Derek Carr, Saints donate Guardian Caps to Local School

New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr joined the team in promoting health and safety in football by donating guardian caps to the East Jefferson High School football team on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

What are NFL Guardian Caps?
NFL Guardian caps is a padded helmet shell that reduces impacts on an average of 10-20% at NFL speeds. The guardian cap augments existing helmets to make them pliable and able to more effectively manage energy, addressing the impact severity of blows. The cap pads blows to the knees, hands, abdomen, etc. during inside run and position drills. Additionally, the guardian cap reduces sound and vibrational frequencies as well as radiant heat up to 20°.

The NFL announced on Friday that players will be permitted to wear Guardian Caps during regular-season games in an effort to increase player health and safety and prevent head injuries.

The NFL instituted Guardian Caps during training camps ahead of the 2022 season, and then they were mandated during the 2023 season at every preseason practice, as well as every regular-season and postseason practice with contact. Players at position groups where head contact is seen most are required to wear the Guardian Cap, with running backs and fullbacks joining the previously included linemen and linebackers. The only positions not required to wear the caps are kickers, punters, quarterbacks, wide receivers and defensive backs.

The league said when the Guardian Caps debuted in 2022 that they can reduce the force from head contact by 10% if one player is wearing it, and 20% if all players involved are wearing them.

Earlier this month, it was announced that NFL players will have 12 new helmets — including eight that are made specifically for linemen and quarterbacks — to choose from next season.

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