Draft Day |
Draft Day
is a sports drama film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Kevin Costner. It
was released on April 11, 2014. The premise revolves around the general manager
of the Cleveland Browns (Costner) deciding what to do when his team acquires
the number one draft pick in the upcoming NFL Draft. Streaming Made Easy
Plot
On the day of the fictionalized 2014 NFL Draft,
the consensus number one pick (as stated by real-life analyst Jon Gruden) is a
University of Wisconsin quarterback, Bo Callahan (Josh Pence),Streaming Made Easy the reigning
Heisman Trophy winner. Cleveland Browns General Manager Sonny Weaver Jr. (Kevin
Costner), whose father coached the Browns, was fired by his son and died a week
before the draft, is holding the seventh overall pick. He is given the
opportunity to trade for the first overall draft pick, movie
streaming held by a fictionalized version of the Seattle
Seahawks (with General Manager Tom Michaels (Patrick St. Esprit) and his boss
and owner Walt (Chi McBride)). Weaver is also recently aware of the pregnancy
of his girlfriend Ali Parker (Jennifer Garner) with his child. Parker also
works for the Browns as a lawyer concerned with ensuring the integrity of the
Browns' salary cap, movie streaming and their relationship is intended
to be secret from the rest of the Browns staff.
Michaels offers the number-one pick to Weaver,
but he declines. However, he later accepts after being told to "make a
splash" by Browns owner Anthony Molina (Frank Langella). The Browns thus
trade their three first-round draft picks over the next three years to the
Seahawks in exchange for the top pick, movie streaming a deal Michaels
believes is good. However, this move angers many Seahawks fans who wanted
Callahan to play for their team. They take to social media to express their
displeasure with Michaels and publicly demands Walt to fire him for it.The move also angers Browns head coach Penn
(Denis Leary),Streaming Made Easy who had wanted to draft running back Ray Jennings (Arian Foster)
for his system offense and the current quarterback, Brian Drew (Tom Welling),
movie streaming who had led the team to a 5–1 start the previous year
before being injured. The news leaks after it is tweeted by Vontae Mack
(Chadwick Boseman), a defensive player for Ohio State who wants to play for the
Browns and who advises Weaver to re-watch the tape of him sacking Callahan four
times in one game to see what Callahan does next. Weaver also turns down a
proposed trade from the Buffalo Bills, as well as inquiry from the Kansas City
Chiefs about the availability of Drew.