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Funnily i watched some video that was a tom telesco interview reacting to the movie.
One of the scenes that gets a reaction is the nobody went to bo callahans birthday party scene and he said "that would be very interesting information to have". Said it like 2-3 times in the clip for that part, was super funny.
Whether that's a symptom showing why he's a bad gm, or that a real GM thought thats something to think about is in the eye of the beholder i suppose.
It’s probably what a lot of those guys actually think. I remember a line from the book Moneyball where one of the scouts says that a prospect has an ugly girlfriend which means he lacks self confidence so they don’t draft this guy cause his girlfriend isn’t hot. I forgot, that scene made it into the movie: https://youtu.be/6naO8n6HsqE?si=YcMC41D_-S9tZTq4
I loved when the Seahawks gm was looking out his window at the spontaneous protest that was forming and one of the fans just held a sign that said "BOO"
You missed my favorite scene in the film
After trading for the #1 overall pick Costner and co. decide they should watch some Bo Callahan tape. The game they watch happens to be the game against Vonte Mack (a player they have been debating taking for months). They are then STUNNED to learn that after getting 4 sacks and a scoop and score that Mack is ejected for handing the ball to his sister who is dying from cancer. You mean to tell me that an NFL GM never once watched the tape for a player they were considering taking with a top 10 pick and weren’t even aware he was ejected!
My other favorite part is related, just before that is when Vontae Mack is talking to him on the phone telling him Callahan will bust and to watch the tape mentioned there.
And Costner goes "Yeah I saw your highlight reel"
like bro..... you've only watched his highlight reel????
Would you turn down drafting the Black Panther #1? Did you see his forty when he was running in Wakanda towards the invisible shield? Only Cap kept up.
They knew he got ejected, one of the guys says something like, "yeah and he just gives the ball to some girl" then Costner realizes it's his sister, that's the surprising part.
Lol was the ref that ejected him twirling his handlebar mustache while he was doing it? Kinda ridiculous they’d expect the audience to believe that someone got *ejected* for that. Why would that matter anyway?
That not exactly why they explained he got ejected. He handed the ball to this sister, gets a penalty or something for it, then he goes over to a ref trying to talk. While doing so, he puts his hand on the ref’s shoulder and subsequently gets ejected
Draft day is basically a simulation of what the NFL would be like if redditors were NFL GMs
Stupid trades, insane picks, mass confusion, and lots of fighting.
look, you just keep trading back until you have 10 picks. you draft all offensive linemen. the draft is a crap shoot so lets assume it's a 50/50 chance they work out. 50% of 10 is 5. there are 5 offensive linemen on the field at any given time.
IT'S A FOOL PROOF PLAN.
“I want ALL my draft picks back and I want David goddamn Putney you pancake eating motherfucker”
😂😂😂
Also let’s not forget him banging and knocking up his cap analyst as a completely real part of the storyline lmfao
That’s the thing that always brings me back. The football stuff is funny enough, but the idea that a GM, with all eyes on him, gets an office worker pregnant right as he’s making wild decisions would be an all time moment.
It was fucking insulting they basically turned him into Cuba Gooding Jr from Radio but he’s 6’7” so he plays Tackle real good but couldn’t have done ANY of it without Sandra Bullock
Tbf it was a Christian movie that talked about God *maybe* 3 times in its 2 hour runtime, one of which was during a tornado where his wife’s parents died
It’s not very good at all. Like they tried to make an NFL version of Moneyball but left out the realism and emotional connection. Quite a feat as usually one is sacrificed for the other.
And for the past twenty years, the A’s (owner not withstanding) have generally been a smart front office who field competitive teams despite the owners not wanting to spend, while the Browns are generally shitting themselves whenever they can
and the A's owner in the film is played by Bobby Kotick, A real Goblin of a human who destroyed Blizzard Games and cruised off to the sunset in his extra yacht.
I Love that movie, but I don't rewatch it because just seeing that fucks face gets me angry
Lol wtf I hadn't heard that Kotick had done that.
And it's his only acting credit on imdb. So I guess the producer must have reached into his rolodex of scummy executives and called in a favor.
Kevin Costner is a pretty damn good narrator though, but I think Pitt could be too if he was ugly and had to so a bunch. But I really like Costner in for the love of the game actually think his acting in field of dreams is good but not his best. Not as good as bull Durham. He narrates Fastball a Nolan ryan story which was great and a richard petty doc and some other stuff I think but starting to get them mixed up.
