Draft Day Page #8

on national television.

So what do you do?

I gave it to my mom

and I fired him.

How come you never

told me that before?

You know, there's already so

many versions of what happened

that it's not really somethin'

I love talking about.

You never told him?

You let him believe that his

only son would just fire him?

That's how we do

things in my family.

Sonny.

And all I ever wanted to do

was just get him a ring.

Oh, jeez...

What is this?

They wanna pay their respects.

Rick, what are you doing?

Someone broke my computer.

Can you believe that? I mean, this

thing had my entire life on it, and...

I don't know. Who would do that?

It was me.

I threw it against the wall.

Yeah. I'm sorry.

Why would you do that?

Look, I lost my head, okay?

I've been steppin'

on my dick all day.

Look, we'll get you a new one,

all right? We'll get you a better one.

One with all the

bells and whistles.

Look. You've been a soldier today,

all right? You don't deserve this.

Okay?

- Yeah.

- Good.

Ladies and gentlemen, please

welcome to the red carpet,

from the University of Wisconsin,

2014 Heisman Trophy winner,

quarterback Bo Callahan!

From Florida State University,

running back Ray Jennings.

How're you doin'?

Ray, remind me when they

picked you. Was it first? Second?

Mmm.

It still hurts. 26th.

Well, that's good, too.

That's my number one

guy right there.

Ready?

You got this.

Sonny, my man!

Oh, I am excited to

hear your voice.

We were wonderin' when you were

gonna call us with that good news.

Wanna talk to Bo, Chris.

Here's the man you wanna speak to.

It's the Browns.

This is Bo.

Hey, Bo. How you doin'?

Well, I'm good, Mr. Weaver. Excited

to be a part of the NFL, you know.

Good, that's great, Bo.

Thrilled to hear that.

Listen, I'm gonna ask you something

and I want you to be

absolutely honest with me.

You think you can do that?

Yes, sure. Anything, Mr. Weaver.

Bo, did your teammates come

to your birthday party?

What?

For your 21st birthday party,

I'm asking, did your teammates at

Wisconsin come to that party or not?

Look, Mr. Weaver,

this isn't somethin'

I'm really very proud

of, sir, but...

I don't really remember a single

thing from that night, sir.

You know what?

I don't remember mine either.

Thanks, Bo. Talk to you later.

What'd he say?

Nothin'.

Hey.

You okay?

Do I take Callahan?

What do you want me to say?

He's a winner.

He is.

He is. I mean, that's the word, right?

He's won everywhere he's been.

I get that.

But they said the same

thing about Ryan Leaf

when he was the number

two pick in '98.

No one said that about Tom

Brady when he went 199th.

There's no such thing

as a sure thing.

At the end of the day, all that

matters is what you think.

Vontae! Vontae!

Here we go, Brownies,

here we go! Whoo, whoo!

Here we go, Brownies,

here we go! Whoo, whoo!

Oh, dude, that's,

like, your fifth piece of pizza.

I eat when I'm nervous. Don't

make me feel bad about it.

Yeah, I get like that, too.

Hey, guys. It's gettin' late.

History in the making here

today at the NFL Draft.

Already fascinating

twists and turns

as the Seattle Seahawks

and the Cleveland Browns

have engaged in a historic trade

just hours before this moment.

Here's the Commissioner.

Welcome to primetime and

the 2014 NFL Draft.

This is an exciting

night for our players,

our teams,

and for you, the fans.

The season begins tonight,

so let's kick it off.

The 2014 NFL Draft

is officially open.

After an earlier trade with

the Seattle Seahawks today,

the Cleveland Browns

are now on the clock.

Where the hell is Sonny, guys?

We're on the clock here.

- I don't know.

- Yeah. Should be here.

Okay. So the

Browns now have 10 minutes

on the clock to make a choice.

And if they don't do

that in that time,

the team picking behind

them can then jump up

and potentially steal away the

player the Browns wanted.

It's a situation we saw play out in

2003 with the Minnesota Vikings

and it happened again in 2011

with the Baltimore Ravens.

Sonny!

Yeah, thank God! Yeah, I was

wondering what you were doing.

Yeah. It's go time, boss.

Yeah, yeah. What name do you

want the Commissioner to say?

All right.

Hey, guys, he's here.

Sonny, thank God. Where you

been? We're on the clock!

Sonny, when are we

sendin' in the ticket?

Yeah.

I already sent the ticket.

You did what?

You sent the ticket?

It's tradition! We all send it!

New tradition, guys, all right?

When this team starts winning,

we'll go back to that.

And the pick is finally in.

It's currently being brandished

by some walkie-talkied individual

taking it up to the

Commissioner's podium.

A big, humongous pick for

the Cleveland Browns.

Now, to find out whose

name is on that card,

here's the Commissioner ready

to make history in Cleveland.

With the first pick of

the 2014 NFL Draft,

the Cleveland Browns select.

Vontae Mack, linebacker,

Ohio State.

Yes! Yes!

These things happen.

That's what you decided to do?

An absolute stunner here

at Radio City Music Hall.

The Cleveland Browns, with

the number one overall pick,

take Vontae Mack!

Unbelievable to me

that Sonny Weaver Jr.

Would make a deal of this magnitude

and come away with this.

Forget about Vontae

Mack for a second.

They could have had Bo Callahan.

He's the surefire slam-dunk

number one pick.

We all knew it comin' in here.

If I'm Brian Drew, current

quarterback of the Cleveland Browns,

I better play good.

Yeah. No, no. I realize that.

He wants to talk to him right now.

Then call me back.

I'm sorry, sir...

Just get in the damn car.

This is Anthony.

Tell Sonny I'm on

my way to Teterboro

and I will literally be in his face in

an hour and he will talk to me then.

I will, sir.

- Safe trip, sir.

- Thank you, Marvin.

It's Sonny.

Sonny Weaver Jr.

Congratulations, Vontae.

You're a Cleveland Brown.

I'm a Cleveland Brown!

Car's gonna be picking

you up in 10 minutes,

and we're flying you to Cleveland.

You think you can manage that?

Oh...

You need to get back inside.

What just happened?

This is the NFL Draft.

These things happen all the time.

Now trust me.

These teams, they don't want

a quarterback that panics.

I need you to come inside, now.

Come on.

You picked Vontae. Wow.

Three first-round picks to get the

guy I could have gotten all along.

Jesus, I used to think

I was good at this.

Well, that remains to be seen.

Sometimes, the correct

path is the tortured one.

It's a gift, Sonny.

You see things other people

don't see. It's one of the things...

It's one of the things

I love about you.

Excuse me.

You're not gonna believe

what's happening.

You know, I think back, Deion,

and I go back to 1983 and I start

thinkin' about Dan Marino.

He was the sixth

quarterback taken...

Holy sh*t!

What's goin' on?

He's dropping.

What?

Picks number two and three

are not Bo Callahan.

Nobody's pickin' him.

Just last year.

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