In an announcement first made by the Associated Press and then confirmed by ESPN Thursday morning, we learned that the National Football League and the NFL Players Association approved of a new quarterback specific helmet designed to reduce the amount of concussions suffered by signal callers around the NFL.
Unsurprisingly, Dolphins’ quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was used as the poster-boy for the league’s announcement — which included the use of a graphic photo from Tagovailoa’s concussion against the Bengals showing a clear case of what is known as the fencing response.
“The helmet, manufactured by Vicis, reduces severity of helmet-to-ground impacts, which league data says account for approximately half of quarterback concussions, including the one suffered by Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa last season when his head slammed violently against the turf during a Thursday night game against Cincinnati.