![]() ![]() The Rams had a touchdown called back last Sunday for an illegal formation. According to a Sports Illustrated report, 14 players were granted those exceptions before this season. There are rare medical exceptions that allow players to wear dark-tinted visors, however. It’s now easy to remove a visor without taking off the helmet. Nightmare scenario: a player is knocked unconscious, but medical staff can’t see his eyes without removing his helmet. The NFL banned tinted visors in 1998 for safety reasons. The caveat is, those visors need to be removed before kickoff, or swapped out for more transparent ones. There’s the sunglasses effect, yes, but don’t underestimate the appeal of simply looking cool.Įquipment workers can easily add or remove those visors to helmets, so they get their fair share of players who make those requests before games. Whereas it’s against league rules to play with visors that are anything but clear or very lightly tinted, a lot of players like to wear the dark or reflective visors during warmups and/or during the week of practice. Is there a rule against this or not?įarmer: This is an interesting topic, and one I learned more about last Sunday when I spent a full day with the Rams’ equipment staff. However, since then I have seen multiple players with visors of various colors being allowed to play. 1 running game.Įarly this season, I saw on TV a football player being told to leave the field by a referee, because his plastic facemask visor was tinted from its clear color. Jalen Ramsey has shown off his coverage skills since the Rams acquired him, but against the Ravens on Monday he’ll need to help contain the NFL’s No. ![]() Rams Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey faces a different test against run-heavy Ravens ![]()
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