Note 1: This post is mainly from the perspective of rugby and the operation of the team management, so the list of objects does not include such things as "In 2014, the Seahawks just won the Super Bowl under the leadership of Russell Wilson, why did they have the No. 1 pick and Why do you want to choose a quarterback", "The general manager and female subordinates of the team will be expelled when the target of Mimi is found by HR", "Bo Callahan, so many college teammates did not attend his birthday party, if popular It’s so bad that NFL team management should have heard about it a long time ago", "The trick of putting a hundred dollar bills behind the tactical book to test players is OK to use once, how can it be used several times" and so on.
Note 2: Part of the content of this article comes from The Rewatchables Podcast's discussion of this film
1. Without a detailed study and full understanding of the draft goals, a big deal for draft picks (3 first-round picks in exchange for the No. 1 pick)
Pack multiple draft picks and trade up and get the top picks to choose your favorite players. This situation does happen often in the North American professional sports draft. For example, in the 2017 draft, the NFL Kansas Chiefs used the first round of the year's 27th pick, a three-round pick, and the 2018 first round pick in exchange for the Buffalo Bills' first round number 10 pick, thus winning four points. Patrick Mahomes-he also successfully led the Chiefs to the Super Bowl three years later. Use multiple first-round picks to trade up with such a heavy bargaining chip-usually after careful research, the team is convinced that a certain player is worth paying a lot of money, and is determined to seek this kind of aggressive exchange. However, in this film, when the protagonist Sonny, the general manager of the Cleveland Browns, agreed to a deal with the Seahawks in his car, he obviously didn't know much about the potential use of the No. 1 pick, Bo Callahan. He even bet that the team’s future big deal had been completed, and when it was done, did he ask his subordinates to bring Callahan's draft report, ask the scouts to study the video in depth, and call to understand the character of the players-my God, Such an unreliable general manager should have been dismissed 800 times long ago. In addition, as the general manager, he knew almost nothing about the status of the existing quarterbacks of the team. Also after completing the transaction, he learned that the quarterbacks of the team were training and recovering hard and were in good condition-and then he started. Realizing that the team might not need a new quarterback, began to appease the players and seek remedy... and then pulled out and fired three hundred times.
Of course, for the big deal that took place with the Seahawks in the beginning, the film explained a background: the team owner asked Sonny to "make some splashes"-it seems to provide a certain degree of rationality for the completion of this risky transaction (and not) .
2. The team general manager completes this level of big transaction without reporting to the team owner and fully discussing with his assistants
It was also about this transaction that Sonny drove halfway and hurriedly agreed...Although this is the implementation of the boss’s “splash” request, in reality the team manager completes such a heavy transaction (betting on the ball). The team's first-round pick in the next two years) will definitely ask the boss for instructions. In addition, Sonny did not discuss with other members of the team’s management before agreeing to this blockbuster deal, and even the impact of this transaction on the team’s salary structure was unclear (it was also verified by Ali afterwards, which proved Sonny’s Unreliable), this situation is also unrealistic.
3. Use the No. 1 pick obtained by smashing iron to select a linebacker who is predicted to be the middle of the first round of the draft market.
From the exchanges between Sonny and Vontae Mack before the draft, we know that if Sonny does not remove Mack with the No. 7 pick, he is very likely to fall into the middle of the first round (teens). Before the draft, the media's predictions for him are in the market. This interval. Even if Sonny knows his eyes and knows the bead and discovers Mack's extraordinary (other scouts and the media have missed it) and feels that he is worthy of being picked with the No. 1 pick, in reality, there is almost no general manager doing this-not to mention this The No. 1 lottery is still in exchange for betting on the team's future. Generally speaking, if a team’s management holds a high draft pick, but does not have what they particularly want among the players with a higher draft, they will generally seek to trade down and get a high draft pick. Switch to multiple low-ranking picks (such as the action of the Jaguars in the film). Sonny went bankrupt and switched to the No. 1 pick, and then used the No. 1 pick to select a player who can easily get the number ten pick... How to say, you can compete for the stupidest operation in the history of North American sports. At this point in the film, Sonny can be expelled from the NFL and will never be hired.
4. Bo Callahan, recognized as the favorite of the top picks, slipped all the way on draft day, and the top six teams skipped over
Well, I admit that in 2005, Aaron Rodgers also slipped all the way to 24 before being selected by the Packers. But at the time, it was the 49ers who had the No. 1 overall pick that chose the former between Alex Smith and Rodgers, and Rodgers was generally optimistic before the draft and was far less popular than Callahan in this film. None of the teams with the worst scores in the NFL want to pick a favorite, the recognized "franchise QB"?
5. The Seahawks spat out the two first-round picks they just got, and lost one of them to return to the attacker, just to improve the No. 7 pick by one overall pick.
We knew from the beginning of the film that Seahawks were not obligatory towards Bo Callahan, and later successfully robbed Sonny. Of course, the film also provides a background, that is, some fans of the Seahawks are very angry about this operation of the team, which causes great pressure on the general manager. So on the day of the draft, the Seahawks general manager succeeded in replacing Sonny and won the NFL's stupid manager. He traded the No. 7 pick + the Browns' first-round pick in the next two years + a good Secret Service returner in exchange for... the No. 6 pick. Combining the previous trades, that means the Seahawks used the No. 1 pick + a player to get the No. 6 pick... How to say, if there is no point in co-op, we will also take a chant. An explanation is provided in the film. The Seahawks used the No. 6 pick to select Callahan, who would have been selected with the No. 1 overall pick. They also saved money, so they didn't lose money. However, to be honest, NFL teams have a hundred ways to save wages, and pay for the main players to lower the draft order, which is probably enough for the whole league to laugh at it for a while. In addition, even under the pressure of the fans, the Seahawks did not have the willingness to choose Callahan on draft day, otherwise they should contact the No. 2-6 pick teams including the Jaguars early to seek trades. It’s no turn for Sonny’s rookie general manager of the Jaguars. Inquiry, you are the third worst manager in the NFL). Knowing that the Browns didn't want Callahan, the Seahawks made this kind of brain-dead trade and wiped the ass of Sonny, who was on the verge of death. It didn't make sense at all.
6. Sonny picked a...running back with the No. 7 pick he just got back.
Although in the NFL, Leonard Fournette in 2017 and Saquon Barkley in 2018 are both running backs selected with high picks, in recent years, NFL teams have rarely used high picks on running backs— -A quarterback with accurate pass is not easy to find, a running back who runs fast grabs a hand, so why use a precious high post to pick a running back. Although Fournette and Barkley have outstanding performances in the NFL, their serious injuries also reflect to a certain extent that it is not wise to invest in high positions in running backs. In the film, Sonny chose running back Ray Jennings with the No. 7 pick and part of the reason is because he is behind the team's fame. In any case, I have seen Sonny's ghost operation before, which is really nothing. We wish him and the Browns good luck in the parallel universe NFL.
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