This training camp, it feels as if more Seahawks than ever are practicing with tinted visors. Which is interesting, because in 1998 the NFL banned dark visors on game days.
RENTON — Seahawks receiver Jermaine Kearse, a faithful believer in the dark magic of the dark visor, holds his helmet forward.
“Put it on,” he says. “It’s not what you think. It’s actually nice, ain’t it? It’s way easier. It’s like wearing sunglasses.”
He’s trying to prove a point — that a dark visor isn’t as prohibitive as it might seem, especially for a receiver whose job involves catching an oddly shaped ball flying across a traffic-jammed field.