For some football fans (of which I would include myself), the fun of the NFL season doesn’t stop when the Super Bowl ends. Instead we immediately put on our fake general managers’ hats on and attempt to figure out what players our favorite team can add to get better next season through free agency and, primarily, the NFL Draft. So for my fellow NFL Draft-obsessed fans, the perfect movie that will give you some idea of what the job is like is now streaming on Netflix — Draft Day.
The 2014 Kevin Costner movie is a different kind of sports movie. Instead of following a team as they strive to make the big game through their play on the field, Draft Day takes place the day of the NFL Draft, where Costner’s Cleveland Browns GM Sonny Weaver is tasked with making the first pick in the draft that could not only decide the success or failure of the team, but his future with it. In addition to Costner the movie stars Jennifer Garner, Frank Langella, Denis Leary, Timothy Simmons, Wade Williams, Josh Pence, Terry Crews, Ellen Burstyn and Chadwick Boseman. There are also real NFL analysts playing themselves in the movie, including Chris Berman, Mel Kiper and Deion Sanders.
