He talked about it, he said he needed it as a weapon - to slam into people's chins :D

AJ Hawk. A menace to society

Lmao AJ having to count to 10 breathing slowly to stop from ripping out the bookcase behind him. 1:46.

The dude has a sick cranium

@@obrenjankovic5600 into people adams apple actually

It was easy because he knew he could do more damage to the offense by hitting them with it.

@@trysephiroth007 I think he’d rather hold it in his hand lol

@@Blake-xo1gq lmao

Like a baby eating brocolis

@@Blake-xo1gq aj is slightly less frightening than myles using his helmet as a weapon

hahahahahahahaha

wow this is good

😂😂😂

☠️

Brilliant

IM DONE

@Jonathan crimson chin

A diaper on your helmet doesn’t protect your jaw.

@Jonathan yeah I grew up playing football all my life and we used these diapers once In a while, people still got fucked up because no matter what, you get popped in the jaw one good time, even with those things on the helmet, still a chance for head damage.

Charles the second of Spain. And I've been hit by a truck before. Take that nerf.F.L

Damnit that's funny! 😂🤣

also zero documented concussions so maybe he is on to something

AJ Hawk vs the Golden Hour is the greatest battle of our era

😭😭😭😭😭

Lmfao!

I rewind that part 😂😂…

Yes sir 😁

It's really not conclusive that miuthguards help prevent concussions

@@THIS---GUY I do believe mouth guards are to protect your mouth... Keep all your teeth in your head, and your tongue from getting bitten off, but if I decreases your chance of getting concussed by .00001% then that's a nice bonus

@@ATLsF1N3ST91 I agree they are to help prevent dental or tongue injuries but makes no difference towards concussions. Would be like saying a durag or tuque helps. Tight yellow socks help as much as a mouthguard for concussions lol

And vise versa lmao

I died when he said AJ may have a thick skull

Super fair

Did this high school happen to be in Maryland???

RIP. That’s too darn young and my prayers to his family but I wouldn’t let AJ see this he will probably say it’s a conspiracy

Fr ✊🏻❤️

ah yes a stupid pillow would have saved him from that hit. No, dude shouldnt have been on the field. period.

Yea but the pads are small know and really don't protect like the bigger pads and there moving faster with the smaller pads that's were the real problem is

Yeah, Im sure you wore one as much as he did.

@@jeffreyhutchins6527 they think the NFL playing in the same helmets. 😂😂😂😂

@@jeffreyhutchins6527 it's what I was thinking lol. This dude was I the NFL for years he would know.

@@lilgreen12 the dude drives with both feet. Aj hawk is not a normal human being therefore he's not the spokesperson

Pat said that before to which AJ’s response was “Hell no I used that thing as a weapon, I needed it.”

Would been a short career.

There's actually an argument to be made that going pad less would cause less CTE in football.

@@libertas_americana Yeah nobodys gonna lead with their head and make sure to avoid head-to-head contact if theyre not wearing 10 lbs of polycarbonate on it. The downside is that literally every other part of your body is gonna get demolished

I play division 1 safety. These running back, tight ends, receivers are getting bigger and bigger. It’s VERY hard when you got a big ass runninback coming at you full speed and you gotta worry about not getting penalized too 😩😩

New rules? He retired two years prior not like dude retired in 2010 before CTE became the NFL’s boogeyman lol I’m not understating what he did was impressive as all hell but the league now just as soft as the league two years ago imo

Avoiding helmet to helmet collisions is a lot easier than you think tbh. Most of the top tier athletes in the NFL didn't have to learn good technique until college at least to be dominant. Not tryna take away from NFL players but watching on Sundays their technique is questionable at best and leads to more head injuries than anything else

The only people who get babied in today's NFL are QBs and 90% of the people who want the game to be the way it was back in the day haven't played the sport beyond high school and don't understand what the league is like at all. So they sit on their couch and yell at the TV bc the young men putting their mental and physical health in danger every week for their entertainment can't brain damage each other hard enough... Sadistic idiots

