Despite my continued pleas for the Packers to find a throwback that better suits this current era of “one helmet only” rules in the NFL, Green Bay continues to wear the throwbacks from the 1937-48 era. Indeed, the team will be donning navy blue-and-gold jerseys as they’ve done for all
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Alternative Facts Super Bowl LI Merchandise
Green Bay vs Pittsburgh in Super Bowl LI? Hey, that was almost a thing! But New England made it through yet again and Atlanta rose up to make their first appearance since 1999. We almost had a re-match of Super Bowl XLV which was the first Super Bowl to use
Packers will continue wearing throwback alternates for 2016 season
Last season, the Green Bay Packers finally sent their old Acme Packers throwbacks to the wayside in favor of a throwback uniform that, quite honestly, wasn’t much better. I’ve made it clear in past articles that my pet peeve with this uniform is the fact that the facemask is green
A look at the 10 best Super Bowl uniform matchups
We’ve officially made it to Super Bowl Sunday, and the most important factor when it comes to the big game isn’t the tactical decisions that will be on display, nor the amazing physical feats that will surely be made at one point or another. If you’re reading this, then you
Phantom Merchandise: NFC, AFC Champs, Super Bowl 50 Matchups
Super Bowl 50 is all set, the Carolina Panthers continued their incredible season with a blowout win over the Arizona Cardinals and Tom Brady’s magic came up just one play short in the Denver Broncos victory over the New England Patriots. It’s Broncos vs. Panthers, the flashy young quarterback against
Packers are set to debut Curly Lambeau-era throwback uniforms
After unveiling their “new” throwbacks this past Summer, the Packers are set to wear them for their Week 6 matchup against the San Diego Chargers. As I said in the linked post above, these uniforms aren’t bad, but they aren’t good either, and it’s basically because of the fact that
The new Packers throwbacks are slightly better than their Acme throwbacks
A while back, I wrote about how I absolutely hated the Green Bay Packers’ throwback uniforms. You know, the navy blue ones that were based on uniforms that the Packers wore back in the late 1920s and were eventually turned into something that was unrecognizable thanks to the NFL’s weird
Super Bowl XLIX, 2014 Conference Phantom Merchandise
As we get settled into the ever-exciting “Bye Week”, let’s take a moment to look back on yesterday’s NFL conference championship games. First, in the NFC the Seattle Seahawks rallied back to win a game I had long switched the channel on (and therefore missed the entire comeback). Below is
Green Bay Packers Need To Shelve Their Acme Throwbacks
On Sundays I normally join up with my close and extended family and we spend the day doing 2 things: Eating Sunday dinner and watching football. I’m sure that this isn’t a foreign concept for some of you who are reading this. Anyways, after we got done watching the Atlanta
NFL Halts Sale of Darren Sharper Jerseys
The National Football League has removed the jerseys of former Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, and New Orleans Saints safety Darren Sharper from their official online shop, this one month after the 5-time Pro Bowler was charged with raping two women. According to an article on TMZ Sports, the jersey
Throwback NFL Helmets are on the injury reports as… Doubtful
The NFL has circulated a memo telling teams that it is their “strong recommendation” that they do not have their players wear a separate helmet “purely for cosmetic reasons.” This means that teams whose throwback uniforms are paired with a differently coloured helmet will most likely not wear their throwbacks
Logo Links Mar 13, 2012: Sabres Prototypes, Astros New Unis Update
Logo Links is a quick look at what’s taken place in the logo and uniform world over the past 24-hours, here are your logo links for Tuesday, March 13th, 2012: Buffalo Sabres “Buffaslug” Prototype Designs Kristopher Bazen, designer of the Buffalo Sabres infamous “buffaslug” logo has posted his other Buffalo Sabres logo