With awareness of head trauma in the NFL increasing every year, a lot is being done to get the league to try to protect its athletes. However, something that people aren't necessarily looking closely at is the helmets themselves.
VICIS, a helmet manufacturing upstart NFL teams are contracting for their new headgear has designed a revolutionary new helmet that claims to protect players better than the current shells. Its technology is already being seen as a "new normal" in NFL helmet design due to its reliability and durability. The helmet will be used by half of NFL teams and "many college teams in the Top 20," according to Dave Marver, CEO of the company.