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Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah Makes History In Browns’ Victory

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September 16, 2024
By Earnest Horn
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Cleveland linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah had a scare during the team’s season-opening loss to the Dallas Cowboys.

The Browns fourth-year linebacker finished the game with nine tackles, but one hit, in particular, stood out to him.


Owusu-Koramoah admitted to analyst Chris Easterling that the hit was enough to make him reconsider his stance and become a Browns pioneer of sorts.

On Sunday against Jacksonville, the linebacker became the first Cleveland athlete to wear a Guardian Cap during an NFL contest thanks to his scare the previous weekend.
“Then I kind of felt it a little bit, so I’m like, ‘man, lemme try this Guardian Cap,'” Owusu-Koramoah said, adding the experience “was good though.”

The NFL opened its stance on players wearing the Guardian Cap during NFL contests as a means to prevent further head injuries.

Game-day helmet covers have fabric that matches the team’s helmet pattern precisely, a step up from the gray Guardian Caps the Browns wore during preseason practices.

Recent research has shown that individuals who wear the helmet covering are less susceptible to head injuries, reducing the number of concussions by more than 50 percent.

Nationally, the conversation has turned to wearing Guardian Caps after Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered his third concussion of his NFL career in a scary scene during last Thursday’s football contest.


Owusu-Koramoah denied that Tagovailoa’s hit was the reason he chose to try the helmet out during a contest.

“I mean, I actually like wearing it in practice,” Owusu-Koramoah said, noting “So I was just like, I’m going check it out, see what it is.”

It only took 10-12 YEARS for the NFL to finally RE-FOCUS on a product that had a proven record for reducing concusions due to helmet to helmet contact.

What JOK wore on his head yesterday was a modified PRO-CAP similar to what Mark Kelso used to save his career when he was faced with giving up the game due to concusions he suffered in the 1990s.

About time to give the new Pro-Cap a try..!

Couple of things:

1. Good for him if he thinks it will help.
2. My 10 year old nephew plays tackle football, and he reminds me so much of JOK. Quick, avoids blocks, and just blows people up in the backfield.
3. Nephew is also a running back ala chubb. Gives the dead leg, can see so much more than most his age, makes smooth cuts, and can power people over.

It's fun watching JOK play, and it's fun watching my nephew play. (my nephew is adopted. He's not white, for those who want to call me a nazi, and racist.)

You aren't the one who adopted him so there's that.

If the look of a re-designed helmet is enough to make you stop watching the entire sport, perhaps you weren't really a fan of the sport.

I see pics of LB's in the 1970's/'80's, and think those shoulder pads look as ridiculous af.
Dudes had to request jerseys 2X their body size, just to manage the gear requirements.

Shoulder pads have evolved/gotten smaller/better.
Helmets are growing.
Deal with all of it, as the sport evolves- or don't.

It's still football.
And fat heads or not, the game is being payed at a higher level than we've ever seen before.

I'll still be watching long after you've voluntarily started your boycott.
I truly hope you won't miss the game, its players and fans.

Because the rest of us won't miss/remember you, once you're gone.
What a ridiculous, superficial hill to die upon.

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