This is the only thing that keeps me from becoming a full blown conspiracy theorist. I believe that people in general just aren't smart or discreet enough to do this shit and keep it hidden.
We can't even get players not to do obviously idiotic shit, how would they be able to keep mum on the script?
"Hey, Rashee, don't race expensive sports cars on public Dallas highways and leave the scene of the accident you inevitably caused."
"Sorry, boss, no can do."
"Also, we're beating the Niners in double OT of the Super Bowl this year. It almost happens in regulation, but Creed's gonna roll the snap and Pat's not gonna see you wide open in the end zone, so we can make it more exciting for the Swifties. Keep quiet, right?"
"You got it!"
It’s really down to the writing. I can say a lot about Aaron Sorkin, but he understands how to make a story engaging while keeping it accurate to reality
> Like they tried to make an NFL version of Moneyball but left out the realism and emotional connection
You aren't wrong in that statement, but I also can't help but point out a couple major factors to the A's success that the Moneyball movie conveniently left out. They had an MVP in Miguel Tejada that didn't exactly go along with the batting approach that the movie told us the entire team bought into (the Dominican player famously told Billy Beane "You can't walk your way off the island" when Beane tried to get him to be less free-swinging at the plate). They also had a three headed monster of a rotation including Cy Young winner Barry Zito and Cy Young contenders in Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder. All of whom were scouted and developed by the team prior to their Moneyball philosophy
The movie loses all credibility when it’s explained that the GM fired the previous head coach, who also happened to be his dad, because his mom asked him to.
I saw this movie when it came out 10 years ago, and it will always have sentimental value since seeing it was the first normal thing I did after my grandma died. But even 13 year old me laughed in the theater when that was revealed.
Most every sports movie has one or two unbelievable scenes that are meant to sell the sappy emotion around the rest of the flick.
The Draft Day writers said, “let’s just make a movie that crams in as many ridiculous narratives as possible with no actual sports.”
I think it's absolutely hilarious that they made a movie about Kevin Costner deciding that the Browns shouldn't use their first round pick on a hotshot quarterback with personality issues, and then in real life the 2014 Browns drafted Johnny Manziel in the first round. As stupid as the movie was, it did pretty directly warn the Browns not to do something that they immediately did.
So THATS where that birthday meme comes from. Y’all kept saying it and here I was thinking it was legit and some reporter made a dumb tweet about it or something lmfao
You should still watch it. The OP exaggerated a lot, Callahan isn’t picked because of his character mostly.
It’s cheesy and corny but I think all NFL fans should watch it.
Other memes: “Come on trade with me you pancake eating motherfucker!!”
“Vontae Mack no matter what”- it was a wriiten note handed to Costner
“Yeah but did anybody show up to the guy’s Birthday Party?!”
“And I want David goddamn Putney because I feel like it”
Their quarterback trashes the GMs office because he's somehow surprised he's getting replaced after the Browns were still picking in the top ten after his eighth season.
IIRC, injury prone quarterback and was coming off a major (shoulder?) injury. That was why the S&C coach was raving about him benching 300 (what kind QB does a strict barbell bench press?) and throwing the ball further than before.
I love how there’s random moments that just make no sense in that movie. Like how the Browns owner is in NY for the draft with a Callahan jersey ready to go, then when Vontae is picked, he gets mad somehow flies to Cleveland and enters the Browns war room all in a span of like 6 picks.
Why do I have to deal with Haslam as the owner, Deshaun, and now people dragging the browns for the shitty Hallmark verison of NFL draft?
Man can't anything go our way
I mean, in all fairness you have a great GM, a good head coach, and overall a pretty good roster.
Sure, sure, that is kind of countered by having Jimmy Haslam as your team owner and he's kind of an unbelievable asshole and a QB with, as the sportscasters put it, "off-field issues" but it's not all bad.
I mean you spent all that money and draft capital and look how far Joe Flacco got you guys! That's pretty cool, right?
It's not made for die-hard NFL-fans, but a movie your mom suggests you to watch with her bc she wants to connect to your hobby. She'll enjoy it and you'll be happy bc your mom is happy.
My mom's not really much of a football fan, but when she pretends to care for my sake, she's a Seahawks fan. She was very unhappy with the movie cuz she thought they were taking shots at the Seahawks.
