"look good, play good" is one of two reasons! the other one is that on some positions you don´t often need them!
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Yes, I play football at the Pro level and there are many skilled position players as well as special teams players that only wear shoulder pads and helmets.. In practice we sometimes only wear shoulder pads and helmets we call it pro-pads we also wear this during training camp a lot and when we are not going to hit full speed.
Majority of NFL players wear oakley visors.
Yes.
Approximately 40% of the NFL players don't wear them according to this article. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2314899
Currently after roster cuts, 7, or 6 if you dont count Donte Stallworth