AUEngineer2016 407 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Don't know if anyone has noticed, but more of our players have been using a newer helmet style that came out last year or the year before. It's the one with the floating panel on the crown of the helmet. Prince Tega with the front view: Malik Miller: Close up: I don't remember any player wearing that helmet style the past few years, and it's strange to me that only new players are wearing them. So far, I've seen Miller, Antwan Jackson, and Prince wearing them, but I would bet that there are more. I know that helmet choice is just a personal preference, but it was just something that stuck out to me in all of the pictures from practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUGoo 2,666 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Is there a functional difference? Why the change? More protective? What's its selling point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Is there a functional difference? Why the change? More protective? What's its selling point? Just looking at them, it appears the biggest thing is that an impact on the crown of the helmet would primarily be absorbed by that single piece, since it can flex on its own, instead of being transferred throughout the entire helmet and down to the neck. It's kind of the football helmet equivalent of a car's bumper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUinGA44 265 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Its the most concussive resistant helmet on the market and run about $550 a pop. It's made by Riddell, the same company that makes the helmet most of our players wear (JJ, Adams, Lawson off the top of my head), and is called the Revolution Speed Flex. Very quality product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU80cruiser 1,102 Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Malik Miller? I thought he had acl surgery.....obviously that's not the case. Good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout54 55 Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 the absorbent patch on the crown SHOULD be useless to all players since we are no longer taught to lead with the crown of your helmet for tackling. lol. just saying. seriously, though, it is good to see equipment that is starting to address the real risks of potential injury. now they just need to make it more affordable for the high school level programs to be able to provide them to the younger kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 the absorbent patch on the crown SHOULD be useless to all players since we are no longer taught to lead with the crown of your helmet for tackling. lol. just saying. seriously, though, it is good to see equipment that is starting to address the real risks of potential injury. now they just need to make it more affordable for the high school level programs to be able to provide them to the younger kids. This is just another of a continuing development aimed at reducing head and neck injuries but IMO....seems that any promotion of the safety of this helmet is just another way of letting guys know that it's OK to lead with their heads....especially RBs since I can't recall the last time I saw a RB or WR called for a penalty for that. Aggressively call penalties on little RBs who duck their heads at the first sign of a defender and you will totally change the game and probably save some lives too. Otherwise, if they want to stop head and neck injuries, go back to the old leather helmets.....nobody is going to run into a brick wall in one of those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburn4ever 1,266 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 What is that thing close to the front of the helmet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randman5000 4,235 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 What is that thing close to the front of the helmet? Read right above your post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,580 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 What is that thing close to the front of the helmet? a facemask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTiger 3,928 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 What is that thing close to the front of the helmet? :banghead: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptau 169 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 http://www.riddell.com/speedflex#features/the-flex-system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,432 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 What is that thing close to the front of the helmet? a facemask Orange facemask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatBoCamRob 30 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Its the most concussive resistant helmet on the market and run about $550 a pop. It's made by Riddell, the same company that makes the helmet most of our players wear (JJ, Adams, Lawson off the top of my head), and is called the Revolution Speed Flex. Very quality product. Still wouldn't have prevented Reggie Brown from fumbling. (too soon?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 the absorbent patch on the crown SHOULD be useless to all players since we are no longer taught to lead with the crown of your helmet for tackling. lol. just saying. seriously, though, it is good to see equipment that is starting to address the real risks of potential injury. now they just need to make it more affordable for the high school level programs to be able to provide them to the younger kids. This is just another of a continuing development aimed at reducing head and neck injuries but IMO....seems that any promotion of the safety of this helmet is just another way of letting guys know that it's OK to lead with their heads....especially RBs since I can't recall the last time I saw a RB or WR called for a penalty for that. Aggressively call penalties on little RBs who duck their heads at the first sign of a defender and you will totally change the game and probably save some lives too. Otherwise, if they want to stop head and neck injuries, go back to the old leather helmets.....nobody is going to run into a brick wall in one of those things. rbs and Wrs never lead with the helmet to initiate contact with a defenseless player. Defenseless player being the key term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 the absorbent patch on the crown SHOULD be useless to all players since we are no longer taught to lead with the crown of your helmet for tackling. lol. just saying. seriously, though, it is good to see equipment that is starting to address the real risks of potential injury. now they just need to make it more affordable for the high school level programs to be able to provide them to the younger kids. This is just another of a continuing development aimed at reducing head and neck injuries but IMO....seems that any promotion of the safety of this helmet is just another way of letting guys know that it's OK to lead with their heads....especially RBs since I can't recall the last time I saw a RB or WR called for a penalty for that. Aggressively call penalties on little RBs who duck their heads at the first sign of a defender and you will totally change the game and probably save some lives too. Otherwise, if they want to stop head and neck injuries, go back to the old leather helmets.....nobody is going to run into a brick wall in one of those things. rbs and Wrs never lead with the helmet to initiate contact with a defenseless player. Defenseless player being the key term. Perhaps....but surely you can't tell me that you haven't seen DB and RB hit helmet to helmet where the DB gets called for the penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 the absorbent patch on the crown SHOULD be useless to all players since we are no longer taught to lead with the crown of your helmet for tackling. lol. just saying. seriously, though, it is good to see equipment that is starting to address the real risks of potential injury. now they just need to make it more affordable for the high school level programs to be able to provide them to the younger kids. This is just another of a continuing development aimed at reducing head and neck injuries but IMO....seems that any promotion of the safety of this helmet is just another way of letting guys know that it's OK to lead with their heads....especially RBs since I can't recall the last time I saw a RB or WR called for a penalty for that. Aggressively call penalties on little RBs who duck their heads at the first sign of a defender and you will totally change the game and probably save some lives too. Otherwise, if they want to stop head and neck injuries, go back to the old leather helmets.....nobody is going to run into a brick wall in one of those things. rbs and Wrs never lead with the helmet to initiate contact with a defenseless player. Defenseless player being the key term. Perhaps....but surely you can't tell me that you haven't seen DB and RB hit helmet to helmet where the DB gets called for the penalty. quite a bit. They are usually "targeting" a receiver or ball carrier who would be considered defenseless. The db is almost never defenseless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,580 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I've seen safeties get cracked back on and it is the same as a safety killing a crossing route Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I've seen safeties get cracked back on and it is the same as a safety killing a crossing route not near as often. And I think we were discussing ball carriers lowering their head not blockers coming blindside. That absolutely is a defenseless player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUApostle 7,663 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Obviously creates wind drag. I expect us to be a step slower this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Wrs never lead with the helmet to initiate contact with a defenseless player. Defenseless player being the key term. Tell that to Ricky Seals-Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Wrs never lead with the helmet to initiate contact with a defenseless player. Defenseless player being the key term. Tell that to Ricky Seals-Jones was talking about ball carriers. Blocks do happen but still very seldom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Wrs never lead with the helmet to initiate contact with a defenseless player. Defenseless player being the key term. Tell that to Ricky Seals-Jones was talking about ball carriers. Blocks do happen but still very seldom. He doesn't block... he looks for targets and tries to injure them... still, I get your point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUEngineer2016 407 Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Tony Stevens is also using the new helmet style (Riddell SpeedFlex) per @Clintau24 on Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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