Draft Day Page #6

was at their teammate's

21st birthday party.

I don't know, Sonny. What do

you think's more plausible?

That nobody on an 85-person squad

attended a party

thrown by the captain?

Or could it be that when

the cops got to the place

and realized that my boys

had done nothin' wrong,

decided not to take down

any of the players' names

because they didn't wanna jam up

a bunch of good kids

for doin' nothin'?

Oh, wait. Wait a minute.

Your theory seems right.

Bo Callahan.

Bo Callahan hasn't got any friends.

Good luck with the Draft today.

C'mon, you guys. You're

lookin' pathetic.

Hey, Max.

Hey, Sonny. Hope you're holdin' up.

I got an offer for number one.

Yeah? Well, I'm all ears.

What do you have in mind?

Okay, here's what we got.

Maurice Castillo, Antonio Taylor,

our first-rounder next year

and the year after that.

That's two number ones,

a blue-chip running back...

I know who they are, Max.

Then you know it's a fair offer.

I'm intrigued.

Good. Let's make a deal.

- Well, you gotta give me some time.

- Time?

Sonny, time's one thing

neither one of us have.

Make the deal.

Give me an hour.

We'll give you half that.

What's up?

I just got off the

phone with Max Stone.

Yeah? How are things in Buffalo?

Well, I guess you

didn't ask him then,

when you called him behind my back.

Max is an old friend of mine.

He calls me up to congratulate

us on the Callahan thing

and I express my

opinions on the matter.

He call you, or you call him?

It's such a crazy day.

Who remembers?

Yeah, well, how 'bout

try and remember this,

I can and I will fire your ass.

Then do it, Sonny.

You actually think

I'm gonna give up

Bo Callahan for

Taylor and Castillo?

Hmm? Maurice Castillo?

And draft picks, okay?

Don't forget the

draft picks, Sonny.

You do remember what

those are, right?

All right. Look. It's...

On the surface, it's not

a terrible trade, but

why do you think we

need to do this now?

Because you burned up any currency

this team had this morning.

Now you have the opportunity

to build it back up.

And I don't know what your

problem is with Maurice.

He's a beast.

Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane.

Your opinion. He

plays in my system.

He doesn't block!

I don't need him to block.

I need him to run.

Which he does, like

a bat outta hell.

Which takes the pressure

off my offense, okay?

I got 52 Tarzans in that locker

room. I could use a Jane.

You should at least seriously

consider what I'm saying.

All right. Get me the

numbers on all their guys.

We got about 25 minutes

to see what's what.

Great.

Mr. Molina. How are you?

Very good.

Excellent. That's good.

Good to see you.

I'll take you inside.

Right up here.

Sonny call you yet?

Oh, not yet.

What's he doing?

Well, I'm sure he's

gonna call soon.

These are our team reps.

This is Wyndham. This is Phil.

- Mr. Anthony Molina.

- How do you do?

- Sir.

- How do you do?

Right up here.

I'm not sitting here.

Oh, no, of course you're not.

You're with the Commissioner,

up in his lounge.

Here, let me show you the way.

Let's go around here.

He's even better.

Mr. Commissioner?

Hey, Anthony. How are you doing?

What are you doing in my lounge?

You guys sure made

tonight a lot more exciting.

Thanks for inviting me in.

Enjoy it. Good luck.

- Will do.

- Okay.

Can we talk football?

Just football, for 30 seconds?

We can always talk football.

There's a deal on the

table from Buffalo.

I heard.

What's the war room think?

Split.

Penn wants me to do it.

But you don't?

I don't.

Why?

Because I know, in

my heart and my gut,

that if I make this

trade with Buffalo,

then I don't get to

make a pick this year.

All I get back are

future draft picks

for the guy that Molina

brings in to replace me.

I've been here two years, Ali.

Two years.

I've never gotten a chance to

see what a team I put

together can do out there.

First year, it's my dad's team.

Last year, Drew goes down

before I can see what we had.

Then I get stuck with Penn,

who I'm still trying to

figure out how to work with.

This is finally supposed

to be my season.

I just want the team

that I want. One time.

So why are you bugging

me if you already know?

I don't know.

I'm makin' mistakes.

Remember the '89 Super Bowl?

49ers-Bengals.

Niners down by three,

3:
20 left in the game.

93-yard winning drive, Taylor beats

the weak safety for a 10-yard TD.

Yeah, but before the drive.

Joe Montana's in the huddle. Right?

And unbelievably, somehow spots

the actor John Candy in the stands.

He points at him and asks

the guys in the huddle,

"Hey, isn't that John Candy?"

They couldn't believe

the balls on him.

To be that calm, in that

game, at that moment.

His guys instantly

relax, they march...

93 yards.

93 yards.

Montana throws a little

slant to Taylor.

49ers win the Super Bowl.

Great game.

It was a great game.

No one can stop a ticking clock.

But the great ones,

the great ones always find

a way to slow it down.

So slow it down, Sonny.

Okay. I made a decision.

It's still Callahan. Let's

inform Buffalo that it's a no.

That is beautiful.

Okay, Sonny. We're with you.

Like hell we are.

All due respect, Sonny,

that is a bonehead move.

Maybe so, but we're

back on Callahan.

Do me a favor. Let's put up the

Wisconsin-Ohio State footage.

Yeah, sure thing, Sonny.

We've seen that footage,

like, two million times.

What are you hopin' to find in

it that we haven't seen already?

I'm just double-checking something.

All right. Here we go.

All right, roll it down to

the first time Vontae sacks Bo.

All right. Here we go.

Damn. He shook off two

blockers like they were rag dolls.

And then Bo walks into a bear hug.

Vontae wrapped him up pretty good.

Yeah, Bo's hard to sack.

He was one of the least-sacked

QBs in Division I last year.

Go to the next play.

The next sack?

No. The next play after this one.

What's he doing?

He got flustered. Didn't wait

for the play to develop.

Not Bo's finest moment.

No. Whatever, it's one play.

Take us down to Vontae's next sack.

Ooh!

Oh, man, that is sick!

He absolutely bull-rushed that right

tackle. Bo didn't even have a chance.

Yeah, I gotta give it to the kid.

He's got a wicked first step.

- See what he does on the next play.

- All right.

Speed kills. Look at that.

Yeah, look at that.

He gets frantic.

My favorite thing about rookie QBs.

They get frantic when they

think they're gonna get hit.

Although I gotta give him credit.

Barrio' those two plays,

he was brilliant.

He threw four TDs, including

the last one to win it.

Take us down to that.

Yeah.

Looking downfield, staying calm.

Sonny, this guy's textbook.

Man, this kid is

strong. That's impressive.

That's pure Roethlisberger.

He's pro-ready. End of story.

Take it back.

Rewind that back to the

start of the play.

Just stop right here.

What's missing?

Fullback.

But Wisconsin runs most of their

passing plays out of

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