NFL Street was developed by EA Tiburon in an attempt to create a football counterpart to their successful NBA Street games. EA had already established Madden NFL and the Head Coach series, and Sega had established the 2K series of football. The NFL Blitz series was embarking on a slow decline, the most recent release at the time being NFL Blitz: Pro. With plans set in place to buy the exclusive rights to use the NFL and its teams, EA saw an opportunity to own the best arcade football franchise, which would become the only one to have all the NFL teams. NFL Street has dozens of plays and close to 15 football fields to utilize. The game mechanic that separated NFL Street from other arcade style football games was its Gamebreaker mechanic, which allowed the player to become super powerful and either almost always score a touchdown on offense, or force an interception or fumble on defense.
NFL Teams/Players
Chicago Bears:
WR: Marty Booker
DB: Mike Brown
LB: Warrick Holdman
OL: Olin Kreutz
DB: R.W. McQuarters
QB: Kordell Stewart
WR: David Terrell
RB: Anthony Thomas
DL: Keith Traylor
LB: Brian Urlacher
WR: Dez White
Cincinnati Bengals:
OL: Willie Anderson
DB: Jeff Burris
RB: Corey Dillon
DB: Artrell Hawkins
WR: Chad Johnson
QB: Jon Kitna
QB: Carson Palmer
LB: Adrian Ross
LB: Brian Simmons
DL: Justin Smith
WR: Peter Warrick
DL: Tony Williams
Buffalo Bills:
QB: Drew Bledsoe
OL: Ruben Brown
DB: Nate Clements
LB: London Fletcher
RB: Travis Henry
DB: Lawyer Milloy
WR: Eric Moulds
WR: Josh Reed
LB: Takeo Spikes
OL: Mike Williams
DL: Pat Williams
DB: Antoine Winfield
DB: Coy Wire
Denver Broncos:
DL: Daryl Gardener
LB: Ian Gold
WR: Ed McCaffrey
LB: John Mobley
OL: Dan Neil
DB: Deltha O'Neil
QB: Jake Plummer
RB: Clinton Portis
DL: Trevor Pryce
WR: Shannon Sharpe
WR: Rod Smith
LB: Al Wilson
Cleveland Browns:
DL: Courtney Brown
QB: Tim Couch
LB: Andra Davis
LB: Barry Gardner
RB: William Green
DB: Robert Griffith
DB: Anthony Henry
QB: Kelly Holcomb
WR: Kevin Johnson
DB: Earl Little
WR: Quincy Morgan
WR: Dennis Northcutt
OL: Ryan Tucker
DL: Gerard Warren
Tampa Bay Buccaneers:
RB: Mick Alstott
DB: Ronde Barber
LB: Derrick Brooks
QB: Brad Johnson
WR: Keyshawn Johnson
DB: John Lynch
WR: Keenan McCardell
DL: Anthony McFarland
DL: Simeon Rice
DL: Warren Sapp
OL: Kenyatta Walker
Arizona Cardinals:
QB: Jeff Blake
WR: Anquan Boldin
DL: Wendell Bryant
OL: Leonard Davis
LB: Levar Fisher
WR: Bryant Johnson
WR: Freddie Jones
OL: Pete Kendall
LB: Ronald McKinnon
RB: Emmitt Smith
DB: Duane Starks
LB: Raynoch Thompson
DB: Adrian Wilson
San Diego Chargers:
WR: Stephen Alexander
WR: David Boston
QB: Drew Brees
DB: Sammy Davis
WR: Tim Dwight
LB: Donnie Edwards
OL: Toniu Fonoti
DB: Quentin Jammer
DL: Raylee Johnson
LB: Ben Leber
RB: LaDainian Tomlinson
DL: Marcellus Wiley
Kansas City Chiefs:
WR: Tony Gonzalez
QB: Trent Green
WR: Dante Hall
DL: Eric Hicks
RB: Priest Holmes
WR: Eddie Kennison
LB: Mike Maslowski
WR: Johnnie Morton
OL: Will Shields
DL: Ryan Sims
DB: Eric Warfield
DB: Greg Wesley
Indianapolis Colts:
DB: Idrees Bashir
DL: Chad Bratzke
DB: Mike Doss
DL: Dwight Freeney
OL: Tarik Glenn
DB: Walt Harris
