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* XanatosSpeedChess: Sonny is forced to play this during the Draft after he makes his first overall pick, to ensure his initial choice to trade away his team’s first-round picks for the next three years won't have disastrous consequences. [[He ends up being able to get those picks back, plus a special teams punt returner, in exchange for the sixth overall pick that he traded the Browns’ next three years’ second-round picks for. This ensured that Seattle’s GM could select Bo Callahan, who he wanted from the start, and the Browns could get a second first-round pick, which Sonny then used to get the player Coach Penn had been fighting to sign: Ray Jennings.]]
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* XanatosSpeedChess: Sonny is forced to play this during the Draft after he makes his first overall pick, to ensure his initial choice to trade away his team’s first-round picks for the next three years won't have disastrous consequences. [[He [[spoiler:He ends up being able to get those picks back, plus a special teams punt returner, in exchange for the sixth overall pick that he traded the Browns’ next three years’ second-round picks for. This ensured that Seattle’s GM could select Bo Callahan, who he wanted from the start, and the Browns could get a second first-round pick, which Sonny then used to get the player Coach Penn had been fighting to sign: Ray Jennings.]]
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''Draft Day'' is a 2014 American sports drama film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Creator/KevinCostner. The premise revolves around the challenges faced by the fictional general manager of the Cleveland Browns (Costner) and in the final hours before the 2014 UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Draft.
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''Draft Day'' is a 2014 American sports drama film directed by Ivan Reitman Creator/IvanReitman (his final directorial effort) and starring Creator/KevinCostner. The premise revolves around the challenges faced by the fictional general manager of the Cleveland Browns (Costner) and in the final hours before the 2014 UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Draft.
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* ArtisticLicenseSports: Vontae calling Sonny and telling him to rewatch the game where he sacks Bo four times, but still lost. He tells Sonny this so Sonny will see Bo start to crack under the pressure, which is treated as a EurekaMoment. But the idea that no one noticed that before then is ludicrous: It's the job of every NFL scouting department to spot that sort of thing. If it were that obvious, the TV announce team would've spotted it. Not to mention, since the film shows Vontae losing his cool and getting ejected before Bo's breakdown, all it would tell Sonny is why Bo shouldn't be #1, not why he (Vontae) ''should.'' Not to mention, someone on Bo's coaching staff would've gotten the word out on that kind of red flag, as much to warn potential teams as to try and make sure whoever did draft him would know Bo might need extra handling.
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** The $100 bill trick is a clear call back to the [[https://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/04/nfl-draft-bust-jamarcus-russell-blank-dvd-story-raiders Jamarcus Russell Blank DVD incident]].
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* AmbiguousSituation: Did all of Bo's teammates really not attend his 21st birthday party, and if so, why? Sonny suspects that Bo doesn't get along with his team, but Bo gets out of explaining by claiming to have no memory of that night. Sonny has to concede that it's a plausible excuse -- he doesn't remember his 21st birthday party either -- and while he ends up trusting his instincts about Bo, his suspicions are never confirmed.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Did all of Bo's teammates really not attend his 21st birthday party, and if so, why? Sonny suspects that Bo doesn't get along with his team, but Bo gets out of explaining by claiming to have no memory of that night. Sonny has to concede that it's a plausible excuse -- he doesn't remember his 21st birthday party either -- and while he ends up trusting his instincts about Bo, his suspicions are never confirmed.confirmed, and we don't find out whether Bo makes it in the pros.
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* CentralTheme: Dealing with pressure. All three of the featured prospects are questioned about it (Callahan's reactions to being sacked or not being drafted, Jennings losing his head and joining a gang brawl, Mack touching a ref and being ejected), and of course the GMs taking advantage of one another while each is panicking at one point.
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* CentralTheme: Dealing with pressure. All three of the featured prospects are questioned about it (Callahan's reactions to being sacked or not being drafted, Jennings losing his head and joining a gang brawl, Mack touching a ref and being ejected), and of course the GMs taking general managers all trying to take advantage of one another while each is panicking at one point.various points.
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* DueToTheDead: Sonny's mother and ex-wide show up, on the busiest day of his calendar, demanding to spread his father's ashes on the practice field outside his window.
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* DueToTheDead: Sonny's mother and ex-wide ex-wife show up, on the busiest day of his calendar, demanding to spread his father's ashes on the practice field outside his window.
