The New England Patriots will have a new look at quarterback in 2020. They also will wear some fancy new threads when they take the field for the upcoming NFL season.
The team unveiled its new uniforms on Monday, Patriots’ Day in Massachusetts, which won’t feature Tom Brady in the No. 12 anymore.
Check them out:
The look we love, promoted to primary.
Order now: https://t.co/SxB09Sfb9X pic.twitter.com/sfkUq81OUp
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) April 20, 2020
Neat, navy, New England.
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) April 20, 2020
Playing off the past, fit for the future.
Some background on our new uniforms: https://t.co/JfvyyEYthd
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) April 20, 2020
The team explained the new look on its site:
The Patriots unveiled the team’s new uniforms Monday morning, the first change to the primary uniform in 20 years. What was previously known as the Patriots alternate uniform has been promoted to the team’s home primary, and an entirely new version has been unveiled for away games.
The switch is a step to modernize the Patriots look, a process that started more than two years ago.
… With the league only allowing changes to uniforms every five years, conversations to change began in 2018. Jen Ferron, the CMO of Kraft Sports and Entertainment, said when it came to updating the team’s uniform, there was no need to reinvent the wheel.
“As we started to think about the 2020 season and a new decade, we began to envision what we wanted our uniforms to reflect,” Ferron said. “The success of the ‘Color Rush’ uniform that we’ve worn for the past couple of years had us thinking that we didn’t need to make real substantive changes, rather we could make modest changes to our home uniform and then use a complementary version with those same aesthetics for our away uniform.”
And, of course, you can purchase them:
Patriots Day! There’s no better day for a new uniform launch! Check them out: https://t.co/ZDIO1r3bZc #PatriotsDay pic.twitter.com/bqHdLOt9RG
— Patriots ProShop (@PatriotsProShop) April 20, 2020
Some fans were not happy Pat Patriot is not returning.
BRING BACK PAT PATRIOT!!!!! pic.twitter.com/FmzkJS8FMC
— Joseph Dugan (@JDSpiedie) April 20, 2020
The new @Patriots uniforms are a disappointment! Bring back Pat Patriot! The gray helmet looks ridiculous! At least if they had a white helmet they’d be able to switch back to Pat Patriot! Disappointing!
— Stephen Aprille (@stephenaprille) April 20, 2020
Where is Pat Patriot. Throw that logo on the helmet and you have the best uniform in the NFL
— Alex Anthony (@AlexAnthonyBand) April 20, 2020
Hopefully the Pats will introduce an on-field red alternate jersey (already one in the shop). They could use the current template then add Pat Patriot to the silver helmet with some stripes, if the one helmet rule still sticks after this year. pic.twitter.com/Kx6G7KohK1
— 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙢𝙚𝙩 𝘼𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩 (@HelmetAddict) April 20, 2020