HBO's Hard Knocks is about as candid a look that you can get about the experience the writer describes. This season with the Jets was particularly interesting - management dealing with a holdout of possibly the best defensive player in the NFL, what to do about a veteran who inspires and mentors the younger player who will replace him...very soon, if not this season, and the glimpse of everything the writer experienced. You see week after week players on that bubble - will they make it, do they ever have a chance, can they prove themselves. As reality television goes (granted a damn low standard) it is impressive.