Last year, the NFL started a tradition of letting eight different teams release a new "Rivalries" uniform just before the start of the season and those uniforms came out on Tuesday with all eight of them being released at the same time. Every team in the both the NFC North and AFC South unveiled both a new helmet and a new uniform. Those eight teams will each get to wear their new look for one game this season.
If you're wondering what the "Rivalries" program is, it's like the NFL's Color Rush campaign from a few years ago: It gives all 32 teams a solid excuse to create a new uniform. For Color Rush, each team picked one color and wore it from head to toe. For the "Rivalries" program, each team was asked to create a uniform based on a theme that's local to each city.
Without further ado, let's check out the new uniforms, starting with the four teams in the NFC North. The Bears took their classic blue uniforms and threw in a slight twist by adding orange numbers. You could almost consider this a throwback uniform considering the Bears had orange numbers on their uniform for most of the 1940s, which also happened to be their "Monsters of the Midway" era.
Built for the future. pic.twitter.com/WzxAIyzOcA The Bears will also be wearing a lot of orange as the Rivalries look includes both an orange helmet and orange pants. The Packers decided to honor the fact that they're owned by the fans with a vintage green that has stock certificate-inspired details woven into the numbers and sleeves. For you. pic.twitter.com/a2cVbuLlhE Here's a fun fact: The helmet and pants are both alabaster.
According to the team, "the alabaster palette is reminiscent of the aged paper of historic Packers stock certificates." The Vikings went with a purple jersey that features a Vikings-knot design on the shoulder and on the pants, which is a nice touch. Feel The North 😈https://t.co/h0zACZWDHy pic.twitter.com/M7aVLQLOgg The Vikings' new uniform would have also worked as a Color Rush uniform because Minnesota is going purple from head to toe. The Lions ended up being the only team in the NFC North that ended up going with a white jersey.
Den. pic.twitter.com/PiIQN5cf0u If this uniform didn't say "Detroit" on the front, you might mistake it for the Panthers' white uniform. The Lions are bringing back their blue helmet, which goes well with these uniforms. The Texans aren't allowed to wear an Oilers throwback uniform -- because the Titans own the rights to the Oilers name -- so this might be the closest the Texans ever get to honoring the Oilers.
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