Draft Day (I) (2014)

W. Earl Brown: Ralph Mowry

Quotes 

• Ralph Mowry : Bo Ridley Callahan. He's an only child. His mom's a homemaker, his father's a medical malpractice lawyer. He's made some money. Pays his taxes. He's got three years left on his mortgage. Well, the kid's pretty vanilla. Belonged to a few clubs in high school. He had a walk-on role in "Damn Yankees". Was on the honor roll from junior high through college. Kept his nose clean, he worked out, and... well, you know, he threw a football better than anybody in the great states of Washington or Wisconsin.

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : But?

  Ralph Mowry : How do you know there's a "but"?

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : Because you're an unoriginal bastard, Ralph. So, go on. But...

  Ralph Mowry : But during his final year at Wisconsin, he had a big dinner for his 21st birthday at some restaurant. Locals find out who the dinner's for, and they start filin' in. Things get out of control. Manager called the cops when somebody broke into his office and stole some money. And of course, none of this is Bo's fault.

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : Of course. But...?

  Ralph Mowry : But the cops came and they took everybody's name regardless. It was a few hundred people. Standard operating procedure.

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : But...?

  Ralph Mowry : Ask me who wasn't there.

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : Who wasn't there, Ralph?

  Ralph Mowry : Any of his teammates. None of his teammates came to the poor guy's birthday party, Sonny.

• Ralph Mowry : Got a new Callahan story for you.

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : Not sure I want to hear it. You know, you hung me out to dry pretty good with the last one.

  Ralph Mowry : Just talked to Jack Tate in Washington. He said when they found out they had the number five pick, first thing they did was send a copy of their playbook to all the guys they were interested in.

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : Right. We do the same thing.

  Ralph Mowry : No, no, they put a little special twist on it. They tape a $100 bill to the last page.

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : Why?

  Ralph Mowry : So, when they're interviewin' the guys, and they ask 'em if they'd read the whole playbook, of course all of 'em are gonna say yes. 'Bout half of 'em, they mention the money. But the other half don't. So when they tell 'em about the $100 bill, most of the guys get embarrassed. They get flustered. They fess up that they didn't read the whole thing. But ask me what your boy Bo Callahan did.

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : You know, I really hate playing this game with you.

  Ralph Mowry : Ask.

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : All right. What did Bo Callahan do?

  Ralph Mowry : Neither. He said that he'd read it, and then he didn't say anything.

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : So?

  Ralph Mowry : He didn't know about the $100 bill, Sonny. He lied. He never read the whole playbook.

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : So? A lot of guys don't.

  Ralph Mowry : Yes. But when they confront him about it and they tell him about the money, he lied again. He said something like "Oh-oh, yeah. Now I remember. Good one. Good one, guys." Jack said he is the only guy to tell the lie and then to have the balls to stand and stick up for the lie. Said it was the second-strangest response he had seen to the $100 bill thing. Wanna know what the first was?

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : God damn it, Ralph, just tell me.

  Ralph Mowry : A kid mailed the $100 bill back to them. That kid put it in a card, and he wrote on the card "Save this for when I win you the Super Bowl."

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : Nice.

  Ralph Mowry : Don't you wanna know who that kid was?

  Sonny Weaver Jr. : No!

  Ralph Mowry : It was Brian Drew.