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This fan-made Broncos uniform looks beautiful

Would you be happy if the Broncos made this their new uniform?

We know the Denver Broncos are working on new uniforms, but we don’t know exactly what they’ll look like or when they’re set to arrive.

In the meantime, fans have been left to dream up their own uniform concepts. Here’s a beautiful uniform set created and shared by Tim Contic on his Twitter/X page:

The design looks beautiful, but Broncos Wire has two small quibbles with the alternate options. Denver is expected to continue using a white helmet as an alternate, so that’s accurate, and the team will also likely have a “D” logo throwback uniform. But this concept mockup did not include an alternate blue jersey or an all-orange Color Rush-style alternate.

We expect the Broncos’ next uniform set to at least include a blue alternate, and an updated Color Rush-styled alternate might be in the works as well.

Nothing is certain, though, because Denver has not been forthcoming about the state of the club’s uniform process.

“We’ll be having some things coming there in the future, but nothing to announce today,” Broncos owner/CEO Greg Penner said in January.

The fact that the team’s current uniforms are marked down with big discounts seemingly suggests that new uniforms will arrive in time for the 2024 season, but that’s just speculation. We expect an official announcement form the team in the coming months, perhaps before the NFL draft in April.

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Erik McCoy named to his first career Pro Bowl Games appearance

Erik McCoy, a first-time New Orleans Saints team captain in 2023, has been selected for his first career Pro Bowl Games appearance:

Congratulations are in order for Erik McCoy: the New Orleans Saints center has been added to the 2024 Pro Bowl Games roster, where he’ll join two teammates — punt returns specialist Rashid Shaheed and linebacker Demario Davis.

McCoy was selected as an alternate, replacing injured Detroit Lions starter Frank Ragnow. He and Philadelphia Eagles icon Jason Kelce will be representing the NFC.

It’s the first Pro Bowl selection for McCoy in his NFL career, and it’s well-earned. He was the team’s best offensive lineman in 2023 and did a lot to stabilize a group that could have fallen into disarray after some early struggles. McCoy was also named a Saints team captain for the first time this season. Hopefully he and his family can enjoy this experience in Orlando before shifting gears to prepare for a pivotal 2024 season.

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Falcons announce which helmets they’ll wear for next loss to Saints

The Atlanta Falcons announced that they’ll be wearing red helmets with throwback logos for their next loss to the Saints, having lost 8 of their last 10 games with New Orleans:

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The Atlanta Falcons created a stir on Thursday, announcing on social media that they’ll be wearing throwback red helmets for home games with the Green Bay Packers (on Sept. 17) and Washington Commanders (on Oct. 15) as well as their inevitable loss to the New Orleans Saints (on Nov. 26).

These helmets feature the iconic F-shaped dirty bird logo outlined in white, worn from 1990 to 2002 — a stretch in which the Falcons went 92-115-1 (a winning percentage of .445) with humiliating playoff losses in Super Bowl XXXIII and a 20-6 divisional-round dismantling in 1998, the demise of their famed 14-2 squad.

The Saints went 97-111 in the same stretch (a winning percentage of .466) and only really suffered the indignity of hiring Mike Ditka to run their franchise into the ground, though we’ll throw the Falcons a bone and acknowledge their 27-20 win over the Saints in New Orleans during the 1991 wild card round. There, we acknowledged it. Now let’s move on.

What about more recent history? The Saints have won 8 of their last 10 games with the Falcons, dating back to 2018, including the last three in a row. They haven’t lost in Atlanta since 2017. Hopefully they pack some unique uniforms of their home for a high-profile rivalry game. The all-time series history is tied up at 54-54, not including that playoff game (congrats, we mentioned it twice), so this is an opportunity for the Saints to put some debates to bed.

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Check out this concept art for a ‘City Edition’ Saints uniform set

Check out this concept art for a ‘City Edition’ New Orleans Saints uniform set, created by @DubyaGFX:

Major league basketball and baseball teams have rolled out alternate uniforms to better connect with their home communities, so when will the NFL join them? The New Orleans Saints have already introduced their wildly popular “Color Rush” jersey set and debuted controversial alternate helmets, but this concept art for “City Edition” uniforms from Dubya Design’s Jonah Ward is a great step in the right direction.

