Tom Brady details why changing helmets is a big deal

While he hasn’t gone to the same lengths as Antonio Brown to air his displeasure, Tom Brady admitted that he’s not happy with his new helmet.

Antonio Brown’s name has absolutely dominated NFL headlines all offseason.

First he griped and grouched his way out of Pittsburgh and onto the Oakland Raiders. Then he arrived to training camp in a hot air balloon. Somewhere along the line he scalded the bottoms of his feet during a French cryotherapy mishap. And most notably of all, he has waged an ongoing one-man war against the league (and against the players’ union) over a rule that prohibits him from wearing his trusty helmet on the field, simply because it’s too old and no longer approved for safety reasons.

Brown at first felt like he was being subjected to a different standard than superstar quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady, both of whom have previously spoken out about their preference for certain types of helmets they’ve grown comfortable with. He has since learned that both Brady and Rodgers had to adjust to new head-ware because the rules are the rules – even though that knowledge didn’t stop him from filing a second grievance against the NFL.

For his part, Patriots QB Brady recently acknowledged that while he’s acquiesced to a new helmet in order to comply, he’s still not very happy about it.

“You get used to one thing, one feel,” Brady said on the NBC Sports podcast “Quick Slants,” per Boston.com’s Nicole Yang. “This is a pound heavier, so it’s 25 percent heavier on your head. That takes a lot of getting used to. I wish it was lighter. I tried to make it lighter. They couldn’t make it lighter.”

Brady might have a valid point here. Imagine spending nearly 20 years carrying a piece of hardware on your noggin that weighs a certain amount. Now imagine that piece of hardware becomes a quarter heavier than you’re accustomed to.

Sure, one single pound might not seem substantial at first, but when you consider where that pound is getting distributed, it does make a person wonder if maybe there’s another alternative.

At least according to Brady, there isn’t. Maybe old Steelers adversary Brown will prove otherwise though. Who knows?