Sonny Weaver, Jr. (Kevin Costner) is under a lot of pressure. He is still grieving the death of his father, a beloved coach for the Cleveland Browns, where Sonny is General Manager. His girlfriend (Jennifer Garner) has revealed she is pregnant, the Browns owner (Frank Langella) is pressuring Sonny to "make a splash" and he has just been pushed by the Seattle Seahawks into taking their number one draft pick in exchange for the Browns' next three first-rounds. The entire future of the team is riding on Sonny's decisions and he is not making them in a vacuum. As the clock counts down to the televised draft, he must decide whether or not to draft a promising quarterback (Josh Pence), a legacy running back (Arian Foster), or a middle linebacker from nowhere (Chadwick Boseman). You can't please everyone and everything has consequences.
It's a little more heartwarming than Any Given Sunday but I'd put it on the same level. Maybe more like Moneyball. Anyway, you don't have to know anything about football because the football is not the point. The point is about the choices we make and how you can't always see the endgame; you just have to make the best decisions you can in the moment. A movie like this is pretty much made for cable reruns. It's great for putting on when it's a cold, rainy Sunday or like Thanksgiving after you've stuffed yourself. You don't have to debate whether or not it's worth looking for the remote to change the channel, you can just let it play and have a nice evening. It's currently streaming on Peacock.
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