Monday, February 3, 2014

Helmet Technology...

1991 Upper Deck Football - #372 - Steve Deberg


...sure has come a long way since the early '90s.  I think the "enclosing the top" part of the helmet was the greatest stride.  Maybe the "replacing the visor with a facemask" was pretty important, too. 

I can just picture Reggie White coming through the line and clobbering DeBerg's visored head right to the turf.

2 comments:

  1. Next step: improve gloves. The banana pinkie just isn't desirable.

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    1. Indeed! Those gloves are remnants of football's early days as a variant of jai-alai.

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