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So, here's a question: isn't there some rule that states a team can only switch their uniforms once every 5 seasons? I'm guessing the Washington Footballers get a 'pass' this year?

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I wish they would remove the normal logo from the helmets and just go with plain burgundy helmet and grey facemask when pairing with the 1930s throwbacks. I thought I read somewhere that teams were allowed three different jerseys, pants & socks for one season. They wore both combos of white & burgundy in the regular season and I could have sworn I saw the 1970s era gold pants in the preseason. Does anybody know if that would rule out the khaki-colored pants normally worn during the alumni games?

It just feels like Nike half-stepped the design on the Skinz color rush uniforms. We have such a rich history of uniforms and logos from which to draw inspiration. They could have made some really cool fauxbacks for us like they did for Denver and SanDiego last year, but instead all we get is the addition of all yellow socks and a yellow jersey to augment our standard home uniform.

LoL.. I've never heard of the faux leather helmets referred to as cantaloupes, but I like it! I think those were completely different helmets though. I guess they could repaint their helmets for one week to match the throwbacks and then paint them again to match their regular unies, but that's probably not practical. As Zguy28 pointed out: the whole "same helmet all year long" thing is BS because all you need to do is get the same size, make, model and swap out the existing pads. I agree.. teams should be allowed to wear alt helmets with throwbacks.

From what I understand, the helmet itself has to be the same piece of equipment for each player, but they are allowed to alter the appearance of the helmet for throwback games by removing the stripes and/or decals.. Green Bay removes the stripes and decals for their throwback games.. I wish we would do the same.

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I'm really interested in seeing this one.

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No new info on uniforms here.. just a cool pic of the white jersey 1938 uniforms. I had never seen a photo of this uniform with a white jersey and I think it looks pretty awesome. Interesting how the burgundy jerseys had a white outline around the gold numbers but these do not appear to have an outline around the numbers. Also it looks like the logo is higher on the white jerseys. Burgundy jersey for reference

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There doesn't appear to be ANY gold on those uniforms OR helmets.

I think you may be right Stephen B. I did see an NFL lunch box years ago that had the same yellow/gold coloring as the one on the poncho design. It wasn't a dedicated Redskins lunchbox.. one of those general NFL lunchboxes with all the teams on it that comes out before the season starts. There's a really good article about how Lombardi changed the uniforms to match the Packers' uniforms here: http://packersuniforms.blogspot.com/2012/12/theres-something-about-those-socks.html Not a lot of new info, but some things I found to be interesting were: Lombardi's brother was a sporting goods supplier for Rawlings and he was awarded the contract for outfitting the Redskins new uniforms - apparently Rawlings had a lighter shade of burgundy (and I assume gold) and that is one of the reasons for the color switch. Also, it says Coach Lombardi was color blind, so the Redskins new uniforms would look exactly like the uniforms of the Packers to him. Comparison images from the site: That being said, a lighter bugundy was alread in the Redskins color palette on the tip of the feather in these uniforms: On a side note: I think the yellow/gold helmet would look better with these uniforms because it has the same stripe.

I found this ad for NFL rain ponchos from a 1972 catalog online. Check out the gold version of the current Redskins helmet. I wonder if this design was seriously being considered, or if it was a printing error??

That looks FANTASTIC! I would love to see that helmet with gold pants (preferably with a complimentary stripe) and the 80th anniversary jersey.. only with the spear on the sleeve as our unies. Awesome job man!