NFL gives players the option to wear guardian shells during games.

[Beast]

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nfl-gives-players-option-to-wear-guardian-caps-during-games?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3sqgbZfzhd-y1KTLK-y7aAYxUmWRoSRzitAGOu9Z6xDHZ50ZhR_ijKC84_aem_AZlzJe1vi3GaXTj6hoBV3SyqiZ2kfiKgqgTHpKyLIkQVQi-hz7-dUwSWERmHTl_aQWEfZ1HGXiZ9bn-GcQd4qHYP#lvgxdiczo7o7redqx18
 

I wonder if Tua will wear one?

[Don Otreply]

1 hour ago, Beast said:

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nfl-gives-players-option-to-wear-guardian-caps-during-games?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3sqgbZfzhd-y1KTLK-y7aAYxUmWRoSRzitAGOu9Z6xDHZ50ZhR_ijKC84_aem_AZlzJe1vi3GaXTj6hoBV3SyqiZ2kfiKgqgTHpKyLIkQVQi-hz7-dUwSWERmHTl_aQWEfZ1HGXiZ9bn-GcQd4qHYP#lvgxdiczo7o7redqx18
 

I wonder if Tua will wear one?

So you’re saying that they make one for Tua’s entire body…? 

[Figster]

Its been a long time coming...

[Lost]

National Bobblehead League

[RiotAct]

Mark Kelso has (re-)entered the chat!!!

[Low Positive]

This thread should be a lot of fun. What's the o/u on the number of posts until someone makes a comment on kids getting participation trophies?  What about "pretty soon, it'll be flag football?" How about "they might as well be playing in pantyhose?"

[Figster]

2 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

This thread should be a lot of fun. What's the o/u on the number of posts until someone makes a comment on kids getting participation trophies?  What about "pretty soon, it'll be flag football?" How about "they might as well be playing in pantyhose?"

Speaking of kids, the Gurdian Cap has been well accepted by both the parents and schools that have started using them because of the reduction in head injuries it provides. Parents feel the players are safer and the players themselves feel safer which increases confidence and benefits play.

[BuffaloBillyG]

13 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

This thread should be a lot of fun. What's the o/u on the number of posts until someone makes a comment on kids getting participation trophies?  What about "pretty soon, it'll be flag football?" How about "they might as well be playing in pantyhose?"

Welp, you would just have become the first to bring up all those topics for people to piggy back off of. Way to set the table😂

 

Seriously, I get it and it's really good for the players and safety. Could help some guys have longer careers, earn more money and walk away a bit healthier. But egads are those things fugly.

Edited April 26 by BuffaloBillyG

[ndirish1978]

Just integrate padding into the helmets

[MJS]

Interesting. Players REALLY care about how they look, so I bet there won't be many who wear them.

[Don Otreply]

3 minutes ago, MJS said:

Interesting. Players REALLY care about how they look, so I bet there won't be many who wear them.

Yup, this right here, players also use substantially smaller pads than was common some years ago, are the pads better nowadays, or is it driven by fashion?

[VaMilBill]

14 minutes ago, Figster said:

Speaking of kids, the Gurdian Cap has been well accepted by both the parents and schools that have started using them because of the reduction in head injuries it provides. Parents feel the players are safer and the players themselves feel safer which increases confidence and benefits play.

If the guardian caps protect heads and it is proven, why the heck doesn’t the helmet making companies just make soft shell helmets essentially with more padding instead of the hard plastic or carbon fiber material it uses now?

[Figster]

2 minutes ago, MJS said:

Interesting. Players REALLY care about how they look, so I bet there won't be many who wear them.

Get a couple of bad concussions like Tua and they might feel differently. The damage from collision is also cumulative

 

 

[Allen2D̶i̶g̶g̶s̶TBD]

Any player coming off a concussion should wear this the next week

[MJS]

Just now, Figster said:

Get a couple of bad concussions like Tua and they might feel differently. The damage from collision is also cumulative

All of them have had concussions. You can't play in high school and college and then the NFL without ever having a concussion. They know the risks but they still choose looks over safety, often.

 

But there may be a few who do it. Honestly, defensive linemen should all wear them because they help block the view of the QB, so it is a small competitive advantage.

[947]

It still baffles me that the NFL doesn't require mouthguards to actually be in the mouth, which actually helps protect from concussions. Instead we get idiots running around with their neon colored mouthguards just flapping in the wind, because it "looks cool".

[Figster]

11 minutes ago, MJS said:

All of them have had concussions. You can't play in high school and college and then the NFL without ever having a concussion. They know the risks but they still choose looks over safety, often.

 

But there may be a few who do it. Honestly, defensive linemen should all wear them because they help block the view of the QB, so it is a small competitive advantage.

 Lineman would benefit the most IMO. 

 

On a side note the Guardian cap also helps protect anything it comes in contact with reducing other types of injuries.

Edited April 26 by Figster

[Buffalo Boy]

57 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

This thread should be a lot of fun. What's the o/u on the number of posts until someone makes a comment on kids getting participation trophies?  What about "pretty soon, it'll be flag football?" How about "they might as well be playing in pantyhose?"

All valid points😎

[QB Bills]

The NFL creams at the sound of helmets crashing into each other. If they just made the outside of helmets also soft like the inside (with a solid frame in between) I'm sure that help quite a bit. Not as loud, but safer. Tough choice for the bean counters up top.

Edited April 26 by QB Bills

[co_springs_billsfan]

So we've got padding inside the helmets, then the hard shell, then the guardian caps added padding outside the hard shell.  How about we add another hard shell to these so it can fully be a helmet inside a helmet?  Is two helmets even enough?  Maybe three would be safer...