The Detroit Lions revealed their new alternate helmet on Wednesday, a blue-shelled piece of protective equipment featuring the club's classic logo used during the 1960s.

As far back as 1990, 49ers tackle Steve Wallace and Buffalo safety Mark Kelso wore padded overlays called “Pro Cap” which were painted to look like helmets and actually used in games.

Throughout the NFL season and now the playoffs, I’ve noticed an occasional player wearing what appears to be an oversized helmet. When I did a quick internet search, I found that these were ...

The Blue Raiders have debuted the soft-shell Guardian cap made by sports equipment manufacturer Guardian Innovations based in Peachtree Corners, Ga. The caps, mainly worn by linemen on both sides of ...

What’s with padded helmet caps teams are wearing. A piece of equipment adopted by the NFL as a way of reducing repetitive head trauma got a thumbs up from 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan for a reason ...

When the NFL began rating helmets in 2015, it began banning headgear that underperformed, famously captured in Antonio Brown’s histrionics about having to give up his beloved Schutt Air Advantage.

Schutt, the nation's No. 1 helmet maker, is exploring a deal with the maker of the coverings already used in some top college programs. Top football helmet maker explores padded covers, report ...

The Giants are bringing back the popular blue helmets with the word “Giants” on the side of it and the matching jerseys, a look made popular by their successful teams of the late 1980s and ...

Jones said he is interested in knowing if the padded helmet covers will reduce the number of concussions and decrease the number of “sub-concussive blows,” especially for interior linemen ...

Throwback jerseys were all the rage in the NFL at the start of the century, thanks to teams bringing back uniforms that went ...