NFL has been a complete garbage product for years and years before this protest dog squeeze. They could all stand waving sparklers with an eagle on their shoulder during the anthem and it would still be a garbage product.
Freegards
For me the NFL did what MLB did and that is change the rules to have higher scoring games. You can barely touch the QB anymore, almost anything is illegal contact and the refs use holding calls to extend drives. It changed the game and for me made it worse.