The 60 Yard Line Page #9

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Zagger did not want to

be a shipping boy again,

but the possibility

of being inside

these hallowed

halls intrigued him.

Zagger swallowed his pride and

grappled with his self-doubt.

Hi.

I'm here for a job interview.

I must be in the wrong place.

No, I'm here for one too.

I hate interviews.

They make me nervous.

What job are you here for?

Uh, shipping buh...

Shipping manager.

That's the same

job I'm here for.

I'm just messing with you man.

I'm Chuck.

Oh, I know who you are.

Yeah.

Yeah, oh my god.

You got me.

Put a little dime spot

in my pants there.

So, are you here to...

I'm here to talk about

training some of the players.

Strength and conditioning,

killer instinct

mindset sort of thing.

I got paid a lot of

money to do what I love,

legally almost killing people,

and now I'm retired,

and I wanna be involved

with something else

I love, The Pack.

I'll do anything to be

part of this organization.

Right.

Ben Zagowski, we're

ready for you now,

and then Charles Little,

you'll be after him.

Charles Liddell.

Chuck Liddell?

- Chuck Liddell.

- Oh. Okay.

- Ben, do you want a water?

- So...

Basically you'll be

shipping packages.

I just had to make sure that

you weren't a complete moron,

but you're not, so

you got the job. Yay.

- Great, thank you.

- Can I get you some tea?

No, I'm good on

tea, thank you.

- Hey!

- Hey.

Nice! Lucky buckey badger

went over to you.

Damn straight!

Yeah, champs bowl champs.

Pop, are you a pop guy?

I mean I am, but

I'm good on pop. Thank you.

- Hey, Zagger, what's up, buddy?

- What's up, Mike?

Wow.

Is he, uh, working with us now?

Yeah.

He's the new shipping manager.

Yeah, shipping

manager's got knowledge.

Anyway, congratulations on

your all's sorry-ass badgers.

Yeah, well, you owe

me a steak dinner.

Bowl went over to

you, that's huge.

I mean, it's gonna be tough

to replace Schofield, though.

Milk?

Can I get you some milk?

I ran some numbers on him.

His snap to sack speed is

2/10 of a second quicker

than anybody else

in the conference.

- No kidding?

- Told you. Mad knowledge.

Who would you

pick in the draft?

Tight end.

Receiving core here is solid,

but it would be really

nice to have someone op

check down in the flat

or over the middle.

I would also go

with a running back.

There's a kid out of

Buffalo that's had

back to back 1,000 yard

seasons, 40 touchdowns.

Plus kids out of

Buffalo in the draft

always fly under the radar.

You can pick him up late,

you can pick him up cheap.

We were 14th in the lead

last year in rushing.

That's ridiculous.

My forecast, bare minimum,

we should be 5th or 4th.

So you pair this

kid out of Buffalo

with Brandon Jackson

in the backfield.

You have Kuhn hitting his

assignments in the A gap,

possibly running him

out into the B gap.

We would have a sick backfield.

It's just some thoughts.

Jody, you know

that assistant scout

who ends half his

sentences in just sayin'?

Ugh. Gets all handsy at

the Christmas parties?

- Curtiss.

- Curtiss, yeah.

Curtiss. Two S's.

Curtiss.

Oh, I'm gonna fire him.

Just sayin'.

I got a great candidate

to replace him.

Steak? That's it.

You're a food guy,

- not a beverage guy.

- You want a steak?

Yeah, you want a steak.

- You want a steak, right?

- Yeah?

- Sure.

- I knew it.

[laughing]

Finally.

But no, though, we

don't have any here.

We don't have steak here.

We're a football team.

Yeah, not a

commercial kitchen.

So to be clear, I'm

an assistant scout,

- not shipping manager?

- Yeah.

[Narrator] Zagger's passion

had now become his profession.

He was no longer a shipping boy,

but an assistant scout man.

If only Zagger's 10-year-old

self could see him now,

he'd probably say, hm,

I thought I'd be taller,

but that's a pretty

kick-ass job.

Way to go, future self.

Whether he knew it or not,

Zagger had prepared for

this job his entire life,

and everything was perfect.

Almost everything.

[gentle music]

- Hey.

- Hey.

- Big day.

- Yeah.

Looks great.

They're so cute together.

Yeah.

Have you tried this?

It's really good.

Yeah, I know.

I should have invested.

So assistant scout

position, that's amazing.

Yeah, yeah.

It's unreal. It is amazing.

I'm really happy for you.

You deserve it.

- All your dreams came true.

- I guess.

If the two of you

are done yapping,

we'd like to get this

rehearsal started. 'Kay?

Let's go.

[laughing]

Excuse me, everybody.

Excuse me.

Before we start, I'd just

like to take this time

to thank someone

special to me, to us.

Growing up a Bears' fan

in Green Bay wasn't easy.

Boo.

It was kinda like being

Andy Dufresne in Shawshank,

but a lot less murder.

[laughing]

But I found my Morgan Freeman.

My Red.

Someone who had my back

and who would smuggle in all

those chess pieces I wanted.

How come he's the only one

who gets this reference?

- Come on. Come on.

- Shawshank.

- [Polano] Shawshank Redemption?

- Tim Robbins.

- Best Picture, '95?

- Yeah, I get it.

- [Ben] Anybody? All right.

- All right.

Anyway.

Thank you, Zagger.

You've been a brother

my whole life,

but tomorrow you're

officially family.

- Salud.

- Salud.

[All] Salud, cheers.

Okay, listen up!

Polano, go up front.

- The two of you, hey, hey, hey.

- Yes?

Will you guys get

together already?

- Yes.

- Here?

Here, here, here, here?

Oh, hot back, hot

back, hot back.

I know, I've been

meaning to have a doctor

- take a look at that, but...

- Guys!

Quit fartin' around,

I'm getting married.

Get together, okay?

Lookin' good.

[laughing]

- So how's San Fran?

- Great. Yeah.

- I'm really gonna miss it.

- Miss it?

They offered me the VP of

Operations for North America.

And that means?

I'll be moving back.

Welcome home.

[Narrator] Super fans

have come and gone,

but as long as these titans

battle on the gridiron,

there will be fans

dedicating their lives

to these gods of sport,

blindly putting

relationships at risk.

But in the end, one

must reflect and think,

how did Zagger not

notice a fully grown cow

living in his house?

I mean, what the f***?

[gentle upbeat music]

There's no other fan base

like The Packers' fan base.

The fans, too. The fans are

the greatest of any team.

You feel like

you're among friends

- whenever you're at the game.

- We've started a family.

I have people here today from

probably 10 different states.

I'm originally from

Southern Wisconsin.

I now live in Kentucky.

I'm from Seattle, Washington,

born and raised there.

We live in Oklahoma City area.

I am not from Green Bay.

I am from Kingston, Jamaica.

And I'm at home here.

Everyone's very nice,

accommodating, give me beer.

We heard that the Packer

fans are the best fans.

They're really nice

and accommodating.

But we'll see.

- Yeah, fans are great.

- So far.

We'll see how much

alcohol they have.

Yeah, we'll see

how long that lasts.

Once the beer kicks in.

Whoa! Where did you get such

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