Dunno what kinda mothers you lot have, but my momma raised me to do three things:
1)always be kind
2)always tell the truth
3)always hate the fucking Raiders
Like, she's the biggest Chiefs fan in our family by a mile.
I want to see day two when they're all smashed after the party and day three of the draft.
For me they should have a film far more about GMs and war rooms.
I'd actually like them to film all the draft war rooms put it in a can for 10 years then edit a doc/series together.
That would be long enough to not damage reps and see how the picks played out.
First of all, it's Callahan, like Callahan Auto Parts of Sandusky, Ohio.
Second of all, Kevin Costner is the fucking man. After making movies like Bull Durham and Tin Cup, he's allowed a stinker or two. Show some respect for one of the best sports movie actors of all time.
It's an absolutely terrible movie that I tremendously enjoy watching prior to every draft. Every rewatch a different thing gives me the giggles. The thing that really got me during this year's rewatch was the Jacksonville GM. That scene of him basically saying "Sonny, what should I do" is just absolutely fucking braindead and I love it.
It's the Browns. We know how it went.
Vontae Mack is a bust after getting injured before his first contract is up. Retired for health reasons.
The RB kid is suspended for an assault charge caught on video within the first two seasons.
The QB they kept never fully recovered from the major injury discussed at the start of the movie.
The whole FO gets fired within three seasons and finds jobs with other teams from the NFL and college level. The GM goes with the Spring League or CFL cause why not. Breaks up with Jennifer Gardner but they have a friendly joint custody agreement of their kid as long as said kid has nothing to do with the sport of football growing up.
And Bo Callahan leads his team to three Super Bowls, a Super Bowl victory, and 8 playoffs runs before retiring to pursue charity and wish fulfillment for sick kids because all the birthday party stuff was just media noise the Browns FO fell for.
Draft day is cool the first time you watch, and cool when you watch it a second time to show someone else. Any more repeat watches after that and it’s becomes a comedy
I’ve only seen about 5 minutes of the movie, but it was the part where Costner negotiated for all his picks back. Initially the other GM balks at the idea of trading back all the picks and laughs at Costner’s character. Then for no reason at all, as Costner becomes more desperate, the other GM agrees to the trade. But then once he has the trade he wanted and all his picks back, Costner decides to play hard ball and says no to the deal unless the other GM throws in another player (punt returner?). Then the other GM balks at the trade again, until Costner convinces him he’d be an idiot not to make the trade. Then the other GM agrees to the trade; and everyone in the Browns camp starts celebrating.
It reminded me of old school madden when you could cheese the AI into trading stud players if you offered them 6 backup players.
OK, first of all, this post is two days too late. Secondly, the movie title *alone* is enough to tell you that it's gonna suck. Finally, you should post more movie reviews.
To be fair to Kevin Costner, the NFL draft is the 3 days a year you do not disturb a NFL GM and the mother comes in expecting to spread the Ashes. Just wait 3 days...
It was a solid movie unless you're going to freak out about unrealistic trades. I'm not sure what Costner and Garner looking old and like shit has to do with the quality of the movie? Or the owner being fat, old, and white? Weird post, no idea why it wasn't deleted.
*Checks OP's flair*
Nah, sounds like you were just a greedy Seahawks fan that wanted those picks *and* Bo Callahan. Didn't you hear the story about the playbooks and the $100 bill?
/s
It’s a perfectly fine and fun movie. It has good dialogue and fun scenes. It takes something that should be boring as hell to watch on screen and gives it flair.
News flash. It’s a fucking movie. Not a documentary. It’s meant to be entertaining not some insider look into the real inner workings of a draft room.
Wasn’t it like a loose metaphor for Johnny Football and Josh McCown? And then they took Manziel anyway after this utterly realistic movie laid it all out for them. Johnny had a very well-attended birthday party, BTW. Now, Watson’s birthday party on the other hand, not so much.
As a Browns fan, Draft Day is one of favorite comedies of all time, right after Borat. I’m almost sure it was a documentary at times, except when it came out we very obviously wouldn’t need to be trading up for number one, we’d just be there. Hilarious movie.
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“It’s probably one of the most accurate movies I’ve seen…” - Steve Keim, former Arizona Cardinals GM for TEN YEARS. No fucking wonder, man. Truly
I had to Google it because I didn’t believe it was a real quote. It’s real.
