Male NFL cheerleaders are speaking out after some people criticized Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn, two Minnesota Vikings cheerleaders.

In the NFL, offense is king; it sells tickets, and it is what most fans come in to the stadium or turn the TV on to watch perform on the field. Of course, defense has its place too, but in recent years, the NFL has become an arms race of sorts for teams as they look to have deeper arsenals of weapons to perform each other out.