The manufacturer of the helmet worn by Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes that shattered during the team’s AFC wild-card game with Miami says it “did its job” protecting Mahomes during the fourth coldest game in NFL history on Saturday night, the Associated Press reported.
With a game-time temperature of -4 degrees and winds gusting up to more than 25 mph, the wind chill made things feel like -30 during the game, the report said.
“Extreme conditions like those are bound to test the limits of even the highest-performing products,” Certor Sports, which makes the VICIS ZERO2 helmet that Mahomes was wearing, said in a statement.
Mahomes was making a run toward the end zone in the second half when his helmet collided with that of Dolphins safety DeShon Elliott. Most likely due to the extreme cold, a section of Mahomes’ helmet fractured into several pieces, the report said.
Mahomes was uninjured on the play and the Chiefs went on to beat the Dolphins 26-7 to advance to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
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