You may have heard of the Alliance of American Football (AAF), the mini-American football league that’s offering itself as a professional option for players who couldn’t quite find homes in the NFL and just started its inaugural season. It’s been surprisingly exciting for the first few games, with a few features that are either missing (live feed of referees during review situations so we can hear the full decision process) or extinct (full-contact play allowed against quarterbacks) from the modern NFL. That it’s taking place during the early part of the year, when football fans are most raring for more action, hasn’t hurt.