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* TearsOfJoy: Vontae when he is drafted [[spoiler:as the first overall pick]].
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* TearsOfJoy: Vontae Vontae, when he slips out of his BSoD after his name is drafted [[spoiler:as called as the first overall pick]].pick. He’s so overwhelmed by what being first means for him and his family that he can’t even manage to speak other than sobbing out Sonny’s name when Sonny calls him about coming to Cleveland for the post-Draft celebration.
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Neither Bo nor Brian’s reactions were B Sso D, heroic or otherwise.
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* HeroicBSOD: Upon learning Sonny has traded for the first overall pick in the Draft, Drew goes into one by trashing Sonny's office, since selecting Bo means he'll likely be out as quarterback, especially when he was injured in the last season and had to train in the off-season to get back in top shape. Meanwhile, during the actual Draft, [[spoiler:Callahan suffers an anxiety attack when he's not chosen as first overall]].
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* HeroicBSOD: Upon learning hearing his name announced as the Number One Pick, which under the NFL’s rookie wage scale entitles him to a contract worth more than double what he’d have gotten in his expected draft position, Vontae is unable to speak or move or even blink. He stares at the screen as his family and agent erupt into celebration around him, stunned. By the time Sonny has traded for calls him, he’s unable to do much more than cry from relief and joy, Sonny’s name the first overall pick in the Draft, Drew goes into one by trashing Sonny's office, since selecting Bo means he'll likely be out as quarterback, especially when only thing he was injured in the last season and had can manage to train in the off-season to get back in top shape. Meanwhile, during the actual Draft, [[spoiler:Callahan suffers an anxiety attack when he's not chosen as first overall]].say.
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* XanatosSpeedChess: Sonny is forced to play this during the Draft after he makes his first overall pick, to ensure his initial choice won't have disastrous consequences. The aftermath of all these trades is as follows.
** [[spoiler:The Browns get Vontae (first pick), Ray Jennings (seventh pick) and David Putney (punt/kick returner from the Seahawks) in return for three second-round picks (to the Jaguars) and (most likely) $7 million extra salary for Vontae, since players being selected first in the Draft entitles them to more contract/signing bonus money. Essentially, Sonny turns three second-round picks into two first-round picks and an already established special teams player. Furthermore, Coach Penn acquires his choice player from the start]].
** [[spoiler:The Jaguars get three second-round picks in exchange for their sole first-round pick]].
** [[spoiler:The Seahawks, who wanted Bo Callahan from the start, acquire him by trading away a special teams player and get a $7 million discount due to drafting Callahan as sixth overall]].
** [[spoiler:The Browns get Vontae (first pick), Ray Jennings (seventh pick) and David Putney (punt/kick returner from the Seahawks) in return for three second-round picks (to the Jaguars) and (most likely) $7 million extra salary for Vontae, since players being selected first in the Draft entitles them to more contract/signing bonus money. Essentially, Sonny turns three second-round picks into two first-round picks and an already established special teams player. Furthermore, Coach Penn acquires his choice player from the start]].
** [[spoiler:The Jaguars get three second-round picks in exchange for their sole first-round pick]].
** [[spoiler:The Seahawks, who wanted Bo Callahan from the start, acquire him by trading away a special teams player and get a $7 million discount due to drafting Callahan as sixth overall]].
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* XanatosSpeedChess: Sonny is forced to play this during the Draft after he makes his first overall pick, to ensure his initial choice to trade away his team’s first-round picks for the next three years won't have disastrous consequences. The aftermath of all these trades is as follows.
** [[spoiler:The Browns[[He ends up being able to get Vontae (first pick), Ray Jennings (seventh pick) and David Putney (punt/kick returner from those picks back, plus a special teams punt returner, in exchange for the Seahawks) in return for sixth overall pick that he traded the Browns’ next three years’ second-round picks (to the Jaguars) and (most likely) $7 million extra salary for Vontae, since players being selected first in the Draft entitles them to more contract/signing bonus money. Essentially, Sonny turns three second-round picks into two first-round picks and an already established special teams player. Furthermore, Coach Penn acquires his choice player from the start]].
