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Challenge: Design the Packers’ new alternate jersey for 2020 season

Packers Wire is challenging readers to design their own version of the Packers’ new third alternate uniform for the 2020 season.

The Green Bay Packers will have a new, “historic” third uniform for the 2020 season.

Team president Mark Murphy confirmed the Packers will be wearing a different throwback uniform – designed to highlight the team’s decorated history – starting next season.

The Packers have yet to reveal the new uniforms for 2020. As Paul Lukas of UniWatch does from time to time, we here at Packers Wire want to provide our loyal readers with a chance to design the look themselves.

If you have an original, completed design for a new third uniform, send it to zachkruse2@gmail.com. We will compile the designs and publish the best of the best at some point this offseason.

Remember, the new alternate uniform is expected to be a replica of a past look, but we’ll also accept submissions that incorporate modern looks.

To help guide your designs, here’s a quick look back at the Packers’ uniforms of the past:

Good luck, and happy creating!

Report: NFL won’t allow Saints to wear ‘Color Rush’ alternates vs. Vikings

The NFL won’t allow the New Orleans Saints to wear “Color Rush” alternate uniforms in Sunday’s wild-card round game vs the Minnesota Vikings

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We know now what the New Orleans Saints will be wearing in Sunday’s wild-card round game with the Minnesota Vikings: white jerseys and white pants. It’s a clean look, and the Saints have had success in its debut season, winning all five games in which they used the combination in 2019. But we could have so much more.

According to The Athletic’s Katherine Terrell, the Saints requested special permission from the NFL to wear their “Color Rush” alternate jerseys against the Vikings, but were denied. New Orleans already hit the three-game limit for alternate uniforms in a single season, having previously worn their widely-loved gold-on-white duds in wins over the Seattle Seahawks, Dallas Cowboys, and Atlanta Falcons. Now that the playoffs are upon us, the Saints must have argued that the alternate jersey rule only applies to the regular season; the No Fun League and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell must have disagreed.

So, at least the Saints are going to look great when they line up against the Vikings. It’s just a shame that they won’t be looking their best. For superstitious fans, the white-on-white jerseys and pants are undefeated in 2019, and have the highest winning percentage of any uniform worn by the Saints since Sean Payton was hired as head coach, way back in 2006:

  • White jerseys, white pants: 5-0 (1.000)
  • “Color Rush” alternates: 6-2 (.750)
  • Black and gold throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
  • Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
  • White jerseys, black pants: 38-25 (.603)
  • Black jerseys, black pants: 41-27 (.603)
  • White jerseys, gold pants: 31-24 (.564)

The Saints also once used alternate gold jerseys during a 2002 loss to the Vikings, but it’s probably for the best that those weren’t considered this week, bad juju and all.

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Saints reveal uniform combination for Week 16 vs. Titans

The New Orleans Saints will pair white jerseys with white pants for the fourth time in the 2019 season, latest against the Tennessee Titans.

The New Orleans Saints announced their uniform combination for Week 16’s road game with the Tennessee Titans: white jerseys with white pants. It’s the fourth time the Saints have worn this look in 2019, having previously done so for victories away from the Superdome over the Jacksonville Jaguars, Chicago Bears, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Lift up a prayer for the Saints equipment staff, who probably have to use ridiculous quantities of bleach to keep these white threads clean after so many games on natural grass turf.

It’s a shame that the Saints can’t wear their “Color Rush” all-white alternate uniforms more often; NFL rules limit teams to wearing alternate uniforms just three times per season, and New Orleans previously did that for early-season wins over the Seattle Seahawks and Dallas Cowboys, as well as their Thanksgiving victory on top of the Atlanta Falcons.

For the superstitious: this combination has earned a terrific win percentage since the Saints introduced it, though they’ve only used the white pants in a few games this season. Here is every uniform combination used by the Saints during the Sean Payton era, listed by winning percentage (We’d be remiss to not mention the alternate gold jerseys worn during a 2002 loss to the Minnesota Vikings):

  • White jerseys, white pants: 3-0 (1.000)
  • “Color Rush” alternates: 6-2 (.750)
  • Black and gold throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
  • Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
  • White jerseys, black pants: 38-25 (.603)
  • Black jerseys, black pants: 41-27 (.603)
  • White jerseys, gold pants: 31-24 (.564)
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Broncos players to wear special cleats in Week 14

Broncos players will wear special cleats in Week 14 to show support for special causes.

Denver Broncos players will participate in “My Cause, My Cleats” this week when they face the Houston Texans on the road.

The NFL has been doing this once a season since 2016 to give players an opportunity to “showcase the charitable cause that is most important to them for a national audience” through custom-designed cleats.

