...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.
Next step: improve gloves. The banana pinkie just isn't desirable.
ReplyDeleteIndeed! Those gloves are remnants of football's early days as a variant of jai-alai.
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