Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has moved on to a new helmet, but the change is still an ongoing adjustment.
“You get used to one thing, one feel,” Brady told NBC Sports Boston’s Tom Curran during a recent episode of the “Quick Slants” podcast. “This is a pound heavier, so it’s 25 percent heavier on your head. That takes a lot of getting used to. I wish it was lighter. I tried to make it lighter. They couldn’t make it lighter.”
Brady previously wore the Riddell VSR-4 for, in his words, “a long time.” The 42-year-old is one of several NFL players, including Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown, who have to change their helmets by the start of this season, as 10 styles were banned by the league for performing poorly in laboratory research testing impact severity.