Every year football’s reputation seems to get worse. Disregard for player safety. Teams holding cities hostage for stadium money and threatening to move. The complete joke of a justice system in both the NFL and the NCAA. Players who are horrible people getting support because they’re good. The increasingly convoluted rules that result in more blown calls (what even is a catch these days? Does anyone even know anymore?). The disgusting price of tickets. The partnerships with sketchy Daily Fantasy sites. Thursday Night Football with the Jaguars and Titans. Colleges covering up rape accusations to protect the football program. The Redskins name. Everything about Roger Goodell.
Wishing you and your family a Happy #Thanksgiving. pic.twitter.com/qI3U7hbGhK
— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) November 26, 2015
We spend so much time focusing on these negatives (rightfully so) that it makes us question why we love this sport so much. Well with this holiday of thanks, maybe it’s time we sat back and looked at exactly what keeps us coming back week after week, why we can’t pry ourselves from this sport and continue to feed the beast.
1. Awesome catches
2. Punishing runs
3. GOING DEEP
4. Sacks
5. Coaching tantrums
6. The salty tears or your rivals
7. Kick returns
8. Fat Man Running With Football
9. Touchdown dances
10. Cam Newton’s lastest fashion choices
Cam Newton wore a fox tail to today's postgame press conference. pic.twitter.com/bw7Plw9Syj
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 22, 2015
11. The Playoffs! Now including college ball!
12. Being glad you’re not the Browns (does not apply to the Browns)
13. Fumbles!
14. Rex Ryan trash talk
15. Jon Gruden
16. Mark Davis’ hair
17. Gronk
18. College marching bands
19. Lee Corso
20. The name Blake Bortles
21. Sexy sack dances
22. Russell Wilson scrambles
23. Roll Tide jokes
24. Jay Cutler not caring
25. Andy Dalton’s hair
26. Odell Beckham Jr.’s hair
27. Antonio Brown’s hair
28. Shanked field goals
29. 2-point conversions
30. Philip Rivers’ face
31. Manningface
32. Rooting against the SEC
33. Puddles the Oregon Duck
34. Jaxson De Ville
35. Last-second game winners
36. Upsets
37. Rich Eisen
38. The NFL Draft
39. Marshawn Lynch
40. Heartwarming stories of sick children getting sideline seats
41. Watching football with your friends
42. Tailgating
43. Watching football on thanksgiving to ignore your family
44. Sexy NFL player butts
45. Watching other fans despair
46. Ed Hochuli’s arms
47. Snow games!
48. Pick sixes
49. Mondays after your team wins
50. Fantasy football
51. The various forms of Rob Lowe
52. Plays where the cameraman gets fooled
53. Ball hitting the uprights
54. Crowd reactions
55. RedZone Channel
56. PFTCommenter
57. Post-game meltdowns
58. Super Bowl commercials
59. The blue Boise State field
60. The Buttfumble
