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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell offered a \u201cmaybe\u201d when asked if Taylor Swift<\/a> will perform in February\u2019s Super Bowl in Santa Clara, California.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Goodell said he couldn\u2019t say \u201canything about\u201d whether Swift was already in negotiations to perform, but when \u201cToday\u201d co-host Savannah Guthrie asked if it was a maybe, Goodell said, \u201cit\u2019s a maybe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Goodell didn\u2019t say when the announcement would be made, but in the past three years, the Super Bowl headliner has been announced sometime in September. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Swift hasn\u2019t slowed down since wrapping up the multiyear international Eras Tour. She announced last month in a two-hour interview on Kelce\u2019s podcast<\/a> that her latest album, \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl,\u201d will come out in October. With a football player fianc\u00e9 and a new album, many think it only makes sense for her next move to be the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Fans have been speculating that Swift dropped Easter eggs \u2014 something she\u2019s known to do \u2014 about performing at the Super Bowl during her interview on \u201cNew Heights.\u201d She spoke at length about baking sourdough bread \u2014 a possible nod to Sourdough Sam, the mascot of the San Francisco 49ers, whose stadium is where the game will be held this year. Or, it could have just been Swift talking about baking \u2014 something<\/a> she\u2019s also been known<\/a> to do<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n During his \u201cToday\u201d show appearance, Goodell also spoke about ways to make the game safer, like giving players an option to wear helmets with technology designed to result in fewer concussions. According to the NFL, only 30% of players<\/a> who have access to new helmets designed for their position are doing so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI think what\u2019s mandatory now is working with our players association and looking at the different helmets and giving them a choice \u2014 the players,\u201d Goodell said. \u201cBut making sure that we take helmets out that really don\u2019t fit the standard.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Goodell\u2019s comments on football and head injuries come just over a month after a gunman killed four people at a Manhattan office building, allegedly with the intention to target the NFL\u2019s headquarters. The gunman claimed<\/a> in a note that he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy that was caused by playing contact sports. One NFL employee was seriously injured<\/a> in the shooting. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n 20 Years Of<\/span>Free<\/span>Journalism<\/span><\/p>\n Your Support<\/span>Fuels<\/span>Our Mission<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Your Support<\/span>Fuels<\/span>Our Mission<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n