Adam Teicher, ESPN Workforce Scribbler
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The producer of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes‘ helmet mentioned the headgear served its meant goal regardless of cracking and a work breaking off in sub-zero temperature all through Saturday evening’s playoff sport.
“While outer shell damage is not ideal, the ZERO2 helmet did its job of protecting Patrick Mahomes during a head-to-head impact during unprecedented cold temperatures,” VICIS said in a statement released on X. “The unique multi-layer generation hired within the VICIS ZERO2 helmet fashion makes use of a deformable outer shell, RFLX have an effect on absorption layer, adopted by means of a stiff inside shell. This design means is related to the collapse zone of recent automobiles, successfully soaking up and dispersing have an effect on forces on the level of touch.
“Extreme conditions like those experienced in Saturday evening’s NFL playoff game are bound to test the limits of even the highest performing products.”
A piece of Mahomes’ helmet broke off as he was being tackled during the victory against the Miami Dolphins. The temperature in Kansas City at kickoff was -4 degrees.
“I’m positive it needed to do with it being truly chilly,” Mahomes mentioned. “I didn’t know what happened in the moment but I got in the huddle and everybody was telling me. … It was a first for me.”
Mahomes used to be given a alternative helmet, and he to begin with struggled to get it to suit. He labored with apparatus managers at the sideline till the untouched helmet labored for him.
“We have to talk about where we store the backup because it was frozen, so when I tried to put it on … I couldn’t get it on,” Mahomes said. “It didn’t glance stunning. We had been in a position to regulate it at the sideline, get it roughly warmed up a little bit and get rolling from there.”
