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Damani Leech comments on Broncos’ new uniforms

New Broncos uniforms integrate elements of the “past, present and future while paying tribute to Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region.”

The Denver Broncos unveiled new uniforms on Monday that they have dubbed the “Mile High Collection.”

In addition to navy, orange and white combinations for their primary uniforms, the Broncos also unveiled a 1977-inspired throwback uniform (and it seems to be a big fan favorite). After the uniforms were announced on Monday, team president Damani Leech released the following statement:

This has been a thoughtful, collaborative journey that’s involved us listening to voices throughout all of Broncos Country to design the Mile High Collection, our modern and inspirational new uniforms for the Denver Broncos. We’re grateful for the engagement and creativity of ownership, the players, our business and football leadership, Nike and especially the best fans in the NFL during this process.

As we honor the championship tradition of the Broncos, we’re also committed to innovation and growth during such a transformative time in franchise history. Our new uniforms — the Mile High Collection — boldly integrate elements of our past, present and future while paying tribute to Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region we proudly call home.

The new uniforms are now available to purchase online and at the team store at Empower Field at Mile High. Denver will wear dark navy jerseys at home and white jerseys on the road. Alternate and throwback uniforms can be worn up to three times per season. View the new uniforms here.

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Leaked uniform details emerge for Broncos’ new helmets

Mario Vetanze says the Broncos will have three helmet shells: primary matte navy, alternate white and a blue throwback.

Story update I: It looks like the new uniforms might have been leaked. View the photos here.

Story update II: Mario Vetanze told Broncos Wire that the sources for his leaks aren’t players. 

Story update III: The new uniforms have arrived. View them here. 

The Denver Broncos are set to unveil new uniforms on Monday (April 22) and they have been trolling their fans with teasers while we wait for the unveiling.

We already know from team president Damani Leech that the colors are staying the same and the primary logo will remain the same. Now a few more details are beginning to leak.

Mario Vetanze, a certified posture exercise professional and massage therapist who lists many Broncos players among his clients, previously leaked a few details earlier this offseason. Vetanze returned on Thursday with the following notes, citing a “reliable source.”

Vetanze clarified that he has not seen the helmets himself, but the above information is “what I have been told” from a reliable source. Unlike the Detroit Lions, who had their entire uniforms leaked by Fanatics, the Broncos are keeping visual leaks under wraps.

We’ll find out if Vetanze’s info is accurate on Monday.

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Here’s what Xavier McKinney will look like in his new No. 29 Packers uniform

A mockup of what Xavier McKinney will look like in his new No. 29 Packers uniform.

Safety Xavier McKinney, who left the New York Giants to sign a four-year deal with the Green Bay Packers in free agency, is keeping his No. 29 uniform with new team. McKinney wore the No. 15 at Alabama, but 15 is retired in Green Bay for Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr. McKinney wore No. 29 during all four of his seasons in New York and will continue wearing the number in Green Bay.

Here’s a mockup of what McKinney will look like in his No. 29 Packers uniform:

McKinney was a second-round pick of the Giants in the 2020 draft. Over 49 career games, McKinney produced nine interceptions, 27 passes defensed, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, 1.5 sacks and 279 tackles (six for loss). He joins the Packers after being graded as the No. 4 overall safety in the NFL last season. Based on fit and his tape, McKinney looks like the ideal post safety for new defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley in Green Bay.

Here’s what Josh Jacobs will look like in his new No. 8 Packers uniform

Here’s what new Packers running back Josh Jacobs will look like in his green and gold No. 8 uniform.

New Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs, who signed a four-year deal to join Matt LaFleur and Jordan Love in free agency, will wear the No. 8 uniform with his new team. Backup quarterback Sean Clifford, who wore the number as a rookie last year, switched to No. 6 to accommodate Jacobs’ arrival.

Jacobs previously wore No. 8 in high school, in college at Alabama and last year with the Las Vegas Raiders. Now he’ll rock the single digit in the green and gold in Green Bay.

Here’s a mockup of what Jacobs will look like in his No. 8 Packers uniform:

Jacobs, a first-round pick of the Raiders in 2019, was the NFL’s rushing champion in 2022. The two-time Pro Bowler has 5,545 career rushing yards and 46 career touchdowns over five NFL seasons. In Green Bay, he’ll be the replacement for Aaron Jones, the franchise’s third all-time leading rusher.

Texans’ new uniforms might hint at unveiling date for Broncos’ new look

The Texans will unveil new uniforms in April, and it wouldn’t be surprising if the Broncos do the same.

We know the Denver Broncos are getting new uniforms — the team has confirmed that — but we don’t yet know when the uniforms will be unveiled.

Based on some deductive reasoning, it seems safe to assume the jerseys will be unveiled before the 2024 season. Denver’s current jerseys are all marked down at discounted prices on the team’s official online shop, perhaps a sign that new jerseys are arriving soon.

The release schedule for the Houston Texans’ new uniforms might hint at a similar timeline for the Broncos.

Texans CEO and chairman Cal McNair took to Reddit earlier this week to post a preview photo of Houston’s new look. This was his caption for the post: “Leaked pic? How about a real photo of Nico and Tank!? Way more to come in April!”

McNair’s post indicates that the Texans will have a full unveiling for their new uniform design in April, and it wouldn’t be surprising if Denver does the same. Revealing the uniforms before the NFL draft makes sense because the jerseys will be held on stage by draft picks and many fans will purchase the jerseys of the team’s first-round pick (especially if it’s a quarterback).

If the Broncos have new uniforms ready for the 2024 season (which seems likely), it wouldn’t make sense to wait until after the draft to unveil them. So, following a similar schedule as the Texans, Denver seems likely to unveil new uniforms next month.

