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The MSB's long nightmare is morphing: New Guardian cap design approved

Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:29 pm
Posted by Diseasefreeforall
Member since Oct 2012
7357 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:29 pm
According to PFT. This might lead to more players using it.


Warning: annoying generic hip hop accompanies video.


PFT
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:30 pm to
These things are so stupid and do nothing to prevent your brain banging around in your skull.
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:30 pm to
this is what we went to the moon for.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:30 pm to
I was expecting this to be about the baseball cap for the Cleveland “Don’t call us Indians anymore”.
Posted by Olric
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2015
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Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:32 pm to
Nintendo should do a Toad skin to promote the Mario movie
Posted by DestrehanTiger
Houston, TX by way of Louisiana
Member since Nov 2005
13342 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:33 pm to
Seems counterintuitive for the guys in the video to keep banging their heads with their hands.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
80438 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:34 pm to
quote:

These things are so stupid and do nothing to prevent your brain banging around in your skull.


It certainly reduces the external force imparted on the skull, thus reducing the force of the brain slamming into the skull in the equal and opposite direction.

To what degree it reduces it is up for debate.
Posted by StansberryRules
Member since Aug 2024
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Posted on 4/8/26 at 2:18 pm to
Looks the same to me

Looks stupid AF.
Posted by Horsemeat
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Posted on 4/8/26 at 2:52 pm to
Posted by castorinho
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Posted on 4/8/26 at 2:54 pm to
Paging SirWinston
Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
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Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:00 pm to
“Can I get the cap that looks like the big head cheat code on Goldeneye? Thanks”
Posted by Downeast12
Member since Jun 2022
992 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:11 pm to
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SirWinston


Hey mate, that looks hecking awesome
Posted by SirWinston
Say NO to War
Member since Jul 2014
104242 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:15 pm to
While I dislike them, I actually dont hate them as much if the graphics are directly on the cap

It was the brassiere like cover (solely for the leauxgeauxs) that made it look especially horrific
This post was edited on 4/8/26 at 3:20 pm
Posted by SirWinston
Say NO to War
Member since Jul 2014
104242 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:18 pm to
They make more sense for linemen than WRs

The lower impact repeated thuds as opposed to the higher impact jarring hits
This post was edited on 4/8/26 at 3:19 pm
Posted by LSUlefty
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Member since Dec 2007
28500 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:43 pm to
quote:

I was expecting this to be about the baseball cap for the Cleveland “Don’t call us Indians anymore”.
Posted by sgallo3
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Member since Sep 2008
26714 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:53 pm to
quote:

These things are so stupid and do nothing to prevent your brain banging around in your skull.

This post is America in a nutshell. People that have no clue what they are talking about calling the people that have done the studies on things stupid.
quote:

It certainly reduces the external force imparted on the skull, thus reducing the force of the brain slamming into the skull in the equal and opposite direction.

To what degree it reduces it is up for debate

Yeah, i don't think we'll get to the point where many players use them any time soon.
This post was edited on 4/8/26 at 3:55 pm
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
69589 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:58 pm to
lol “buy this junk please” would’ve been a lot cheaper as an ad
This post was edited on 4/8/26 at 3:59 pm
Posted by bgtiger
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Member since Dec 2004
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Posted on 4/8/26 at 4:18 pm to
NBA Jam, NFL IRL edition.
Posted by Diseasefreeforall
Member since Oct 2012
7357 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 4:19 pm to
quote:

This post is America in a nutshell. People that have no clue what they are talking about calling the people that have done the studies on things stupid.

This is probably a robust study done by Univ of Wisconsin researchers on 2600 high school players with about half wearing the caps.

They didn't find any difference in concussion rates between those who wore them and those who didn't. There have been lab tests that showed they might help a little when hit from certain directions but one I read found that it was because the caps slipped on contact, not because the extra cushioning did anything.

The UW study mentioned extra jaw padding as maybe being beneficial but the bottom line is that really the only way to guarantee brain health is to limit head jarring contact as much as possible.

UW study press release


Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
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Posted on 4/8/26 at 4:39 pm to
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