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It’s a stark departure from last season, when tinted visors were not allowed by coach Steve Wilks, according to running back Chase Edmonds.
“Someone might have had one,” Edmonds said. “Maybe Pat P. If you’re 8-for-8 (on Pro Bowls), then yeah, go on with that tinted visor. Go on, Pat. But he was like the only one.”
Now that he’s allowed to wear it, Edmonds has joined the tinted visor brigade.
“I’ve always been a visor guy,” Edmonds said. “I like it a lot. It gives you some shade. You ain’t got the sun in your eyes. You got the swag look. I think T-Suggs has the mirror one. You can’t see (in) at all. That’s dope.”
Some players forgo the tinted visors for practical reasons. Edge rusher Chandler Jones doesn’t wear one because it makes it harder for him to breathe, but Swearinger scoffed at that.
“D-linemen, man, them boys tend to not be as in good of shape as the DBs,” Swearinger said. “I’ve heard that in the past, but if you’re in good shape, you’re good.”
The tinted visors won’t make their way to the games, as the NFL outlawed them in 1998. While Murray likes the look in practice, he is not against the ban.
“Then other people would be able to wear it, and a lot of people look way more scary than I do,” Murray said.
Swearinger will continue to wear his clear visor on Sundays -- unless he can successfully petition the NFL to wear the tinted option. That only happens in specific cases accompanied by doctor’s note.
“I think I’m going to get LASIK this offseason,” Swearinger said. “I might have a little excuse.”
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