** [[spoiler:The Jaguars get three second-round picks in exchange for their sole first-round pick]].
** [[spoiler:The Seahawks,for. This ensured that Seattle’s GM could select Bo Callahan, who he wanted Bo Callahan from the start, acquire him by trading away and the Browns could get a special teams second first-round pick, which Sonny then used to get the player and get a $7 million discount due Coach Penn had been fighting to drafting Callahan as sixth overall]].sign: Ray Jennings.]]
** [[spoiler:The Browns
** [[spoiler:The Jaguars get three second-round picks in exchange for their sole first-round pick]].
** [[spoiler:The Seahawks,
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** [[spoiler:The Browns get Vontae (first pick), Ray Jennings (seventh pick) and David Putney (punt/kick returner from the Seahawks) in return for three second-round picks (to the Jaguars) and (most likely) $7 million extra salary for Vontae[[note]]More money is earned for players being selected first in the Draft[[/note]]. Essentially, Sonny turns three second-round picks into two first-round picks and an already established special teams player. Furthermore, Coach Penn acquires his choice player from the start]].
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** [[spoiler:The Browns get Vontae (first pick), Ray Jennings (seventh pick) and David Putney (punt/kick returner from the Seahawks) in return for three second-round picks (to the Jaguars) and (most likely) $7 million extra salary for Vontae[[note]]More money is earned for Vontae, since players being selected first in the Draft[[/note]].Draft entitles them to more contract/signing bonus money. Essentially, Sonny turns three second-round picks into two first-round picks and an already established special teams player. Furthermore, Coach Penn acquires his choice player from the start]].
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* WritersCannotDoMath: The Browns owner [[spoiler: leaves the NFL draft after Mack is selected, to fly back to Cleveland and fire Sonny. He walks into the draft room as Sonny is haggling with Seattle, which cannot be more than 50 minutes later. Manhattan to Cleveland in under an hour is impossible.]]
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* WritersCannotDoMath: The Browns owner [[spoiler: leaves the NFL draft after Mack is selected, to fly back to Cleveland and fire Sonny. He walks into the draft room as Sonny is haggling with Seattle, which cannot be more than 50 minutes later. Manhattan to Cleveland in under an hour is impossible. This is likely a holdover in the script from when the featured team was meant to be Buffalo.]]
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The RG 3 trade is explicitly referenced in the movie
* CentralTheme: Dealing with pressure. All three of the featured prospects are questioned about it (Callahan's reactions to being sacked or not being drafted, Jennings losing his head and joining a gang brawl, Mack touching a ref and being ejected), and of course the GMs taking advantage of one another while each is panicking at one point.
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* DarkestHour: [[spoiler:When Sonny selects Vontae instead of Bo as the first overall pick in the Draft]], the Browns traded away their first-round picks for the next three years for this player, a person who they could have grabbed without sacrificing any trades at all ''and'' selected him as the seventh overall pick (which they initially had before the Seahawks offered them their first pick). This effectively destroys their chances to build a team in the next few years; at that moment, Sonny has all but lost his job. [[spoiler:Averted when other franchises take Sonny's consideration into heart by ''not selecting Bo themselves'', inevitably disrupting the Draft]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The hype surrounding Callahan and the fictional draft is reminiscent of Johnny Manziel, [[{{Irony}} who ended up in Cleveland and turned out to be a major bust]], during the RealLife 2014 NFL Draft. Furthermore, the trade for Callahan is almost the same as the trade between the Rams and the Redskins in 2012. To add further irony, the player selected as a result of the 2012 trade was RGIII who as of the 2016 season plays in Cleveland (when he's not injured) after injury cut his career in Landover, Maryland short.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The hype surrounding Callahan and the fictional draft is reminiscent of Johnny Manziel, [[{{Irony}} who ended up in Cleveland and turned out to be a major bust]], during the RealLife 2014 NFL Draft. Furthermore, the trade for Callahan is almost the same as the trade between the Rams and the Redskins in 2012. To add further irony, the player selected as a result of the 2012 trade was RGIII who as of the 2016 season plays in Cleveland (when he's not injured) after injury cut his career in Landover, Maryland short.