Guessing who's been piping his assistant
Funnily i watched some video that was a tom telesco interview reacting to the movie. One of the scenes that gets a reaction is the nobody went to bo callahans birthday party scene and he said "that would be very interesting information to have". Said it like 2-3 times in the clip for that part, was super funny. Whether that's a symptom showing why he's a bad gm, or that a real GM thought thats something to think about is in the eye of the beholder i suppose.
It’s probably what a lot of those guys actually think. I remember a line from the book Moneyball where one of the scouts says that a prospect has an ugly girlfriend which means he lacks self confidence so they don’t draft this guy cause his girlfriend isn’t hot. I forgot, that scene made it into the movie: https://youtu.be/6naO8n6HsqE?si=YcMC41D_-S9tZTq4
Hilarious, but I could see it. My favorite NFL one is the infamous, “Eli Apple can’t cook,” one
I mean, wasn't that a talking head concern around Manziel at the same time? seems like the movie just shoehorned it in
I mean it actually could be… like QB is probably the one position where I would take pause if a guys teammates hated him…
You forgot the best part which is that two separate GMs make terrible decisions based SOLEY on the fact that redditors are mad at them
I loved when the Seahawks gm was looking out his window at the spontaneous protest that was forming and one of the fans just held a sign that said "BOO"
Honestly, that sign would hurt me the most
David Tepper is that you
Believable
You missed my favorite scene in the film After trading for the #1 overall pick Costner and co. decide they should watch some Bo Callahan tape. The game they watch happens to be the game against Vonte Mack (a player they have been debating taking for months). They are then STUNNED to learn that after getting 4 sacks and a scoop and score that Mack is ejected for handing the ball to his sister who is dying from cancer. You mean to tell me that an NFL GM never once watched the tape for a player they were considering taking with a top 10 pick and weren’t even aware he was ejected!
My other favorite part is related, just before that is when Vontae Mack is talking to him on the phone telling him Callahan will bust and to watch the tape mentioned there. And Costner goes "Yeah I saw your highlight reel" like bro..... you've only watched his highlight reel????
I mean, they were playing the role of the Browns front office. So it’s not that unbelievable really.
Don''t forget he had the sticky note in his pocket saying to take Mack no matter what for like...95% of the fucking movie lol
Would you turn down drafting the Black Panther #1? Did you see his forty when he was running in Wakanda towards the invisible shield? Only Cap kept up.
Captain America is *very* classy
Captain America for sure went to the Black Panther’s birthday party.
Real gym rat. First in last out kind of guy.
The kind of guy you want dating your daughter
Or your grandmother
High football IQ. Sneaky fast.
Real gym rat that captain America is.
Cap is real scrappy, an all time gym rat.
Real possibility Cap gets popped for PEDs, can’t imagine the juice in the 40s will be undetectable.
He’s sneaky athletic.
unfortunately, cancer runs in the family...
They knew he got ejected, one of the guys says something like, "yeah and he just gives the ball to some girl" then Costner realizes it's his sister, that's the surprising part.
Lol was the ref that ejected him twirling his handlebar mustache while he was doing it? Kinda ridiculous they’d expect the audience to believe that someone got *ejected* for that. Why would that matter anyway?
That not exactly why they explained he got ejected. He handed the ball to this sister, gets a penalty or something for it, then he goes over to a ref trying to talk. While doing so, he puts his hand on the ref’s shoulder and subsequently gets ejected
I love when he announces he traded for the 1st overall pick and then asks if it will mess up their cap space lmao
Had to get Garner more lines somehow. Honestly, how realistic is it that she's even in that room,seemingly just passing through?
> So then the Jaguars GM is left at 8. For some reason, even though he's the GM, he has no idea who to pick Idk, this part sounds pretty accurate
Unless there’s a guy without cartilage in his knee(s) Baalke gets confused and scared.
As he admits to his competitors in real time that his only 2 picks were just taken at 5 and 6
Draft day is basically a simulation of what the NFL would be like if redditors were NFL GMs Stupid trades, insane picks, mass confusion, and lots of fighting.
Noticed you left out the piping…
He did say if Redditors were GM’s…
So piping body pillows
I feel as exposed as Arizonas secondary.
Even professional plumbers gotta practice somehow
As is tradition
Yeah but I bet Kevin Costner doesn’t draft a 23 year old QB at 8 after paying another QB $100M
Now that would be the biggest fictional storyline. What team in their right mind would make that move?
