ESPN's Mike Tirico has seen football get safer in recent years

Published: Oct 27, 2014 at 06:09 AM

Monday's Heads Up Football news:

USA Football conducted a Q&A with "Monday Night Football" announcer Mike Tirico, who said he has seen the game become progressively safer over the years.

The Miami Herald reported that Miami Dolphins youth football coordinator Troy Drayton has been appointed as a Heads Up Football ambassador.

Jaguars.com featured the wife of Jacksonville coach Gus Bradley leading a Moms Football Safety Clinic at the Jaguars facility last week.

The Today Show featured a USA Football Flag Football Team in Louisiana that includes players with and without intellectual disabilities. It's part of the NFL's "Together We Make Football' series.

-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor

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