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    Training Camp 2014...Tweets from all sources, Week 1

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    Mike Rodak ‏@mikerodak 8m

    Observations on EJ Manuel, Sammy Watkins, and others from Sunday night’s practice: http://es.pn/1mw2FJt

     

    Today is our day of national coverage on ESPN.

     

    bill hofheimer ‏@bhofheimer_espn 24m

    .@SportsCenter's 10 days of live, on-site NFL Training Camp reports start today: SalPal and @jawsespn are at @buffalobills camp.

     

     

    @PB_Number2 Preston Brown at #BillsCamp - Looks like the real deal! #BillsMafia @buffalobills

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    Mike Lee ‏@MustangMike23 8h

    @BrandonSpikes51 getting ready to do work at #BillsCamp #BillsMafia #Area51 pic.twitter.com/VEpcz3qt1U

     

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    Jamie Germano ‏@jgermano1 12h

    Bills head coach Doug Marrone shares a laugh with WRs Sammy Watkins and Mike Williams #billswatch #dandc pic.twitter.com/ak45MnnMH9

     

     

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    I really like how well HC Marrone gels with his players :thumbsup:

    I love Aaron Williams' mindset!

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by Donald Duck

    I just hope his safety play was a result of him adjusting to a new position and being a natural fit, and not the result of scheme from our former DC.

     

    Same goes for a few guys on D, actually.

     

     

    You have good players and you have great players, what seperates the two IMO is the great players in this league are able to step up and make big plays when the team really needs them. It appears A Williams is turning out to be a great player.

     

    Williams was also asked to play cover corner again last season due to injuries in the secondary and did a spectacular job. :thumbsup:

     

    A Williams has quickly risen to the top of Bills MVP's IMO ...

    UF duo designing a better helmet to curb head injuries

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by Donald Duck

    There is another way to reduce torque/rotational forces. A helmet should have two layers: a hard outer shell and an inner layer. When some rotational force is applied to the outer layer, it will rotate along with the force. But the inner layer does not rotate. As a result, the rotational force isn't transmitted from the outer layer to the inner layer. Or at worst, it gets transmitted but largely dissipated.

     

    Reduced friction/cohesion/duration of impact, which in turn reduces torque.

     

    It's a good point and should be designed into the new helmets to help protect from neck injury IMO. :thumbsup:

     

     

    Note: I would like to see shock absorbtion added to the exterior of the helmet, hard shell in the middle, it might be possible to use round gel balls mounted to spin freely on the exterior and accomplish both applications. By doing so with smaller, freely rotating balls, even the torque created from more of a head on collision would be reduced IMO.

    UF duo designing a better helmet to curb head injuries

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    They have had fluid filled helmets out for a while. The air chambers are more popular but have since gone the way of a gel pack.

     

    These helmets are that futuristic.

     

    Schutt has a great helmet and it's very comfortable.

     

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    These are a lot better then the old blue tube crown types most of us probably wore and still wear.

     

    If you played football at all as a kid, the next time you're at a sporting goods store go look at the helmets out there now-a-days. They're amazing.

     

     

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    UF duo designing a better helmet to curb head injuries

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by Donald Duck

    I'm curious how they are going to counteract environmental variables. These gel bags probably have varying refill times due to change in temperature and viscosity.

     

    Good point :thumbsup:

     

     

    It's possible you might be able to design the helmet to have a fitted chamber or net surrounding the head that round gel packs could be poured into so when it comes time to replace pour the old ones out and the new ones in.

    UF duo designing a better helmet to curb head injuries

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by Donald Duck

    Dog, can you please elaborate? On behalf of the well over 50% of the well over 1,000,000,000 homeless people in our country who suffer from mental illness, I am interested to know why you find studies on football helmets a more valuable use of time. Thanks.

     

     

    Honestly Gu,

     

    Focusing on the solution, which would be better head protection, then testing/ applying it in one of the places we see a high number of head injuries occuring (NFL) seems like the most logical approach to tackle the problem, head on so to speak IMO.

     

     

    Note: It does not surprise me lower or no income equates to more injury/and or illness in general (IMO)

    UF duo designing a better helmet to curb head injuries

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by Donald Duck

    That was going to be my question to float out - does protecting the head end up making guys more likely to put it where it doesn't belong causing other issues?

     

    While I agree that some players may become even more reckless because of the added head protection, the added shock absorbtion would still reduce neck injury IMO.

     

    In combination with league rule changes focused on reducing head injuries the better helmet could help preserve the game of football we have all come to know and love.

     

    In earlier discussions here on TBD I've mentioned possible ways to help protect the neck by using 3 flexible shock absorbers that are connected on both sides and the back of the helmet to the shoulder pads in 3 places. Doing this without restricting head movement is the hard part.

     

     

    Note: The outer hard shell of typical helmets used as protective gear needs to be modified to have the same shock absorbtion as the inner helmet to get the best results IMO. (Put the hard shell in between new shock absorbtion technology perhaps)

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