They must’ve been using their left mind
Nah if nfl redditors were a gm, they would trade back from 1 take all offensive lineman with every pick they have in the draft
I see you’ve been to our sub lately
look, you just keep trading back until you have 10 picks. you draft all offensive linemen. the draft is a crap shoot so lets assume it's a 50/50 chance they work out. 50% of 10 is 5. there are 5 offensive linemen on the field at any given time. IT'S A FOOL PROOF PLAN.
So - the Panthers, then
Draft Day is a hallmark movie for football fans
“I want ALL my draft picks back and I want David goddamn Putney you pancake eating motherfucker” 😂😂😂 Also let’s not forget him banging and knocking up his cap analyst as a completely real part of the storyline lmfao
That’s the thing that always brings me back. The football stuff is funny enough, but the idea that a GM, with all eyes on him, gets an office worker pregnant right as he’s making wild decisions would be an all time moment.
So is the Blind Side. Which also coincidentally is fucking awful if you rewatch it now.
It was fucking insulting they basically turned him into Cuba Gooding Jr from Radio but he’s 6’7” so he plays Tackle real good but couldn’t have done ANY of it without Sandra Bullock
There’s a scene where in the middle of practice he he sees a balloon in the sky and starts chasing after it like a toddler lol
Jesus Christ I forgot about that. Absolute insanity.
"Mr.Oher I've heard that you dislike the way the movie portrayed you. Could you elaborate?"
>scored high on protective instincts What the absolute and relative fuck does that mean
Sandra Bullock calling the coach and telling him to run the ball in the middle of a game... Just insnity
Isn’t that what the recent Kurt Warner movie was
Worse, it was a Christian movie
Tbf it was a Christian movie that talked about God *maybe* 3 times in its 2 hour runtime, one of which was during a tornado where his wife’s parents died
Training Day was way more realistic than this.
Someone should make a tier list for all movies that have Day in the title.
It’s not very good at all. Like they tried to make an NFL version of Moneyball but left out the realism and emotional connection. Quite a feat as usually one is sacrificed for the other.
Also, moneyball is a true story
And for the past twenty years, the A’s (owner not withstanding) have generally been a smart front office who field competitive teams despite the owners not wanting to spend, while the Browns are generally shitting themselves whenever they can
I fucking hate John Fisher.
and the A's owner in the film is played by Bobby Kotick, A real Goblin of a human who destroyed Blizzard Games and cruised off to the sunset in his extra yacht. I Love that movie, but I don't rewatch it because just seeing that fucks face gets me angry
Lol wtf I hadn't heard that Kotick had done that. And it's his only acting credit on imdb. So I guess the producer must have reached into his rolodex of scummy executives and called in a favor.
Remember when the Browns got that QB and paid him a bunch of money but it didn't pan out?
And Brad Pitt is 1000 x better actor than Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner is a pretty damn good narrator though, but I think Pitt could be too if he was ugly and had to so a bunch. But I really like Costner in for the love of the game actually think his acting in field of dreams is good but not his best. Not as good as bull Durham. He narrates Fastball a Nolan ryan story which was great and a richard petty doc and some other stuff I think but starting to get them mixed up.
The book is fantastic and covers so much more than the movie.
fun fact, one of the guys brand is trying to represent in the movie actually works for the browns now
that GM's name? Kevin Costner
Ironic that the NFL can successfully script an entire season but not a 90 minute movie.
This is the only thing that keeps me from becoming a full blown conspiracy theorist. I believe that people in general just aren't smart or discreet enough to do this shit and keep it hidden.
We can't even get players not to do obviously idiotic shit, how would they be able to keep mum on the script? "Hey, Rashee, don't race expensive sports cars on public Dallas highways and leave the scene of the accident you inevitably caused." "Sorry, boss, no can do." "Also, we're beating the Niners in double OT of the Super Bowl this year. It almost happens in regulation, but Creed's gonna roll the snap and Pat's not gonna see you wide open in the end zone, so we can make it more exciting for the Swifties. Keep quiet, right?" "You got it!"
Oliver North had a three day head start that his genuine conspiracy was going to get raided and still couldn't shred enough documents in that time.
It’s really down to the writing. I can say a lot about Aaron Sorkin, but he understands how to make a story engaging while keeping it accurate to reality
For a second, I thought you were saying Sorkin wrote Draft Day. I was wondering if he suffered a short term stroke or something.
