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5 unrealistic ways the NFL can lessen number of concussions

By Brian Miller

Sep 8, 2022; Inglewood, California, USA; Commissioner of the NFL Roger Goodell talks with Referee Carl Cheffers before the game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Buffalo Bills at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 8, 2022; Inglewood, California, USA; Commissioner of the NFL Roger Goodell talks with Referee Carl Cheffers before the game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Buffalo Bills at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 1, 2022; London, United Kingdom; Pocket mini helmets of the Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings at the Tottenham Experience store at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 1, 2022; London, United Kingdom; Pocket mini helmets of the Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings at the Tottenham Experience store at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /

Make NFL QBs and other players who are more susceptible to concussions wear different helmets.

The NFL has messed around with different styles of helmets in the past but along the way they didn’t come across as aesthetically pleasing. Some players thought it made them look goofy and for whatever reason, the NFL never let them stick.

During training camp, teams require several player positions including linemen to wear padded covers over their helmets, so why not add them to the helmet itself? Make it more minimalistic, and lighter and incorporate it under the helmet.

If the league is truly interested in protecting the brain, then they should be incorporating in-season options as well as in camps.

This should be a goal of both the NFL and the NFLPA. There are those in the medical world working on potential options but why haven’t we seen the NFL pour their billion-dollar industry into it yet fully? It makes you wonder.

If the NFL is doing this and researching this, it is something they are doing a poor job of advertising.

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