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Niyo: New NFL helmet rule has everyone's head spinning

Detroit News reporters try to decipher meaning, if there is any, in Detroit's ugly 30-17 loss to the Giants. Justin Rogers, The Detroit News

Allen Park — They’re all playing head games now.

And in a summer that began with NFL owners putting hand over heart and making a big show of solidarity — before a change of heart on their ill-fated national anthem policy left everyone ducking for cover — this latest snafu is starting to feel like a page ripped from the same playbook.