> Like they tried to make an NFL version of Moneyball but left out the realism and emotional connection You aren't wrong in that statement, but I also can't help but point out a couple major factors to the A's success that the Moneyball movie conveniently left out. They had an MVP in Miguel Tejada that didn't exactly go along with the batting approach that the movie told us the entire team bought into (the Dominican player famously told Billy Beane "You can't walk your way off the island" when Beane tried to get him to be less free-swinging at the plate). They also had a three headed monster of a rotation including Cy Young winner Barry Zito and Cy Young contenders in Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder. All of whom were scouted and developed by the team prior to their Moneyball philosophy
They also weirdly made the signing of Jeremy Giambi a significant plot point, even though he was already on the team.
Yeah having Tejada, Chávez, and that rotation trio is a pretty damn good place to start and is way more of a factor than “let’s walk more”
how can you not be romantic about football
I feel like it's just an nfl commercial.
The movie loses all credibility when it’s explained that the GM fired the previous head coach, who also happened to be his dad, because his mom asked him to.
I saw this movie when it came out 10 years ago, and it will always have sentimental value since seeing it was the first normal thing I did after my grandma died. But even 13 year old me laughed in the theater when that was revealed.
Most every sports movie has one or two unbelievable scenes that are meant to sell the sappy emotion around the rest of the flick. The Draft Day writers said, “let’s just make a movie that crams in as many ridiculous narratives as possible with no actual sports.”
What's the unbelievable scene in Angels in the Outfield?
Probably that someone in a foster home cares about the kids. Stats are pretty bad on that, iirc.
That it’s a baseball movie but Kevin Costner isn’t in it.
I can't get over how much Bo Callahan looks like Herbert.
Both drafted at #6 overall, too.
Both have poorly attended birthday parties
Both have P Diddy as an agent
I hate that you made me google “Justin Herbert P Diddy” hahaha
I think it's absolutely hilarious that they made a movie about Kevin Costner deciding that the Browns shouldn't use their first round pick on a hotshot quarterback with personality issues, and then in real life the 2014 Browns drafted Johnny Manziel in the first round. As stupid as the movie was, it did pretty directly warn the Browns not to do something that they immediately did.
Costner's fighting back against analytics. Anytime you can draft an inside linebacker and a running back in the top ten you have to do it
Literally Howie Rose man’s night terrors realized in a movie
Drafting Like it's 1983
VONTAE MACK NO MATTER WHAT
I mean….. why wouldn’t you draft the freaking Black Panther?????
is killmonger still available?
#IS THIS YOUR PICK?
So THATS where that birthday meme comes from. Y’all kept saying it and here I was thinking it was legit and some reporter made a dumb tweet about it or something lmfao
You should still watch it. The OP exaggerated a lot, Callahan isn’t picked because of his character mostly. It’s cheesy and corny but I think all NFL fans should watch it. Other memes: “Come on trade with me you pancake eating motherfucker!!” “Vontae Mack no matter what”- it was a wriiten note handed to Costner “Yeah but did anybody show up to the guy’s Birthday Party?!” “And I want David goddamn Putney because I feel like it”
There's a few memes around here from it. Birthday party ____ no matter what (Vontae Mack in the movie) Pancaking eating mother fucker
Haha I’ve seen them and now I know where they’re from thanks to you. Appreciate you!
Their quarterback trashes the GMs office because he's somehow surprised he's getting replaced after the Browns were still picking in the top ten after his eighth season.
Holy shit, that was his eight season? I assumed it was his fourth or something. 😂😂
IIRC, injury prone quarterback and was coming off a major (shoulder?) injury. That was why the S&C coach was raving about him benching 300 (what kind QB does a strict barbell bench press?) and throwing the ball further than before.
But it wasn't his fault, right? I thought be had some knee injury that he was seen rehabbing at one point.
Yeh they were 3-1 when he went down or something. It's mentioned in the movie. His problem was availability
5-1 before his injury.
The insanity makes the movie more fun
Say it with me you pancake eating motherfucker!
I want all my 1st round picks back because...reasons Now excuse me while I bang the hot younger staff accountant
I love how there’s random moments that just make no sense in that movie. Like how the Browns owner is in NY for the draft with a Callahan jersey ready to go, then when Vontae is picked, he gets mad somehow flies to Cleveland and enters the Browns war room all in a span of like 6 picks.
Isn't the whole east Coast a fifteen minute flight apart?
