Upon the nationwide premiere of "Dexter Manley: A Football Life," The Redskins hosted a movie night on Friday to screen the documentary along with Charley Taylor.
When Tim Rumpff, a feature producer at NFL Films, asked his friends who they thought were some of the greatest pass rushers in NFL history, they would immediately elect Reggie White, Bruce Smith or Lawrence Taylor.
“When I ask people, Dexter Manley won’t come right away,” Rumpff said. “I didn’t understand that, because when he retired having 97.5 sacks, he deserved to be mentioned in those names.”
That prompted the genesis of “Dexter Manley: A Football Life,” a documentary that premiered Friday night on NFL Network, telling Manley’s incredible life story of perseverance and recovery.