312 - Draft Day

<p class="p1">HAPPY NFL DRAFT DAY 2023! A special Thursday episode as we celebrate what has become a weird American holiday of selecting young athletes for the teams they may be made expendable by. But, we're here for it. More specifically, we're here for Jennifer Garner to explain it all to us.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">Aaron Goldhammer Obviously the worst part of a great movie</p> <p class="p2">-Spro</p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p2">Cleveland rocks. Go Browns What’s worse than being a fan? Vontae Mack’s phone case</p> <p class="p2">-MC </p> <p>Draft Day is a 2014 American <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_film'>sports</a> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_(film_and_television)'>drama</a> film directed by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Reitman'>Ivan Reitman</a> and starring <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Costner'>Kevin Costner</a> and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Garner'>Jennifer Garner</a>. The premise revolves around the fictional <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_manager_(American_football)'>general manager</a> of the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Browns'>Cleveland Browns</a> (Costner) deciding what to do after his team acquires the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_overall_National_Football_League_draft_picks'>number one draft pick</a> in the upcoming <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_draft'>National Football League draft</a>.</p> <p>The film <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_premiere'>premiered</a> in <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles'>Los Angeles</a> on April 7, 2014<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_Day#cite_note-4'>[4]</a> and was released in the United States on April 11, 2014. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_office_bomb'>box office failure</a> grossing only $29 million against its $25 million budget. The film was Reitman's final dire