Pairing black jerseys with matching pants and a clean gold helmet, Ward took influence from some of New Orleans’ best-known iconography to design the new kit.

Ward writes, “Paying homage to French architecture with the sleeves, a subtle nod to (Mardi Gras) in the sleeve pattern, trolley fonts for the numbers, ‘The Big Easy’ in a Vintage French-esque font, the 3 fleurs in the collar mimic the city flag.”

It’s a great look. The detailing along the sleeves recalls the ornate wrought-iron railing you’ll see on balconies throughout the French Quarter, and most critically the gold is actually, well, gold — not the mismatched khaki tones you’ll see in some Saints uniforms. Ward’s choice of font is a close match to the iconic streetcar signage found in the city.

There’s also a great use for the fan-favorite Louisiana state patch the Saints have used before, which Ward placed on the helmet: “I took the Saints New Orleans outline logo from their past, replaced their fleur with the City Flag Fleur, and inverted the state to black. The stripe is a (Mardi Gras) pattern.”

What do you think? As the NFL continues to evaluate its options and make every game more memorable by introducing alternate helmets, jerseys, and international venues, we could see something very close to this concept emerge someday. Would you wear this jersey or put this helmet up on a shelf?

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Cowboys’ CeeDee Lamb officially named to Pro Bowl as replacement for Cooper Kupp

Lamb led the Cowboys in receptions and receiving yards; now he’ll fill in for the league leader in both categories in the all-star contest. | From @ToddBrock24f7

CeeDee Lamb can now officially make his plans for Las Vegas.

The Cowboys’ second-year receiver has been named to the 2022 Pro Bowl in an alternate role. Lamb will be taking the roster spot of Los Angeles Rams star Cooper Kupp, who will be otherwise occupied preparing for Super Bowl LVI.

Lamb’s nod was expected late last week, but the Cowboys traditionally do not announce which of their players have been selected as alternates for the league’s annual all-star game. USA Today did report in late December, though, that defensive end Randy Gregory was also named an alternate.

Lamb led the Cowboys’ top-ranked offense in receptions and receiving yards in 2021. Now he’ll fill in for Kupp, who led the league in both categories.

A promotion for someone was guaranteed, since both teams in the conference championship game featured a receiver with a Pro Bowl invite. (Deebo Samuel was so honored for the 49ers.)

The 22-year-old Oklahoma product will join an NFC receiving corps that includes Samuel, Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson, and Tampa Bay’s Mike Evans (who will be filling in for injured Green Bay superstar Davante Adams).

Five other Cowboys players got the Pro Bowl call: Micah Parsons, Trevon Diggs, Zack Martin, Tyron Smith, and Bryan Anger. The game will be played February 6 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

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Cowboys DE Randy Gregory named as Pro Bowl alternate

Randy Gregory’s selection as an alternate in the all-star game caps off a monster year in which he’ll also become a free agent. | From @ToddBrock24f7

When the list of Pro Bowl selections is released each year, it’s always quickly followed by a thorough dissection of the rosters to determine who had been snubbed by being left off the list.

Being chosen as an alternate is often seen as an attempt to make good on such oversights. These deserving players still get a trip to the league’s all-star celebration, even if they didn’t rake in enough of the at-large vote.

Cowboys defensive end Randy Gregory is in that category, according to a report from USA Today’s Jori Epstein.

It has been a monster year for Gregory, despite being sidelined for a handful of games this season with a calf injury and missing Week 2 while in COVID-19 protocols. He’s second on the team in sacks- with six in nine games played- and is tied for the lead in forced fumbles, with three. He recorded the first interception of his career in Week 14 versus Washington.

San Francisco’s Nick Bosa, Carolina’s Brian Burns, and the Saints’ Cameron Jordan were named the NFC’s defensive ends when Pro Bowl selections were announced Wednesday.

