A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.

小索尼·韋弗（凱文·科斯特納飾）作為美國橄欖球聯盟中的來自克裡夫蘭橄欖球隊的總經理，每每到賽季中的選秀時刻，都是他與諸多同行鬥智鬥勇的火熱時刻。如今，又到關鍵時刻，無論是本隊的老闆還有挑刺兒的主教練，甚至那些挑剔的球員和球迷，都能給小索尼·韋弗帶來不少麻煩。為了球隊的賽季目標，為了自己的事業理想。韋弗需要不斷地權衡自由市場上和處在交易期中的那些有用甚至無用的球星們。還好，在美女助手艾麗（珍妮弗·加納飾）的幫助下，韋弗充分利用了自己手頭有限的資金，並在選秀大會上成功挑選到了適合自己球隊的球員，進而將之打造成聯盟中的又一支勁旅。

An alien lands in Cleveland and members of the '88 Cleveland Browns must help him.