to find out what happened to NFL helmet cars and makes a plea for the NFL To bring them back.
#11 - Coffin Corner
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/29/2023
Peyton enlists help from former teammate Pat McAfee to explore the history of punters and the demise of the coffin-corner kick.
#12 - Farewell to Football
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/7/2021
#13 - Basketball on Grass
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/28/2021
#14 - The Madden Curse
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/21/2021
#15 - Speed Kills
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/14/2021
#16 - Halftime in Living Color
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/7/2021
#17 - Last Line of Defense
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/31/2021
#18 - Kurt Russell
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/24/2021
Peyton meets up with Kurt Russell to watch The Best of Times, where Russell played Reno Hightower, one of the greatest movie quarterbacks of all-time
#19 - The Forward Pass
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/17/2021
Peyton meets up with former president Bill Clinton at West Point to discover the origin of the forward pass.
#20 - The Bills Mafia
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/2025
After successfully freeing the Detroit Lions from “The Curse of Bobby Layne”, Peyton Manning gets ambushed by former Buffalo Bills wide receiver Steve Tasker and The Bills Mafia, who demand Peyton lift “The Buffalo Sports Curse”.
#21 - "Black Sunday"
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/28/2025
Shocked after discovering the NFL allowed Super Bowl X to be used as a set for the Hollywood blockbuster Black Sunday, Peyton and former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson commandeer the Goodyear Blimp and re-enact the 70’s disaster film.
#22 - A Tall Tale
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/21/2025
Peyton Manning is back in Cincinnati! This time, he meets up with former Bengals wide receiver Cris Collinsworth to explore the history of tall receivers in the NFL at one of the tallest skyscrapers in the city.
#23 - Taxi Squad
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/2025
James Harrison joins Peyton Manning in Cleveland to look into the history of the practice squad or as it was originally known the "Taxi Squad."
#24 - Who Makes the Call?
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/7/2025
Peyton visits Joe Namath's nightclub, looks into what goes into a Quarterback making their own calls and the history of radios in the helmets.
#25 - Football's Holy Grail
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/30/2025
When Patriots owner Robert Kraft asks former Patriots Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman to pay for damages to New England’s Super Bowl LI Trophy, Peyton takes them to Rhode Island where the trio try to build a Lombardi Trophy from scratch.