Draft Day 🎥 2014 Movie Info

Plot Summary

On the morning of the 2014 NFL draft, Cleveland Browns general manager Sonny Weaver Jr. must decide how to use the seventh overall pick to improve the team, but he has other problems on his mind. His semi-secret girlfriend Ali Parker, the team’s salary cap analyst, is pregnant, and the recent death of Sonny’s father causes tension with his mother. Sonny had fired his father, a legendary coach for the Browns which he later admits was for his mother’s sake because his father refused to retire even with failing health.

The Seattle Seahawks hold the first overall draft pick, which general manager Tom Michaels offers to trade to Sonny; this would allow the Browns to draft highly-rated Wisconsin quarterback prospect Bo Callahan. Sonny initially declines, but after being pressured by team owner Anthony Molina to make a “big-splash”, reluctantly agrees to the deal, trading away the Browns’ first-round draft picks for the current draft plus the next two years. The unexpected opportunity to obtain Callahan excites Browns fans, but splits the team’s front office and players. The trade goes public after a tweet by Ohio State linebacker Vontae Mack, who had been Sonny’s original choice as first pick.

Mack tells Sonny to rewatch game footage of him, saying Callahan playing against each other “Watch me sack him, four times, and then watch what he does.”: although Wisconsin won, Mack had four quarterback sacks on Callahan and forced a fumble that Mack recovered for a touchdown. Callahan’s only major offensive victory took place after Mack was ejected after giving a fan a ball after his touchdown. Sonny begins to have doubts about Callahan’s ability under pressure, and the Browns’ investigations also bring Callahan’s character into question. When the draft begins that evening, Sonny agonizes over the choice before drafting Mack at number one.

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