Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 20, 2026

Cover the Damn Tight End (“CTDTE,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy almost as much as we respect a defense that remembers tight ends are eligible receivers.

This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit CoverTheDamnTightEnd.com (the “Site”), how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We may collect information you voluntarily provide when you:

  • Subscribe to receive new Grievance Log rulings, Witten Index scores, or other updates

  • Contact us by email

  • Submit a question, comment, tip, consulting inquiry, or possible evidence of tight-end negligence

This information may include your email address and anything else you choose to include in your message.

Please do not send sensitive personal information. The middle of the end zone may be left unprotected, but your Social Security number should not be.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Site, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies. This may include:

  • IP address

  • Browser and device type

  • Operating system

  • Approximate geographic location

  • Referring website or traffic source

  • Pages viewed

  • Time spent on the Site

  • Links or features used

  • General interaction and performance data

This information helps us understand how visitors find and use the Site, improve its performance, and determine whether our international readership consists primarily of humans or bots.

Cookies and Analytics

The Site is hosted by Squarespace, which may use cookies and similar technologies necessary to operate, secure, and analyze the Site.

We also use Google Analytics to understand general visitor activity, such as traffic sources, pageviews, device types, and engagement. Google may process information about your use of the Site according to its own privacy practices.

You can limit or block cookies through your browser settings. Depending on your location and the settings available on the Site, you may also be able to manage optional cookies through our cookie banner or preferences panel.

Blocking certain cookies may affect how some parts of the Site function, although it should not affect your ability to identify an uncovered tight end.

How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

  • Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Site

  • Manage the subscriber list

  • Send requested updates or publications

  • Respond to messages and inquiries

  • Understand readership and traffic patterns

  • Diagnose technical problems

  • Protect against spam, abuse, fraud, or malicious activity

  • Comply with legal obligations

  • Document the NFL’s continued surprise that tight ends can catch footballs

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

Email Communications

If you join the Coverage Unit, we may send you new Grievance Log rulings, Witten Index scores, site updates, or related football commentary.

You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in an email or by contacting us at facemask@coverthedamntightend.com.

No spam. No prevent defense.

Service Providers

We may share information with service providers that help operate the Site and its related functions. These may include:

  • Squarespace, for website hosting, forms, subscriber-list storage, analytics, security, and related website services

  • Google, for analytics and email services

  • Other technology providers used to maintain or support the Site

These providers may process information according to their own terms and privacy policies. We share information only as reasonably necessary to use