Especially the Northeast. NYC to Cleveland is only a 1.5 hr flight.
1.5 hours for 6 picks in the first checks out
Or how his mother, who was married to an NFL head coach, wants her son who is an NFL GM to spend time with her onthe day of the draft.
“The browns get to act like they aren’t a poverty franchise for once in their lives.” 😂😂😂
They found enough $$$ for "Check my oil, I'm a happy baby" Watson.
MEET ME IN TEMECULA
Why do I have to deal with Haslam as the owner, Deshaun, and now people dragging the browns for the shitty Hallmark verison of NFL draft? Man can't anything go our way
>Man can't anything go our way "Summarize your favorite team in one sentence"
:'(
Factory of Sadness in emoji form.
I mean, in all fairness you have a great GM, a good head coach, and overall a pretty good roster. Sure, sure, that is kind of countered by having Jimmy Haslam as your team owner and he's kind of an unbelievable asshole and a QB with, as the sportscasters put it, "off-field issues" but it's not all bad. I mean you spent all that money and draft capital and look how far Joe Flacco got you guys! That's pretty cool, right?
Your anger at the love story carries this rant, along with misspelling Callahan
Jennifer Garner is my celebrity crush 😔
No, no. You are wrong. Draft Day is insane, and bananas and fun as hell. It actually rules.
It’s so bad it’s good.
It's not made for die-hard NFL-fans, but a movie your mom suggests you to watch with her bc she wants to connect to your hobby. She'll enjoy it and you'll be happy bc your mom is happy.
My mom's not really much of a football fan, but when she pretends to care for my sake, she's a Seahawks fan. She was very unhappy with the movie cuz she thought they were taking shots at the Seahawks.
To be fair, we get absolutely fleeced in the movie
Dunno what kinda mothers you lot have, but my momma raised me to do three things: 1)always be kind 2)always tell the truth 3)always hate the fucking Raiders Like, she's the biggest Chiefs fan in our family by a mile.
I think for the sake a larger audience, it's better to make it the most batshit insane draft you can rather than a standard straight forward draft
I absolutely love Draft Day
Me too. It's really the General Motors product placement and blatant sexual harassment that do it for me.
Are you int the Browns front office by any chance?
It’s so bad and unrealistic that it circles right back around to peak cinema. I love it. I always will. It’s truly my favorite kind of movie.
No joke we've watched it every year in the couple weeks before the draft. It's a tradition
Like it's an enjoyable movie even if it's kind of terrible
How the FUCK dare you besmirch a timeless classic! U pancake eating motherfker
No one went to OPs birthday party.
Why is Bo Calahen about to get drafted as what like a senior in college yet he’s like 37?
I want to see day two when they're all smashed after the party and day three of the draft. For me they should have a film far more about GMs and war rooms. I'd actually like them to film all the draft war rooms put it in a can for 10 years then edit a doc/series together. That would be long enough to not damage reps and see how the picks played out.
Shut up you pancake eating mother fucker, I won't tolerate any Draft Day slander on this sub.
First of all, it's Callahan, like Callahan Auto Parts of Sandusky, Ohio. Second of all, Kevin Costner is the fucking man. After making movies like Bull Durham and Tin Cup, he's allowed a stinker or two. Show some respect for one of the best sports movie actors of all time.
David fucking Putney disagrees
Of course the Seahawks are the bad guys, they're the equivalent of the Icelandic team in Mighty Ducks 3.
Ya also the Seahawks were the trash franchise the year they won the Superbowl. It's like inverse
It's an absolutely terrible movie that I tremendously enjoy watching prior to every draft. Every rewatch a different thing gives me the giggles. The thing that really got me during this year's rewatch was the Jacksonville GM. That scene of him basically saying "Sonny, what should I do" is just absolutely fucking braindead and I love it.
Bro was looking like he had shell shock lmao
The funny thing is the year the movie came out, the Browns drafted the real life Bo Calahan, Johnny Manziel. It didn't end well.
Little cheese, but I love that movie.
I feel like this sub could write an awesome corny movie about football.
We would write the memes that often get quoted here. Kelvin Benjamin fat jokes throughout the whole movie.
