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I'm Alex Kazora. I know the Pittsburgh Steelers just held their first and second practices this week

and there's plenty to talk about so please

check out the Daily Camp Recap Podcasts and our written reports but I had to talk about

a different topic because it's a follow-up on a concern I shared before.

Earlier in the summer, I had a terrible take about the NFL allowing players to wear those

guardian caps in-game for additional head and concussion

protection, which is great. However, they're bulky and ugly-looking foam on

top of their helmets are an eyesore and players won't wear something as ugly as it is.

They only wear them in camp because it is mandated.

But Albert Breyer tweeted a photo of the Chargers putting skull caps on top of the

guardian caps with players numbers and the team logo on them. It looked more like

actual helmets. Still not perfect but a whole lot better. And that

matters. Like it or not, these have to be visually appealing to get players to buy in the same

issue with baseball's oversized pitching caps nobody wears.

Now I don't think or expect a bunch of players to go out there all of a sudden and wear these

guardian caps this year, but it's an important step and shows

understanding the NFL knows these have to look right if you want players to

actually wear them. Of course the league could mandate them down the road. Maybe that's inevitable. But for now, again, I was encouraged to see at least one team try to sell these caps in a way that players will want to wear them and ultimately protect their body a little bit more.

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