Video: My Cause, My Cleats - Cowboys' first look

[percyhoward]

For one week only, the NFL is allowing players to show support for their favorite charitable cause by wearing custom cleats.

 

[JBS]

This is sweet

Finally the NFL got something right

Now we just need to figure out what a catch is

 

[TRUTH87]

thought the beards cleats where pretty sweet. "blocking out hunger"

 

[CowboyStar88]

That's pretty cool! I hope they continue this yearly, I think it's great conversation and will help raise awareness for good causes.

 

[RJ_MacReady]

What stood out to me was the one player that bucked the trend and went with Adidas cleats over Nike. Guess who that was?

 

[Nova]

Love this.

First thing the NFL has done in a long time that genuinely surprised me.

 

[Bigdog]

This is sweet

Finally the NFL got something right

Now we just need to figure out what a catch is

Patience. It's a process. The NFL is working on that

 

[jday]

This is sweet

Finally the NFL got something right

Now we just need to figure out what a catch is

Unless a bunch of players get hurt for wearing unsanctioned cleats...then it would be yet another epic fail.

 

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[WoodysGirl]

This is a good compromise by the league..

 

[WoodysGirl]

 

[WoodysGirl]

For one week only, the NFL is allowing players to show support for their favorite charitable cause by wearing custom cleats.

Missed this last night... Very cool!

 

[AzorAhai]

I had no idea he had survived testicular cancer.

 

[AzorAhai]

Other players also wearing cleats for the Flint water crisis.

 

[erod]

Nice, but I suggest some wordsmith-ing was in order.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

Nice, but I suggest some wordsmith-ing was in order.

I think they get it

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

I had no idea he had survived testicular cancer.

Survived? The survival rate is 99.4%, with the 0.6% usually being too old to handle chemo....so uhh...

 

[ilykdrama]

Survived? The survival rate is 99.4%, with the 0.6% usually being too old to handle chemo....so uhh...

.......

 

[Idgit]

I had no idea he had survived testicular cancer.

That's awesome. I'd seen that pair of shoes in the video and wondered whose it was. I'd forgotten about Escobar's cancer scare.

What they really should have done, though, is given him just one shoe if they were committed to the joke.

 

[AmericasTeam81]

Survived? The survival rate is 99.4%, with the 0.6% usually being too old to handle chemo....so uhh...

Um, not all cancers are created equal, but cancer is still cancer right?