Fox’s cameras focused in on Kyle Shanahan right as the San Francisco 49ers coach took a big whiff from smelling salts, a substance the NFL banned before the start of this season. As Fox sideline ...

Fox's cameras focused in on Kyle Shanahan right as the San Francisco 49ers coach took a big whiff from smelling salts, a substance the NFL banned before the start of this season. As Fox sideline ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Football leans on tradition, providing convenient cover for the NFL’s lenient stance on smelling salts, ammonia ...

Football leans on tradition, providing convenient cover for the NFL's lenient stance on smelling salts, ammonia crystals that players believe enhance performance when inhaled. Kyle Shanahan apparently ...

Football leans on tradition, providing convenient cover for the NFL's lenient stance on smelling salts, ammonia crystals that players believe enhance performance when inhaled. Does the olfactory ...

The NFL instituted a smelling salts ban in August, which 49ers star tight end George Kittle criticized during an NFL Network interview during training camp when he joked: “I considered retirement. We ...

Henry To’oTo’o couldn’t find the plastic bag he was keeping in his locker. The Houston Texans’ linebacker promised a reporter smelling salts, but the bag of ammonia he stored in his locker was gone.

Just days after it was announced that the NFL had banned players from taking smelling salts and ammonia packets, it has emerged that the league has already rowed back on their stance. On Tuesday, it ...