@@__sm1441 it LOOKS easy right? Lol.. but lemme tell you….These SEC runningbacks are built like 5’9 225lbs 😂😂… you go try and form tackle them every play if you want! That’s how you end up with a helmet in your chest and pass out lmao Unless you gotta some weight in your ass (like a linebacker or end) trust me you would be throwing all your weight into every tackle as well… sometimes they come with penalties 😂

There are a ton of neurologists that say mouthguards don't do anything

@@THIS---GUY i think the point is not biting your tongue off genius

@@killian6901 no one is talking about biting the tongue off man it's all about concussions lol they claim clenching down on a mouth guard locks your jaw and that helps prevent concussions which is bs it doesnt do anything to stop your brain from moving inside your skull under trauma, vibration, or high g forces.

Shoutaht 2017

I played in the mid 90’s and would have given anything to wear one of those new helmets.

Injury prevention Protective equipment-mouthguards and helmets There is no good clinical evidence that currently available protective equipment will prevent concussion, although mouthguards have a definite role in preventing dental and orofacial injury. Biomechanical studies have shown a reduction in impact forces to the brain with the use of head gear and helmets, but these findings have not been translated to show a reduction in concussion incidence. For skiing and snowboarding, there are a number of studies to suggest that helmets provide protection against head and facial injury and hence should be recommended for participants in alpine sports.115-118 In specific sports such as cycling, motor and equestrian sports, protective helmets may prevent other forms of head injury (eg, skull fracture) that are related to falling on hard surfaces and may be an important injury prevention issue for those sports. Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012

He only gets 7.5 percent. And for that reason. I'm out

@@hennysee2223 he definitely should get more than the other guys.

what what deal happened ?

@@hennysee2223 they're also paying like 10 guys lol AJ has millions already

Imagine getting your facial hair stuck I that and then it freezes shut.

Yeah the chinstraps are like zipties

yup

Remove all pads

Yea there wouldn’t be as many injuries but there would always be that small fear of a very serious head injury

I do not know this to be true. Because this is the livelihood of these guys and the truth is most if not all of them are going to go in full bore with no regard for their own safety regardless of helmet or not. So there would be A LOT of those serious head injuries.

False. There can still be knee or elbow to head and without helmets, you'd see people die on the field. Only SAFE way to play is to not play at all.

@@CombatLegsVIDS I've never heard of anyone dying playing rugby from a head injury. But yes...that is correct...football isn't a relatively 'safe' game like baseball or golf.

That has nothing to do with this

@@roodflo3080 maybe you didn't hear AJ's comment about the mouth guard. Either way, we had helmets on too, if that desalinates your attitude.

You didn’t do research in grad school on helmets lmao

Sarcasm right

@@noteveryonesbad3912 Not sarcasm lol. AJ is the truth. Anti-snowflake mentality but delivers it smoothly in a way that doesn't offend specific people 😂 Will just nonchalantly slide in a great dig from time to time too

Hell yeah

ayo??

aj hawk will do that to ya

Modern science agrees with the hawk

Kind of like muay Thai guys punching bamboo to strengthen their bones, aj tackled with his head to thicken his skull lol

What the NFL is currently doing is a show, nothing more. They know about the risks of CTE, they know that football cannot be played without those risks and they know that external helmets cannot protect the brain from CTE. They know that football without CTE risk is next to impossible, so to protect profits they play this theater facade game of acting like they are making positive changes while knowing full well that their attempts ate futile.

Theres no point in risking your health playing football if you cant look cool

Speaking from plenty of experience I'm sure.

@@dawgpost90 I'm on a football scholarship rn and this fall will be my 15th season playing the sport... So yes, I am absolutely speaking from plenty of experience

What does your dad being a fisherman have to do with it?

One of my many regrets is not taking my concussions more seriously. It’s something that doesn’t show up right away, but down the road it’s not great.

@@bwfextreme that's where he picked up the saying. And shows it's a guy who knows a thing or two ab being tough handing out that advice not some rando

for highschool they need to match school colors with the school name on it