“A lot of people have something they have a cause for and something that they have aspirations to help or bring awareness for,” Broncos cornerback Chris Harris said Tuesday.

“This is just a great job by the NFL being able to allow us to do this and allow us to have something to stand for and something to represent this weekend. I’m glad they started doing that, for sure.”

The complete list of Denver players that will be wearing custom cleats this weekend can be seen below:

Player Non-profit organization(s)/Cause(s)
Brandon Allen Alzheimer’s Association
Jeremiah Attaochu Glory’s Hope Sickle Cell Foundation
Quinn Bailey Pat Tillman Foundation
Andrew Beck America’s Gold Star Families and Texas School for the Deaf
Garett Bolles National Center for Learning Disabilities
Fred Brown The Nephrotic Syndrome Foundation
Bradley Chubb The Chubb Foundation
Todd Davis A-Plus Living Foundation
Duke Dawson Jr. International Children’s Anophthalmia & Microphthalmia Network (ICAN)
Nico Falah USC Caruso Catholic Center
Noah Fant Open Door Mission
Royce Freeman CASA of Imperial County
Troy Fumagalli Alzheimer’s Association
Adam Gotsis Around the Campfire
Hamilton, DaeSean Susan G Komen and Sewall Child Development Center
Chris Harris Jr. The Chris Harris Jr. Foundation
Davontae Harris The Wichita Kid Foundation
Shelby Harris SHARE
Jeff Heuerman Muscular Dystrophy Association
Alijah Holder American Foundation For Suicide Prevention
Justin Hollins Alzheimer’s Association
Kareem Jackson The Kareem Jackson Foundation
Ja’Wuan James Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Andy Janovich Hunting with Soldiers
Josey Jewell Logan’s Hope
Alexander Johnson Alzheimer’s Association
Joseph Jones Gamer’s Outreach and KICKcancER
Casey Kreiter Zach Johnson Foundation
Ron Leary Ron Leary REACH Foundation
Drew Lock Leukemia Research Foundation
Trey Marshall Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
Connor McGovern TNT Kid’s Fitness and Gymnastics
Brandon McManus Project McManus
Von Miller Von’s Vision
Corey Nelson National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
Will Parks Philadelphia CeaseFire
Tim Patrick Sarcoma Foundation of America and Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
Mike Purcell Wounded Warriors Project
Malik Reed Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Dalton Risner RisnerUP Foundation
Austin Schlottmann Adam’s Angels and Special Olympics Brenham
Justin Simmons Fuel Up to Play 60
Deyon Sizer JED Foundation
Diontae Spencer Everytown USA
Courtland Sutton A Precious Child
Shakial Taylor American Diabetes Association
Colby Wadman Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California
Josh Watson Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Elijah Wilkinson Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver
Juwann Winfree Team Winfree Youth Foundation
Billy Winn The Lupus Foundation of America
Derek Wolfe Beaver Local High School
Isaac Yiadom 1Mission

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Saints reveal uniform combination for Week 14 vs. 49ers

The New Orleans Saints announced their jersey-pants uniform combination for their Week 14 game against the San Francisco 49ers.

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The New Orleans Saints will be wearing black jerseys with black pants during Sunday’s game with the San Francisco 49ers, the team announced in an email shared with season-ticket holders detailing gameday festivities. The black-on-black uniform has been the Saints’ most-common look dating back to the 2017 season, and one of their most-winningest, logging a 15-5 record.

NFL rules stipulate that teams may only wear alternate jerseys (like the Saints’ “Color Rush” duds) three times per season, and they hit that limit last week against the Atlanta Falcons (having previously broken out the threads earlier this year in games with the Seattle Seahawks and Dallas Cowboys). So we’ll be rolling with the black home jerseys and white away jerseys the rest of the season.

For the superstitious: the all-black look ranks high in winning percentage among uniform combinations used often since Sean Payton was hired to coach the team, back in 2006. We’d be remiss to not mention the alternate gold jerseys used during a 2002 game against the Minnesota Vikings, which they lost 32-31. Those jerseys haven’t been seen since.

Here is every uniform permutation used by the Saints during Payton’s tenure, ranked by winning percentage:

  • White jerseys, white pants: 3-0 (1.000)
  • “Color Rush” alternates: 6-2 (.750)
  • Black and gold throwbacks: 2-1 (.667)
  • Black jerseys, gold pants: 23-13 (.639)
  • Black jerseys, black pants: 40-26 (.606)
  • White jerseys, black pants: 38-25 (.603)
  • White jerseys, gold pants: 31-24 (.564)

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