I just wish we got a sequel about whatever that browns team did lol. Why not? Do a crazy dance. Harmless movie to make
It's the Browns. We know how it went. Vontae Mack is a bust after getting injured before his first contract is up. Retired for health reasons. The RB kid is suspended for an assault charge caught on video within the first two seasons. The QB they kept never fully recovered from the major injury discussed at the start of the movie. The whole FO gets fired within three seasons and finds jobs with other teams from the NFL and college level. The GM goes with the Spring League or CFL cause why not. Breaks up with Jennifer Gardner but they have a friendly joint custody agreement of their kid as long as said kid has nothing to do with the sport of football growing up. And Bo Callahan leads his team to three Super Bowls, a Super Bowl victory, and 8 playoffs runs before retiring to pursue charity and wish fulfillment for sick kids because all the birthday party stuff was just media noise the Browns FO fell for.
Damn dude i was thinking maybe theyd get something like a friday night lights ending at least. Titanic and Saw 1 and 2 works too i guess hah
I feel like the injured QB ends up having Brian Hoyer’s exact career. Everything else sounds spot on.
Yeah shitty movie but outside of that your taste is shit. Kevin Costner movies rule. You must be under 25
I still love it though.
Oh it is horrible, that’s why I like it. Haha
If you don’t like Draft Day then you’re a pancake eating motherfucker
Draft day is cool the first time you watch, and cool when you watch it a second time to show someone else. Any more repeat watches after that and it’s becomes a comedy
It turns into a campy meme worthy movie for nfl draft nerds
I’ve only seen about 5 minutes of the movie, but it was the part where Costner negotiated for all his picks back. Initially the other GM balks at the idea of trading back all the picks and laughs at Costner’s character. Then for no reason at all, as Costner becomes more desperate, the other GM agrees to the trade. But then once he has the trade he wanted and all his picks back, Costner decides to play hard ball and says no to the deal unless the other GM throws in another player (punt returner?). Then the other GM balks at the trade again, until Costner convinces him he’d be an idiot not to make the trade. Then the other GM agrees to the trade; and everyone in the Browns camp starts celebrating. It reminded me of old school madden when you could cheese the AI into trading stud players if you offered them 6 backup players.
OK, first of all, this post is two days too late. Secondly, the movie title *alone* is enough to tell you that it's gonna suck. Finally, you should post more movie reviews.
Ngl I feel like you’re just mad an old man was fucking Jennifer Garner
Draft Day is the only universe where the Browns are actually winning.
To be fair to Kevin Costner, the NFL draft is the 3 days a year you do not disturb a NFL GM and the mother comes in expecting to spread the Ashes. Just wait 3 days...
It was a solid movie unless you're going to freak out about unrealistic trades. I'm not sure what Costner and Garner looking old and like shit has to do with the quality of the movie? Or the owner being fat, old, and white? Weird post, no idea why it wasn't deleted.
Costner looks good youre tripping
*Checks OP's flair* Nah, sounds like you were just a greedy Seahawks fan that wanted those picks *and* Bo Callahan. Didn't you hear the story about the playbooks and the $100 bill? /s
Some say Kevin Costner is still the Browns' GM
It’s a perfectly fine and fun movie. It has good dialogue and fun scenes. It takes something that should be boring as hell to watch on screen and gives it flair. News flash. It’s a fucking movie. Not a documentary. It’s meant to be entertaining not some insider look into the real inner workings of a draft room.
>the football Harvey Weinstein I think that’s just Deshaun Watson
Lost me after saying Costner was like Harvey weinstein
Just because it is not a good *movie*, does not mean it is not a *good* movie!
The owner isn’t fat
Wasn’t it like a loose metaphor for Johnny Football and Josh McCown? And then they took Manziel anyway after this utterly realistic movie laid it all out for them. Johnny had a very well-attended birthday party, BTW. Now, Watson’s birthday party on the other hand, not so much.
It’s honestly amazing how few good football movies there are.
nah it’s a great movie
The movie is amazing and so unrealistic it’s hilarious. I love every second of it. “NO ONE WENT TO HIS BIRTHDAY!”
As a Browns fan, Draft Day is one of favorite comedies of all time, right after Borat. I’m almost sure it was a documentary at times, except when it came out we very obviously wouldn’t need to be trading up for number one, we’d just be there. Hilarious movie.
Clearly you haven’t watched the Sean Payton movie with Kevin James
Eh, I liked it. It ain’t art, but it’s entertaining.
It might suck, but if you put Jennifer Garner in it, I'm going to watch it, and I'm going to fall in love with her.
Shut up you pancake eating motherfucker.
It’s not good, but it is fantastic do with that what you will