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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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Broncos jersey sales might signal new uniforms on deck

Official Broncos uniforms are marked down with big sale prices on the team’s website, perhaps a sign of new uniforms arriving this year.

We know the Denver Broncos are working on new uniforms, but we don’t know when those new uniforms will arrive.

Based on how retailers are treating the team’s 2023 uniforms, some fans and pundits believe new uniforms will arrive in time for the 2024 season.

Official jerseys on the Broncos’ online store, NFL Shop and Fanatics are all marked down with significant sale prices. That might be a sign that the team and NFL partners are working to clear out old inventory before releasing new uniforms ahead of the upcoming season.

All of this is just speculation, of course, but where there’s smoke, there’s often fire when it comes to NFL uniform developments.

Greg Penner won’t spill the beans on Broncos’ new uniforms

“We’ll be having some things coming there in the future, but nothing to announce today,” Greg Penner said of the Broncos’ uniform changes.

We know the Denver Broncos are working on new uniforms. We don’t know when those uniforms will arrive and — contrary to speculation — we don’t know what the uniforms will look like.

Broncos owner/CEO Greg Penner was unwilling to spill the beans on the team’s uniform timeline during his end-of-season press conference.

“Uniforms  — nothing to announce on new uniforms today,” Penner said on Jan. 9. “That’s also been [some] learning for me. I just figured when you wanted to change your uniforms, you just made a new uniform. But boy, it’s a several-year process with the league and Nike to get there. We’ll be having some things coming there in the future, but nothing to announce today.”

One could infer that new uniforms will or won’t arrive in time for the 2024 season, depending on how you interpret Penner’s comments.

The Walton-Penner family purchased the Broncos just before the 2022 season. That did not leave time for new uniforms ahead of the 2023 season, but if Penner and Co. acted quickly, a new uniform could have been designed and approved in time for the 2024 campaign.

If Denver plans to unveil a new uniform before the upcoming season, an announcement should be expected in the coming months. It seems safe to assume that the uniforms will arrive at least before the 2025 season. In the meantime, we wait. With anticipation (and speculation) increasing, Penner’s in no rush to announce a timeline.

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More thoughts on the Broncos’ uniform rumors

The Broncos told KOA Radio that the uniform concept floating around on social media has never been discussed by the team.

Last week, we passed along information from Mario Vetanze describing what the Denver Broncos’ next uniform will look like. Based on the descriptions from Vetanze and an anonymous poster on the Broncos’ forums, several fans created mockups of the upcoming uniform changes.

The most notable (and perhaps most controversial) changes were adding mountains to the shoulders and switching to a white helmet. It turns out those details might not be accurate.

After mockups with the mountains went viral on social media last week, the team got word out through KOA Radio’s Benjamin Allbright that such a design has never even been discussed by the club.

It’s hard to take that statement as completely truthful because Vetanze described what was described to him, and the people who leaked information to him had to have based it on something (perhaps early concept designs).

Vetanze said in an interview with Paul Lukas of Uni Watch that two people who briefly saw the uniforms described them to him. Vetanze did not specifically say his two sources were team players, but the massage therapist lists Broncos players among his clients on his website.

We know that the Broncos involved their team captains in the process of switching to a new alternate white helmet, and we know from Twitter/X that Vetanze seems to have a working relationship with safeties Justin Simmons and Kareem Jackson (who were team captains in 2023).

Whoever it was that leaked descriptions to Vetanze, they likely described something they really saw. Whether they saw just a concept design or the final design is uncertain. The team claims no design resembling the recent concept leaks has ever been discussed.

Based on that response from the team, it’s probably safe to assume the final design won’t look like the fan mockups that went viral last week. We’re skeptical that such a design was never discussed at any point, however.

During his end-of-season press conference last week, team owner/CEO Greg Penner indicated that the process has taken longer than he expected.

“Nothing to announce on new uniforms today,” Penner said on Jan. 9. “That’s also been [some] learning for me. I just figured when you wanted to change your uniforms, you just made a new uniform. But boy, it’s a several-year process with the league and Nike to get there. We’ll be having some things coming there in the future, but nothing to announce today.”

The Walton-Penner family purchased the Broncos in late summer 2022. Getting a new uniform designed and approved in time for 2023 was too short of a turnaround. It remains to be seen if a new look will arrive before the 2024 campaign.

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Rumors of new Seahawks uniforms floating on Twitter

Rumors of new Seahawks uniforms floating on Twitter

The 2023 season has marked the end of an era for the Seattle Seahawks. With the departure of head coach Pete Carroll, the Seahawks are entering into new territory. But a coaching change might not be the only thing on the horizon for Seattle.

Rumors are swirling online, stemming from a now-deleted Reddit post, about potential new uniforms. An alleged former paralegal from Nike went into full detail about what the new Seahawks uniforms could look like.

Again. I must stress: this is merely a rumor. There are no official confirmations of a uniform change. And quite frankly, I hope they stay exclusively rumors.

Ever since Seattle brought the throwbacks back for the 2023 season, fans have wanted them to become the main uniforms. It appears this style is a blend of both the modern and classic look.

Personally, I cannot stand this. The shade of blue is far too close to the steel blue look of the 2000’s. Not to mention there is hardly any differentiating between this and the actual throwbacks. For me, part of what makes the throwbacks so special is them getting used sparingly, for special high-profile games.

Also… I think the Nike uniforms they have now, and have been wearing since 2012, still looks great! The blend of navy and neon is perfect, and they have enough options to bring versatility to any combination they choose.

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