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* DarkestHour: [[spoiler:When Sonny selects Vontae instead of Bo as the first overall pick in the Draft]], the Browns traded away their first-round picks for the next three years for this player, a person who they could have grabbed without sacrificing any trades at all ''and'' selected him as the seventh overall pick (which they initially had before the Seahawks offered them their first pick). This effectively destroys their chances to build a team in the next few years; at that moment, Sonny has all but lost his job. [[spoiler:Averted when other franchises take Sonny's consideration into heart by ''not selecting Bo themselves'', inevitably disrupting the Draft]].
Draft]]. Note that the time between [[spoiler: Sonny drafting Mack and redeeming himself with the trade that nets him his picks back and Jennings]] is six ten-minute draft slots, making this an actual hour.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The hype surrounding Callahan and the fictional draft is reminiscent of Johnny Manziel, [[{{Irony}} who ended up in Cleveland and turned out to be a major bust]], during the RealLife 2014 NFLDraft. Furthermore, Draft.
* DueToTheDead: Sonny's mother and ex-wide show up, on thetrade for Callahan is almost busiest day of his calendar, demanding to spread his father's ashes on the same as the trade between the Rams and the Redskins in 2012. To add further irony, the player selected as a result of the 2012 trade was RGIII who as of the 2016 season plays in Cleveland (when he's not injured) after injury cut practice field outside his career in Landover, Maryland short.window.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The hype surrounding Callahan and the fictional draft is reminiscent of Johnny Manziel, [[{{Irony}} who ended up in Cleveland and turned out to be a major bust]], during the RealLife 2014 NFL
* DueToTheDead: Sonny's mother and ex-wide show up, on the
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** Cleveland not researching Callahan until after trading up is doubly-baffling, since teams in real life will frequently do so on players they have no chance to draft just to have a scouting file for when they must later play them. Notably, [[spoiler: The Redskins' $100 trick only worked because ''they'' were doing their research when Cleveland hadn't.]]
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* WritersCannotDoMath: The Browns owner [[spoiler: leaves the NFL draft after Mack is selected, to fly back to Cleveland and fire Sonny. He walks into the draft room as Sonny is haggling with Seattle, which cannot be more than 50 minutes later. Manhattan to Cleveland in under an hour is impossible.]]
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* BoringButPractical: Sonny wants Vontae Mack as his first pick, saying they can build their defense around him. Molina, the owner, wants a flashier selection than a defender -- specifically, Bo Callahan the mega-hyped quarterback -- to get the fans excited.
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** Seattle is particularly baffling. They initially traded #1 and dropped down to #7 while picking up 3 more 1st Round picks. There's no guarantee that Jacksonville would take Bo with the 6th pick ([[spoiler:ignoring the fact that the Jaguars would certainly have demanded at least 1 1st Round pick when trading with Cleveland in real life.]]) and usually NFL Drafts have more than 1 highly rated QB even if the 2nd QB falls ala Johnny Manziel or Aaron Rodgers in real life. Anyway, Seattle then [[spoiler:trades ALL of the 1st Round picks BACK + a player... to move up 1 spot?]] when in real life they would've more realistically offered up the 7th Pick, a 2nd Round pick, maybe a future draft pick, and the player in question.
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** Seattle is particularly baffling. They initially traded #1 and dropped down to #7 while picking up 3 three more 1st Round picks. There's no guarantee that Jacksonville would take Bo with the 6th pick ([[spoiler:ignoring the fact that the Jaguars would certainly have demanded at least 1 one 1st Round pick when trading with Cleveland in real life.]]) and usually NFL Drafts have more than 1 one highly rated QB even if the 2nd QB falls ala a la Johnny Manziel or Aaron Rodgers in real life. Anyway, Seattle then [[spoiler:trades ALL of the 1st Round picks BACK + plus a current player... to move up 1 one spot?]] when in real life they would've more realistically offered up the 7th Pick, a 2nd Round pick, maybe a future draft pick, and the player in question.
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* NewMeat: When new possibilities open up to salvage their draft day, Sonny quickly identifies Jacksonville's rookie GM as a weak point he can exploit.
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* MomentKiller: Vontae Mack throws a ball to his sister in the stands after scoring a touchdown... [[RealityEnsues but is then flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct]]. In the ensuing argument, Mack touches the referee and is ejected.
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* MomentKiller: Vontae Mack throws a ball to his sister in the stands after scoring a touchdown... [[RealityEnsues but is then flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct]].conduct. In the ensuing argument, Mack touches the referee and is ejected.
