Special Episode of ‘NFL Explained’ Series Provides Inside Look at Innovations Driving Safer & More Exciting Game; Features NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell & AWS CEO Adam Selipsky
A special episode of NFL Media’s NFL Explained series focused on player health and safety innovation premieres Wednesday, January 26 at 10:30 PM ET on NFL Network.
NFL Explained: Innovation in Player Health & Safety is a 30-minute show which provides an inside look at the innovations driving a safer and more exciting game.
The show begins with a spotlight on helmet innovation and a deep dive into the labs of the entrepreneurs and manufacturers developing next-generation, cutting-edge helmets destined for NFL fields in coming seasons. Next, NFL Explained: Innovation in Player Health & Safety explores lower extremity injury reduction and provides a behind-the-scenes look at a new turf testing machine, the BEAST. Finally, the show concludes with an examination of a new injury prediction and prevention program the NFL is building with Amazon Web Services (AWS) called the Digital Athlete, which is utilizing AI and machine learning to simulate infinite in-game scenarios and provide insights into new ways to improve player health and safety.
To view a trailer for NFL Explained: Innovation in Player Health & Safety, visit https://tinyurl.com/3aawvdz5.
Key NFL leaders, and engineering and technology partners driving this work are featured throughout the show, including:
- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
- NFL Executive Vice President Jeff Miller
- NFL Senior Vice President, Health & Safety Innovation Jennifer Langton
- NFL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Adam Selipsky
- Chair of the NFL’s Engineering Committee Dr. Jeff Crandall
- Atlanta Falcons President & CEO Rich McKay
- New York Giants Assistant Equipment Manager Tim Slaman
- Biocore Principal Data Scientist Dr. Sam Huddleston
- Biocore Senior Research Engineer Dr. Philipe Aldahir
- Biocore Senior Researcher Dr. Meade Spratley
- NFL Helmet Challenge awardee company representatives:
- Xenith Chief Engineer Ron Jadischke
- Kollide Project Coordinator Franck Le Naveaux
- Impressio President & CTO Christopher Yakacki
- Impressio Principal Engineer Lillian Chatham
In addition to airing on NFL Network, NFL Explained: Innovation in Player Health & Safety will be available for streaming beginning Thursday, January 27 on YouTube and NFL.com/PlayerHealthAndSafety.
The NFL Explained series is an NFL Media content series answering the NFL’s most searched questions with behind-the-scenes access to the inner workings of the National Football League.
