For almost 14 years I’ve watched football with this little guy. He and his brother have been with me from the beginning. They were there in college, they were there when the once-girlfriend who gave them to me when we were 19 ended up becoming my wife, and they were there when I decided to take the leap and start doing YouTube for a living. Through 10 moves and nine apartments, houses, and air mattresses in my in-law’s spare office, they saw it all. We got the news today that Fatty has cancer, and that is the reason for his difficulty in breathing. The vets were able to drain the fluids from his chest one last time, and then we brought him home for one last night with us. This is the last game I’ll ever get to watch with my boy. We say good bye forever tomorrow. Tonight, we ordered his favorite meal - El Pollo Loco - to give him the dinner he deserved after all these years of love. And then Nikki and I were able to take a family photo with both of the boys to remember this night. I am devastated, but grateful. My heart is full, and yet broken. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard”

Private equity is the vampire of late-stage capitalism — and it's making youth sports "crazy expensive." "That should be illegal! ... You shouldn't be able to profit off of kids playing sports. Am I nuts?"

A new NFL Pro is live!!! This week we’re talking about the blitz-heavy meta sweeping the league and previewing some of week three’s biggest games! piped.video/OSeEs2bRTQ4?is=v0qJ…

The Packers might just legitimately be bad.

Bijan is incredibly underpaid already imo

“Next Thursday it’s Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers against Denzel Ward and the Browns” Is that a promo or a threat

Don’t you dare turn this game off. You owe this to the June version of yourself that was begging for it.

That Matthew Golden catch is just about as hard an adjustment as a receiver can possibly do for a deep ball, my goodness

I turned on the game and Penix was intercepted literally seven seconds later.

Rams-Broncos and Ravens-Cowboys are cool and all, but the real game of the week is Saints vs Raiders. New episode, now live on Bootleg. piped.video/LRvzFnabFL8

Plenty of people have expressed their opinions on this, but what do actual college decision-makers think? Here are 3 quotes from current general managers in college football.  P4 GM: "Exposure has never been easier.  College summer camps, summer combines/camps, increased unofficial visits, larger game day visits, easy access to putting your film online (HUDL).  Most kids that aren’t being recruited by the schools they want to be isn’t a visibility issue; it’s a talent issue.  High School families don’t need to be paying to get evaluated.  They should start with their HS coaches and find out how to become a better football player."  P4 GM: "They’re just trying to make money on the dreams of the players who wouldn’t get recruited anyway. Are there now more spots for FBS teams to take players? No. They’ll just rank more players who paid for it, but the opportunities don’t expand. The number of scholarships given out by programs remains the same. Excited for the meltdown because On3 is a market driver for NIL and this opens the door for families to pay them to rank them higher for more NIL."  G5 GM: "To me, it's all stupid. Anybody who's paying for these rankings or evaluations is already in the wrong. The priority should just be to be a really good high school football player, and you're going to be recruited, and you're going to get ranked.
 "Are these parents even going to listen when they get a rating back that says they're an FCS-level player? Probably not. They'll probably just spend more money trying to change what they are. They'll keep spending money on things until they get the answer they want to hear, but the film isn't going to change from Friday nights."

If the business model is charging parents who are desperate to find a path to a better life for the kids rather than charging the schools a finders fee for the talent you send them, then it's not a good business model imo. Cody's time is valuable, obviously, but you're squeezing the juice from the wrong side of the lemon.

My freshman year GPA in college was 1.9 Favela. Terminal. Wasteland. Overgrown. It took years to recover.

#Seahawks HC Mike Macdonald says he called Broncos HC Sean Payton to apologize after his Spygate story went public (when it was meant to remain private): “It’s a lesson learned. … I’m responsible for what I say.”

Yeah yeah small sample size blah blah blah JSN's yards per route run is currently 5.54

Can’t say for sure, but it does kind of feel to me that Mike Macdonald didn’t know they were rolling here. This is way, WAY more candid than you usually get from an NFL head coach when they know a camera is on and a mic is hot.

The Football giveth, and the Football taketh away. New Bootleg episode, now live. piped.video/IgQgHuHqWKY

Very few fanbases have it worse than Giants fans, man. Just brutal.

Houston Texans legend Jeremiah Smith