the helmets back in the day? well, you have to understand one thing, they were made as good as they could be mate and trying to improve on them. if i showed you my suspension helmet i wore in 1970 and i didn t even wear a chin strap. and then he had the air helmets that sit on your head and fill up the air and they fit you perfectly. so what happened is the helmet has evolved. the better the helmet got the more they used it. because i am safe now. and they led with heads. now the nfl says you can do more damage with the shoulder than you can with his. and not to mention the fact we are going to eliminate broken necks. there we go.