I watched it twice. Good movie
(SPOILER ALERT) I’m going to give some of the story here, so don’t read further if you intend to watch the movie.
You have to admit there are some far fetched things going on. I even read somewhere that it was based loosely on the 2014 draft, but I don’t think so.
Here’s a list of things that people have said about the movie that are laughable, but it didn’t bother me actually. I’ve added some of my own.
•Goodell being cheered at the draft - probably most absurd.
•The final trade of 3 1st rounders and a punt returner to move up 1 spot from #7 to #6 is so unrealistic even Bill Belichick couldn’t get former owner Al Davis to agree to it.
•Seattle Seahawks with the #1 overall pick (movie) in the year they won the Super Bowl (real life).
•Puff Daddy as an agent (actually not that absurd but still terrible).
•Doing film study on a player during the actual draft. this was of course ridiculous, NFL draft boards are constructed months in advance with teams of scouts. Putting on film to study a player while the draft is going on is just baloney.
•Treating “winning” the draft the same as winning the Super Bowl.
•A draft prospect actually calling a GM on draft day.
•The GM dating/having a baby with his capologist.
*You have the Seahawks trading away their #1, only trade back for him? Why, to save a million or so?
*The absurd contention that character matters in football, ie draft picks are passed over, because they’re not overly truthful or well liked by their college team mates.
*Of course there’s the Cleveland Brown fans, acting like they’re the center of the NFL, just because the Hall of Fame is down the road. Hey, it was George Halas of the Bears in Decatur, IL that started things going.