What is the rule on helmets?
What is the rule on helmets?
The reason you never see the Cowboys in the throwbacks anymore is because the throwback helmet is white, whereas their current helmet is silver-blue.
Since the NFL no longer allows separate throwback helmets, the Cowboys wear only those uniforms that include the silver-blue helmet. So how did the Packers manage to wear a different helmet in the recent Cowboys-Packer game, in which they wore their 1920s throwbacks? Did the Packers simply peel the stripes and logos off their current helmets? Or am I "misunderestimating" the NFL's one helmet rule?
I heard (but did not see) that the Steelers also wore a helmet as part of a throwback look that was not the same as their current helmets.
Since the NFL no longer allows separate throwback helmets, the Cowboys wear only those uniforms that include the silver-blue helmet. So how did the Packers manage to wear a different helmet in the recent Cowboys-Packer game, in which they wore their 1920s throwbacks? Did the Packers simply peel the stripes and logos off their current helmets? Or am I "misunderestimating" the NFL's one helmet rule?
I heard (but did not see) that the Steelers also wore a helmet as part of a throwback look that was not the same as their current helmets.
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Re: What is the rule on helmets?
I've never heard of this. The Bills wear the standing buffalo on occasion. Or is it a new rule starting this year?Since the NFL no longer allows separate throwback helmets,
Re: What is the rule on helmets?
They 'recommended' it three or so years ago, players wearing the same helmet all season.
The Steelers didn't wear different helmets.
The Packers just took the logo off of theirs - notice the green facemask.
The Steelers didn't wear different helmets.
The Packers just took the logo off of theirs - notice the green facemask.
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Re: What is the rule on helmets?
Teams have to wear the same helmets in every game. Stripes and decals can be changed.
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This doesn't always apply though..for the Denver game last Thursday the "color rush" uniforms had a different helmet color didn't they?
I had heard about this rule and think it's absurd. No. Fun. League.
You're literally helping neuter your own history with this stuff. Makes zero sense.
I had heard about this rule and think it's absurd. No. Fun. League.
You're literally helping neuter your own history with this stuff. Makes zero sense.
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Re: What is the rule on helmets?
Which explains why the Browns can't wear the white throwback helmets they began with in 1946 and 1950:MatthewToy wrote:Teams have to wear the same helmets in every game. Stripes and decals can be changed.
http://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/browns.shtml
Re: What is the rule on helmets?
Same helmets, different decals. As stated above, teams are only allowed to use one set of helmets.Hail Casares wrote:This doesn't always apply though..for the Denver game last Thursday the "color rush" uniforms had a different helmet color didn't they?
I had heard about this rule and think it's absurd. No. Fun. League.
You're literally helping neuter your own history with this stuff. Makes zero sense.
Re: What is the rule on helmets?
Thanx Matthew. I guess the Cowboys could paint their silver helmets white to wear their throwbacks, but then repaint them silver for normal use. But since the silver is probably baked into the plastic shell, painting over it would probably look like crap.MatthewToy wrote:Teams have to wear the same helmets in every game. Stripes and decals can be changed.
Re: What is the rule on helmets?
They wore their same helmets. They just took off the current logo and put the old logo on them. If it was a true throwback look, the helmet would have been a much lighter blue color.Hail Casares wrote:This doesn't always apply though..for the Denver game last Thursday the "color rush" uniforms had a different helmet color didn't they?
I had heard about this rule and think it's absurd. No. Fun. League.
You're literally helping neuter your own history with this stuff. Makes zero sense.
This current situation has something to do with the concussion problem and not having to want to make new helmets for just one game or something.
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The league's reasoning is that player's heads will be more accustomed to the helmet if it's the only helmet. I'm no anatomy major so I have no idea if that's true or not. Sounds more like a "cya" move than anything else. College teams wear 57 helmets a season nowadays and I haven't heard about their players being more concussed.