How do the new NFL helmets work?

The NFL uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, including those developed by Zebra Technologies, embedded within equipment to collect information on which piece of equipment – including the component parts of each, from a helmet’s chin strap to its facemask – players are wearing.

Why do NFL players have different helmets?

Sports equipment evolves over time as the companies that make it develop new technologies they can implement in the manufacturing process. Player safety is often a driving force behind changes to players’ equipment.

What is the new football helmet design?

Player-safety history will be made in Week 1, with at least six NFL starters wearing the first position-specific helmet ever made. VICIS, the innovative Seattle-based helmet manufacturer, has invented a helmet designed for offensive and defensive linemen. It’s called the VICIS Zero2 Trench.

What is the cutout on NFL helmets?

The most noticeable feature of the new helmet is the cutout at the front. Called a cantilever, the feature allows the helmet to flex more while maintaining an overall stiffness. The thick padding behind the movable area doesn’t allow it to move much, but just enough in an area where players can take big hits.

Who makes the helmets for the NFL?

Certor Sports makes roughly 300,000 football helmets a year. Players like Russell Wilson and Derek Carr wear their models in the NFL. The company has numerous brands including household helmet names like Schutt and Vicis.

What is the most used helmet in the NFL?

Riddell Speedflex
Riddell Speedflex (3 Models) The Riddell Speedflex has been the most recognizable and most popular helmet in the game since its’ debut in 2014.

Why do new football helmets have a hexagon?

That Hexagon you’re referring to is part of the Flex system found on the Riddell Speedflex. It is a movable piece that moves upon impact by a very small amount and is supposed to disperse the hit throughout the helmet. This is what the stock helmet looks like and here are some pictures of players using the helmet.

What is the most worn helmet in the NFL?

What helmet does Larry Fitzgerald wear?

Riddell Revolution
Fitzgerald currently wears a Riddell Revolution with a G2B face mask and a Riddell hardcup chinstrap.

What helmet does Derek Carr wear?

Vicis
Certor Sports makes roughly 300,000 football helmets a year. Players like Russell Wilson and Derek Carr wear their models in the NFL. The company has numerous brands including household helmet names like Schutt and Vicis.

What is the safest helmet in the NFL?

The ZERO2 MATRIX, a new helmet exclusive to the NFL for the 2021 season, took the top spot, followed by the ZERO2 TRENCH, the first football helmet designed exclusively to protect linemen, and the standard ZERO2 helmet in third.

What is the best helmet in the NFL?

They’ve determined the top-rated helmets by performance and the VICIS Zero1 remains the best helmet in football. This is the third straight testing period that the VICIS Zero1 helmet has been the NFL’s top-rated. The NFL’s press release noted marked improvements throughout the helmet industry in the 2019 wave of testing:

Who manufactures football helmets?

One of BRG Sports most well known brands, Riddell is the leading manufacturer of football helmets, shoulder pads and reconditioning services (cleaning, repairing, repainting and recertifying existing equipment).

What is the NFL helmet?

An American football helmet. A football helmet is a protective device used primarily in American football and Canadian football. It consists of a hard leather top with thick padding on the inside, a facemask made of one or more plastic bars, and a chinstrap.