Gregory is set to become a free agent following the 2021 season.

The Cowboys had five players named to the initial Pro Bowl roster: Micah Parsons, Trevon Diggs, Tyron Smith, Zack Martin, and Bryan Anger.

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Packers can wear alternate helmets again in 2022

Alternate helmets are coming back to the NFL in 2022. Should the Packers bring back the brown helmet, or do something else?

The brown helmets that once accompanied the Green Bay Packers’ throwback uniforms can be worn again as soon as 2022.

According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the NFL has approved alternate helmets for teams wearing an alternate uniform beginning in 2022.

The Packers wore brown helmets to replicate old-school leather football helmets with their 1929 throwbacks during the 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons. The NFL outlawed alternate helmets in 2013 for safety reasons, so the Packers just wore all gold helmets – or the team’s traditional helmet without stickers – with the throwbacks.

Now, the Packers can go back to the brown helmets or introduce a completely new look.

The throwback options are limited. The team has worn the traditional gold helmet since 1957. The “G” was added in 1961.

Team president Mark Murphy confirmed the team will soon introduce a new throwback uniform for the 2021 season. The alternate helmet rule doesn’t go into effect until 2022, however.

The new helmet rule can be used with an alternate uniform, throwback uniform or Color Rush uniform.

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Saints reveal Week 3 uniform combination for SNF vs. Packers

The New Orleans Saints revealed their uniform combination for Week 3’s game on “Sunday Night Football” against the Green Bay packers.

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The New Orleans Saints will be wearing black jerseys with matching black pants when they kick off with the Green Bay Packers on “Sunday Night Football.” It’s the second time in three weeks that New Orleans will be using this uniform combination, having gone with their “Color Rush” alternates in Week 2’s loss to the Las Vegas Raiders. Maybe this will help get them back to their winning ways.

We have to ask: were their gold pants lost at LAX after last year’s road loss to the Los Angeles Rams? The Saints haven’t worn gold pants again since that game, when the Rams went with their away uniforms, forcing the Saints into black jerseys. Since then, they have rotated between the black-on-black and white-on-white looks, with “Color Rush” used as often as the NFL will allow it. It would be nice to mix that up now and then with a color combo that’s been a staple of Saints football the last 15 years.

And for the superstitious: we’ve put together the total numbers for every combination used in the Sean Payton era, all the way back to 2006:

  1. White jerseys, white pants: 5-1 (.833)
  2. “Color Rush” alternates: 6-3 (.667)
  3. “Black and Gold” throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
  4. Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
  5. Black jerseys, black pants: 42-27 (.609)
  6. White jerseys, black pants: 38-25 (.603)
  7. White jerseys, gold pants: 31-24 (.564)

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Wearing their Sunday best: Saints announce first uniform combo of 2020

The New Orleans Saints will wear black home jerseys and matching black pants in their Week 1 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Make sure to follow the dress code, even if you’re watching from home: the New Orleans Saints announced that they will be wearing black home jerseys with matching black pants in their Sunday kickoff against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, going with their most-common uniform combination from the 2019 season.

The Saints went 5-2 in the black-on-black look a year ago, so they’ll be hoping to recapture some of that same success in their season opener. Superstitious fans put a lot of faith in these sort of things, so here is how the win-loss record shook out for each combo in 2019:

  1. “Color Rush” alternates: 3-0 (1.000)
  2. White jerseys, white pants: 5-1 (.833)
  3. Black jerseys, black pants: 5-2 (.714)
  4. Black jerseys, gold pants: 0-1 (.000)

And for the curious: here are the total win-loss records for each uniform combination worn back to 2006 (except for the funky gold jerseys worn during a 2002 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, which Cameron Jordan wants to try out):

  1. White jerseys, white pants: 5-1 (.833)
  2. “Color Rush” alternates: 6-2 (.750)
  3. “Black and Gold” throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
  4. Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
  5. White jerseys, black pants: 38-25 (.603)
  6. Black jerseys, black pants: 41-27 (.603)
  7. White jerseys, gold pants: 31-24 (.564)

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