History YMMV / DraftDay

* DesignatedVillain: Bo Callahan's moral shortcomings seem more than a little nitpicky, perhaps in an effort to draw a contrast with the high character of Vontae Mack. None of Callahan's teammates went to his birthday party, he lied about the $100 dollar bill in the Washington playbook they sent him (a SecretTestOfCharacter), and he struggled with the pass rush in a game against Mack (a game Callahan eventually won with a big clutch pass). These would hardly seem to condemn him forever to the land of the loathsome, but that's sort of how people talk about him.

** In the age of social media, [[Vontae Mack's ill sister being the fan he gave the ball to and was flagged for]] would have become a big sports news story within 24 hours of it happening and Sonny and the rest of the Browns staff would know all about it.

** And more broadly, the value of halfbacks has been re-evaluated in the subsequent years, such that spending a top 10 pick on one (let alone the additional 2nd rounders) would be heavily criticized.

*** Which in turn loops back around into [[MindScrew a double-reverse-ironic moment of hilarity]] when, after whiffing on Manziel, in 2018 the Browns ''again'' selected a flashy quarterback in Baker Mayfield, who...[[SubvertedTrope led the Browns to an 11-5 record in 2020, the Browns' first playoff appearance and ''win'' in 18 years, and who is now established as one of the better passers in the game.]] [[DoubleSubvertedTrope
* SpiritualAntithesis: Could be seen as one to Moneyball. Instead of basing all his decisions on raw numbers Sonny focuses on a player’s character.

*** Which in turn loops back around into [[MindScrew a double-reverse-ironic moment of hilarity]] when, after whiffing on Manziel, in 2018 the Browns ''again'' selected a flashy quarterback in Baker Mayfield, who...[[SubvertedTrope led the Browns to an 11-5 record in 2020, the Browns' first playoff appearance and ''win'' in 18 years, and who is now established as one of the better passers in the game.]]

** The notion that Cleveland is the big winner while pulling a fast one on Seattle is pretty hilarious given that the Browns are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_sports_curse the long standing model of bad luck and ineptitude]] while Seattle had just won the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVIII Super Bowl]] two months before!!!

*** Which in turn loops back around into [[MindScrew a double-reverse-ironic moment of hilarity]] when, after whiffing on Manziel, in 2018 the Browns ''again'' selected a flashy quarterback in Baker Mayfield, who...[[SubvertedTrope led the Browns to an 11-5 record in 2020, the Browns' first playoff appearance and ''win'' in 18 years, and who is now established as one of the better passers in the game.]]

*** The movie works in part because the Cleveland Browns have a memetic ButtMonkey status at the very least ever since the 1995/99 relocation controversy. Here the Browns come out ahead for once, yet the real life Browns make exactly the error the fictional Browns avoid in the movie: Being distracted by the flashy gunslinger Quarterback fresh out of college.

*** The movie works in part because the Cleveland Browns have a memetic ButtMonkey status at the very least ever since the 1995/99 relocation controversy. Here the Browns come out ahead for once, yet the real life Browns make exactly the error the fictional Browns avoid in the movie: Being distracted by the flashy gunslinger Quarterback fresh out of college.
** There are quite a few actors in this film who have starred in or would go on to star in superhero films and television. Kevin Costner plays Jonathan Kent in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. Frank Langella played Perry White in Film/SupermanReturns. Tom Welling played Clark Kent in Series/Smallville. Chadwick Boseman plays the Black Panther in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Josh Pence played a young Ra's al Ghul in Film/TheDarkKnightRises. David Ramsey plays John Diggle in the Series/ArrowVerse. Denis Leary played Captain Stacy in Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan and its sequel. Jennifer Garner played the title character in Film/Elektra. And Griffin Newman would go on to play Arthur in Series/TheTick2016. Kevin Dunn had a voice part in WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond and played a man who thought he was Superman in Series/ThePractice.

** There are quite a few actors in this film who have starred in or would go on to star in superhero films and television. Kevin Costner plays Jonathan Kent in the Film/DCExtendedUniverse. Frank Langella played Perry White in Film/SupermanReturns. Tom Welling played Clark Kent in Series/Smallville. Chadwick Boseman plays the Black Panther in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Josh Pence played a young Ra's al Ghul in Film/TheDarkKnightRises. David Ramsey plays John Diggle in the Series/ArrowVerse. Denis Leary played Captain Stacy in Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan and its sequel. Jennifer Garner played the title character in Film/Elektra. And Griffin Newman would go on to play Arthur in Series/TheTick2016. Kevin Dunn had a voice part in WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond and played a man who thought he was Superman in Series/ThePractice.

*** The movie works in part because the Cleveland Browns have a memetic ButtMonkey status at the very least ever since the 1995/99 relocation controversy. Here the Browns come out ahead for once, yet the real life Browns make exactly the error the fictional Browns avoid in the movie: Being distracted by the flashy gunslinger Quarterback fresh out of college.

* HilariousInHindsight: the fictional Browns made a lot of 'splashes' in the draft, which seemed very implausible. However, the real Cleveland Browns made a lot more splashes in the 2014 NFL Draft. Jon Gruden even mentioned that the 2014 draft was 'more exciting than Draft Day.'

*** It's also possible Callahan was partly based on 1998 second-overall pick Ryan Leaf. This was lampshaded in a scene where Ali reminds Sonny of how everyone said Leaf was a great talent ahead of the draft, but no one believed 199th-overall draftee Tom Brady was such in 2000.

** Bo Callahan is very obviously based upon 2014 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny "Johnny Football" Manziel. In the real 2014 draft, Manziel dropped from first... [[{{Irony}} into the Browns' hands]]. "Johnny Football" proved to be a problem child, and eventually left the Browns due to drug and legal issues. And while it isn't made clear how Bo's career had turned out after the draft, the film makes it clear that he has serious character issues and, therefore, high bust potential.
*** It's also possible Callahan was partly based on 1998 second-overall pick Ryan Leaf. This was lampshaded in a scene where Ali reminds Sonny of how everyone said Leaf was a great talent, but no one believed 199th-overall draftee Tom Brady was such in 2000.

*** It's also possible Callahan was based on 1998 second-overall pick Ryan Leaf. This was lampshaded in a scene where Ali reminds Sonny of how everyone said Leaf was a great talent, but no one believed 199th-overall draftee Tom Brady was such in 2000.

** Bo Callahan is very obviously based upon 2014 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny "Johnny Football" Manzeil. In the real 2014 draft, Manzeil dropped from first... into the Browns hands. Like Bo, Johnny proved to be a problem child, and eventually left the Browns due to drug issues.

* HilariousInHindsight: the fictional Browns made a lot of 'splashes' in the draft, which seemed very implausible. However, the real Cleveland Browns made a lot more splashes in the 2014 NFL Draft. Jon Gruden even mentioned that the 2014 draft was 'more exciting than Draft Day.'