ATLANTA (AP) - The NFL's move to make thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season already has drawn criticism from the guys who will have to wear them. Not long after Atlanta ...

TEMPE, Ariz. -- When Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray first saw the trend of custom thigh pads spread through the NFL, he wasn't interested in being another player making a fashion ...

This is a closer look at one of four player health and safety-related rules that are new to this NFL season, which begins Thursday. NEW RULE: The requirement to wear leg and thigh pads for all ...

A sample of the new thigh pads the NFL made mandatory equipment for the 2013 football season sit on a chair following a news conference at an owners meeting, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP ...

ATLANTA (AP) -- The NFL has made thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season, something the players' union could oppose because the move was not collectively bargained.

Watching old NFL films ... laughably inefficient and players have pads covering their hips and legs. Like the hair and the one-bar facemasks, the hip, thigh and knee pads have fallen out of ...

NFL team owners approved a rule change Tuesday that will require players to wear knee and thigh pads during games, beginning in the 2013 season. The one-year delay in implementation of the rule ...

great Kobe Bryant during Week 1 of the NFL season. Donning a Rams uniform for the first time Thursday against the Buffalo Bills, Wagner had an added accessory, wearing customized thigh pads ...

(AP) — The NFL has made thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season, something the players' union could oppose because the move was not collectively bargained. Atlanta Falcons ...

The NFL's move to make thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season already has drawn criticism from the guys who will have to wear them. Not long after Atlanta Falcons President ...

Fox Sports’ Alex Marvez reports that the NFL owners will vote this week during the owner’s meetings in Atlanta on making thigh and knee pads mandatory for all players beginning in the 2013 season.