It helped him a lot, he went back out there and won the game for the Cleveland Browns. During this change, in 1955, they put a metal bar across the face to prevent breaking their noses. This plastic helmet was not enough to keep players safe. The reason was that they were still breaking into pieces. Yet in professional football, the only line of defense is your helmet. The helmet weighed about three to five pounds. The first professional team to wear the plastic helmet was the Rams. Many teams then wear the helmet not only to look cool, but also to be safe. One of the reasons we used helmets is because there are always badasses who could destroy you in the blink of an eye. So people took safety precautions and wore helmets. So they don't end up dead or seriously