WR: Marvin Harrison
RB: Edgerrin James
QB: Peyton Manning
LB: Rob Morris
WR: Marcus Pollard
LB: David Thornton
WR: Reggie Wayne
Dallas Cowboys
OL: Larry Allen
WR: Antonio Bryant
QB: Quincy Carter
LB: Dexter Coakley
DL: Greg Ellis
WR: Joey Galloway
WR: Terry Glenn
DL: La'Roi Glover
RB: Troy Hambrick
QB: Chad Hutchinson
LB: Dat Nguyen
DB: Roy Williams
DB: Darren Woodson
Miami Dolphins
WR: Chris Chambers
OL: Mark Dixon
QB: Jay Fiedler
QB: Brian Griese
DB: Sammy Knight
DB: Sam Madison
DB: Brock Marion
WR: Randy McMichael
OL: Tim Ruddy
LB: Junior Seau
DB: Partick Surtain
DL: Jason Taylor
LB: Zach Thomas
RB: Ricky Williams
Philadelphia Eagles
RB: Correll Buckhalter
DB: Brian Dawkins
LB: Carlos Emmons
WR: Chad Lewis
QB: Donovan McNabb
WR: Todd Pinkston
DL: Corey Simon
RB: Duce Staley
DB: Bobby Taylor
OL: Tra Thomas
WR: James Thrash
DB: Troy Vincent
DL: Brandon Whiting
Atlanta Falcons
LB: Keith Brooking
DB: Ray Buchanan
DB: Keion Carpenter
RB: T.J. Duckett
RB: Warrick Dunn
WR: Brian Finneran
DL: Ed Jasper
DL: Patrick Kerney
WR: Peerless Price
QB: Mick Vick
OL: Bob Whitfield
DB: Tyrone Williams
San Francisco 49ers
RB: Kevan Barlow
DL: Andre Carter
QB: Jeff Garcia
RB: Garrison Hearst
OL: Jeremy Newberry
WR: Terrell Owens
DB: Tony Parrish
LB: Julian Peterson
DB: Ahmed Plummer
LB: Derek Smith
OL: Rod Stone
WR: Tai Streets
DL: Bryant Young
NY Giants
DB: Will Allen
RB: Tiki Barber
LB: Mike Barrow
QB: Kerry Collins
WR: Ike Hilliard
DL: Kenny Holmes
LB: Dhani Jones
OL: Luke Petitgout
WR: Jeremy Shockey
DL: Michael Strahan
WR: Amani Toomer
DB: Shaun Williams
Jacksonville Jaguars
WR: Kyle Brady
QB: Mark Brunell
DB: Fernando Bryant
LB: Danny Clark
DB: Donovan Darius
DL: Hugh Douglas
DL: John Henderson
QB: Byron Leftwich
OL: Chris Naeole
LB: Mike Peterson
WR: Jimmy Smith
DL: Marcus Stroud
RB: Fred Taylor
NY Jets
DB: Donnie Abraham
DL: John Abraham
WR: Anthony Becht
WR: Wayne Chrebet
LB: Sam Cowart
DL: Shaun Ellis
LB: Marvin Jones
LB: Mo Lewis
RB: Curtis Martin
OL: Kevin Mawae
WR: Santana Moss
QB: Chad Pennington
Detroit Lions
OL: Jeff Backus
DB: Dre Bly
DL: Kalimba Edwards
DL: Luther Elliss
WR: Az-Zahir Hakim
QB: Joey Harrington
LB: Early Holmes
DL: Robert Porcher
WR: Charles Rogers
DL: Shaun Rogers
WR: Bill Schroeder
RB: James Stewart
Green Bay Packers
LB: Na'il Diggs
WR: Donald Driver
QB: Brett Favre
WR: Bubba Franks
DL: K. Gbaja-Biamila
RB: Ahman Green
RB: William Henderson
DL: Cletidus Hunt
DL: Joe Johnson
DB: Mike McKenzie
DB: Darren Sharper
WR: Javon Walker
Carolina Panthers
RB: Stephen Davis
QB: Jake Delhomme
WR: Kevin Dyson
DB: Deon Grant
DL: Kris Jenkins
DB: Mike Minter
LB: Dan Morgan
WR: Muhsin Muhammad
QB: Rodney Peete
DL: Julius Peppers
DL: Mike Rucker
WR: Steve Smith
OL: Todd Steussie
New England Patriots
QB: Tom Brady
WR: Deion Branch
WR: Troy Brown
LB: Teddy Bruschi
LB: Rosevelt Colvin
DB: Rodney Harrison
DB: Ty Law
WR: David Patten
DL: Richard Seymour
RB: Antowain Smith
DL: Ted Washington
OL: Damien Woody
Oakland Raiders
LB: Eric Barton
WR: Tim Brown
DB: Phillip Buchanon
QB: Rich Gannon
RB: Charlie Garner
OL: Lincoln Kennedy
DL: John Parrella
WR: Jerry Porter
