Nerd of the Year Award

[dpjax]

Jonathan Taylor wore it last week in the Colts pre-season game.

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I was wondering what that was!

 

[Lunchbox]

While that is true, Chapman's death was cited as one of the main reasons why they should become mandatory when it passed.

It may have been, but I'd bet the Tony Conigliaro beaning in 1967 had as much to do with with the timing as anything.

 

[Memento]

It may have been, but I'd bet the Tony Conigliaro beaning in 1967 had as much to do with with the timing as anything.

Also agreed, but Chapman's death was cited as the biggest reason for the mandatory change, along with Mickey Cochrane's near-fatal and career-ending injury - Cochrane himself gave a statement saying that players should "absolutely have to wear protective headgear" - for the change. It didn't hold until much later, unfortunately; Ford Frick tried his best to make it mandatory, but it didn't stick.

But back to this subject: the new helmet could make Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" look like a fucking alpha jock, and I'd still prefer it over a player dying on the field or shortly after. Reputations can be lost or earned and kept; lives are absolutely irreplaceable.

 

[Neil039]

Guardian helmets? Pfffft! This all they need.

@Loyal ~ Hey I wear this on the toilet while I read the news

 

[Loyal]

You can wear the stay puff helmet and it might be smart. Weird Al's next song might be "Safe and Nerdy"


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw

 

[Loyal]

@Loyal ~ Hey I wear this on the toilet while I read the news

Who doesn't?

 

[Loyal]

I think the helmets look goofy but who cares, if it helps players from getting hurt. I hope every Rams player wears one.

Nerd apologist! Game knows game?

 

[Oregonram]

Ok…I will go counter-intuitive. No one died in a boxing ring until they put on gloves. The more we pad, the harder and less careful the hits will be. I wasn’t around during the leather head days, but I bet less players led with their head with only leather on it.

 

[Loyal]

Ok…I will go counter-intuitive. No one died in a boxing ring until they put on gloves. The more we pad, the harder and less careful the hits will be. I wasn’t around during the leather head days, but I bet less players led with their head with only leather on it.

Look at James Braddock. He did crouch low at times, but he stood up straight during his fights . He fought from the late 1920’s - early 1940’s.

 

[Jorgeh0605]

I think they look goofey now but give it a few years and the players and teams will learn to stylize them in a good way. Speed bumps for the betterment of a players health.

 

[shovelpass]

 

[Classic Rams]

 

[pvtdragon39]

They dont Protect knees tho.....

 

[dieterbrock]

This should be called the "Mark Kelso Award"

 

[Antonius]

If internet threads were around one hundred years ago, I wonder what the fans would be saying about the implementation of leather headgear?

Of course the guardian caps do look goofy - in their current state. Eventually a new design will come along that combines the helmet with the cap, and it will inevitably become the standard.

 

[Selassie I]

If internet threads were around one hundred years ago, I wonder what the fans would be saying about the implementation of leather headgear?

Of course the guardian caps do look goofy - in their current state. Eventually a new design will come along that combines the helmet with the cap, and it will inevitably become the standard.

Ask @VegasRam

I'm sure he remembers everything they were saying.

 

[Loyal]

Ask @VegasRam

I'm sure he remembers everything they were saying.

Heck, I'm really the one who painted horns on the leather helmets and not that Fred Gehrke guy! @Dave51 helped... ~ @VegasRam

 

[VegasRam]

The story is true - very artistic as a kid.

Then I picked up a t-square...
and the rest is history.