Carl Nassib, a defensive lineman for the Las Vegas Raiders, became the first active player in the NFL to publicly identify as gay on Monday. Fans praised his coming out video on Instagram as a huge step forward for queer representation in sports since that time Tom Brady kissed his son on the mouth.
For sports fans, football is as synonymous with the fall season as the leaves changing, pumpkin spice lattes, and the sound of children playing Smear The Queer in the school yard on the first day back from summer break. Us die-hards can never get enough of it and any day that passes without a game feels hollow and wasted. That’s why we came up with a list of content that has all the action, drama, and engrained homophobia we know and love about football that you can watch while waiting for your next fix of the best damn sport on the planet.