On June 15, 2012, Football Perspective was born. Since that day, Football Perspective has published at least one new article published every day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, for 7 years. This is the site’s 2,731st post: You can view every article ever written at FP here, and at the top of each page on this site is a link to the Historical Archive, which is also updated after each post is published.

At some point, The Streak will end: it is now up to 2,559 days in a row. A few weeks ago, I chronicled my 17-year writing history and provided some writing tips I’ve picked up along the way. It remains important to me to pay it forward, and to remind younger writers that you are the sum of your connections. And nobody is more fortunate than me in that regard.

Today is a different sort of appreciation post: this one is about you. The readers of this site have already made Football Perspective way more successful than it ever should have been. It is never lost on me how lucky I am to have a community where people are willing to take time out of their busy lives to check Football Perspective. Many of you check in here every day. And in an era where civility is moving in inverse relationship to interception rate, it’s inspiring the way you conduct yourselves.

The comments sections on the internet are known for being awful and trending downward, but you go out of your way to be kind to others and to provide thoughtful, intelligent, helpful, and meaningful responses. There really is a Football Perspective community, and it’s a very cool thing. Getting to know you, getting help from you, and just learning and enjoying football with you is an awesome experience.

I have been influenced by some of the best people — and minds — in our football world: David Dodds and Joe Bryant at Footballguys.com, Sean Forman, Neil Paine, and Mike Kania at Sports-Reference.com, and the incomparable Doug Drinen at both sites. Without each of those six people actively and continuously supporting me, my life would be materially worse, and oh yeah this website wouldn’t exist.

Writers like Bob Henry, Sigmund Bloom, Matt Waldman, Maurile Tremblay, Jason Wood, and many others at Football Guys have been great friends and sounding boards over the years. Jason Lisk, Chris Brown, Scott Kacsmar, Sharon Katz, Mike Clay, and Stephanie Stradley have been really smart, thought-provoking individuals who have helped shape my thoughts, both inside and outside of football.

Brian Burke, Aaron Schatz, and Bill Barnwell all could have been competitors, but have instead gone out of their way to promote me and my little site. Bill in particular has been kind enough to use his large platform to frequently drive traffic to this site and has become a good friend in the process. I met him after starting this site. How neat is that?

I’ve been lucky to get to know a number of people who work in the NFL, and they are much kinder, smarter, and interesting than you would think. It’s fascinating to get a glimpse into what’s going on behind the curtain, and I thank all of them for that. When this started, I didn’t know anyone inside the NFL, and now I’m fortunate to know more than a handful of smart analysts on a number of teams. That wouldn’t have happened if this site wasn’t a reputable one.

Without my guest writers, the Streak would have died long ago. A sincere thank you to Bryan Frye, who has always been willing to help and is a brilliant football mind. It’s incredible having people like Bryan, Brad Oremland, and Adam Harstad — three guys who know as much about football as anybody — constantly contributing to this site. There have been many great guest posts at Football Perspective over the years (yes, that link will let you see all of them), and I thank all of them for their hard work.

I’ve also been happy to see some of my former guest writers move on to bigger and better things, from working at larger sites to having success in other football industries to working in the league. What’s cooler than that?

Your contributions to Football Perspective is what makes this a website and not a diary. A special thanks to all of you. Every day, I consider myself lucky to be able to participate in a community where people willingly take time out of their busy lives to check this little site. But today, I consider myself just that much luckier.