WR: Jerry Rice
LB: Bill Romanowski
DB: Charles Woodson
DB: Rod Woodson
St. Louis Rams
DB: Adam Archuleta
WR: Isaac Bruce
LB: Jamie Duncan
RB: Marshall Faulk
WR: Torry Holt
DL: Leonard Little
OL: Orlando Pace
LB: Tommy Polley
OL: Kyle Turley
QB: Kurt Warner
DB: Aeneas Williams
DL: Grant Wistrom
Baltimore Ravens
QB: Kyle Boller
LB: Peter Boulware
WR: Todd Heap
RB: Jamal Lewis
LB: Ray Lewis
DB: Chris McAlister
OL: Edwin Mulitalo
OL: Jonathan Ogden
QB: Chris Redman
DB: Ed Reed
LB: Terrell Suggs
WR: Travis Taylor
DL: Anthony Weaver
Washington Redskins
LB: Jessie Armstead
DB: Champ Bailey
RB: Trung Canidate
WR: Lavernues Coles
DL: Lional Dalton
WR: Rod Gardner
OL: Jon Jansen
DB: Ifeanyi Ohalete
QB: Patrick Ramsey
OL: Chris Samuels
DL: Bruce Smith
DB: Fred Smoot
LB: Jeremiah Trotter
New Orleans Saints
QB: Aaron Brooks
WR: Ernie Conwell
OL: Wayne Gandy
WR: Joe Horn
DL: Darren Howard
DL: Grady Jackson
DB: Tebucky Jones
RB: Deuce McAllister
WR: James Pathon
LB: Darrin Smith
WR: Donte Stallworth
DL: Jonathan Sullivan
DB: Fred Thomas
Seattle Seahawks
RB: Shaun Alexander
LB: Chad Brown
QB: Trent Dilfer
DL: Norman Hand
QB: Matt Hasselbeck
WR: Darrell Jackson
OL: Walter Jones
WR: Itula Mili
DL: Brandon Mitchell
DL: John Randle
WR: Koren Robinson
LB: Anthony Simmons
DB: Shaun Springs
DB: Reggie Tongue
Pittsburgh Steelers
LB: Kendrell Bell
RB: Jerome Bettis
WR: Plaxico Burress
OL: Alan Faneca
LB: Jason Gildon
DL: Casey Hampton
QB: Tommy Maddox
LB: Joey Porter
WR: Antwaan Randle El
DB: Chad Scott
DL: Aaron Smith
WR: Hines Ward
Houston Texans
WR: Corey Bradford
QB: David Carr
LB: Charlie Clemons
DB: Marcus Coleman
WR: Jabar Gaffney
DB: Aaron Glenn
WR: Andre Johnson
RB: Stacey Mack
DL: Seth Payne
LB: Jamie Sharper
DL: Gary Walker
OL: Zach Wiegert
LB: Kailee Wong
Tennessee Titans
LB: Keith Bulluck
DL: Kevin Carter
RB: Eddie George
DL: Albert Haynesworth
OL: Brad Hopkins
DL: Jevon Kearse
WR: Derrick Mason
QB: Steve McNair
DB: Samari Rolle
DB: Lance Schulters
WR: Frank Wycheck
Minnesota Vikings
WR: D'Wayne Bates
RB: Michael Bennett
LB: Greg Biekert
OL: Matt Birk
LB: Chris Claiborne
LB: Henri Crockett
QB: Daunte Culpepper
DL: Chris Hovan
DL: Kenny Mixon
WR: Randy Moss
DB: Denard Walker
NFL Legends Team (Unlocked after defeating them in the NFL Challenge Mode)
RB: Barry Sanders
RB: Walter Peyton
RB: Larry Csonka
DB: Lester Hayes
DL: Howie Long
DB: Ronnie Lott
DL: William Perry
QB: Ken Stabler
LB: Lawrence Taylor
Soundtrack
- Baby D - "It's Goin Down" (Pre-album release)
- Bravehearts featuring Nas, Lil Jon - "Quick to Back Down"
- DJ Kayslay presents Three 6 Mafia featuring Lil Wyte and Frayser Boy - "Who Gives A..." (Pre-album release)
- Fuel - "Quarter"
- Grafh - "I Don't Care" (Pre-album release)
- Jakk Frost - "This Man" (Pre-album release)
- Korn featuring Nas - "Play Me"
- Killer Mike - "Rap Is Dead"
- Lil Flip - "What's My Name"
- Lostprophets - "Last Train Home" (Pre-album release)
- Wylde Bunch - "Our Life" (Pre-album release)
- Wylde Bunch - "Harder" (Pre-album release)
- X-ecutioners featuring Good Charlotte - "Let's Go"
- X-ecutioners featuring B-Real - "Get With It" (Pre-album release)