At NFL training camps, players in select position groups are wearing puffy, spongy Guardian Caps over their helmets in an effort to help curb head injuries.
Initially, some players hesitated to embrace the caps because they suspected the headgear might hinder their play. Seattle Seahawks tight end Noah Fant called wearing the cap “a little bit of an inconvenience.” Arizona Cardinals defensive end J.J. Watt said he felt “like a bobblehead.” Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce seemed to mock the effort by adding bubble wrap to his helmet, later telling reporters that he was “just having fun.
In college, Ismael suffered a concussion. He said recently that, though he wishes he would’ve had the cap earlier than in his 12th year playing football, it was better late than never. And he joked that he already knew how his mom would react when he texted her a picture: “[I’ll] be like, ‘Hey, look, safety this year!’ She’ll be like, ‘Oh my God. Thank God. My baby boy!’”
Sills added that “everything is on the table” in terms of the potential future use of the caps further into the preseason or perhaps during practices in the regular season. And Commanders Coach Ron Rivera, a member of the NFL’s rulemaking competition committee, said he wouldn’t be surprised to see the mandate for wearing the caps expanded in the future to include offseason workouts and potentially practices during the regular season.
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