Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has to find a new helmet before the start of the season. The one he wore last season with the Jets, the Schutt Air XP Pro Q11 LTD, is now banned for failing to meet new safety standards.
He has been practicing with a Schutt Air XP Pro VTD II, but it’s not working for him.
“ I don’t like it , no,” Rodgers said Tuesday, via Brooke Pryor of ESPN. “I’m trying to change. We’re in the process still. It looks like a damn spaceship out there.
“We’ve got to change it. The facemask doesn’t fit the helmet, because that’s an old facemask. Obviously just like I’m old, but we’re trying to find the right helmet right now.”
Rodgers has expressed his frustration with the helmet change since the mandatory minicamp when he began practicing with his new team.
“I can