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Why Were the Packers Playing on an Infield in 1969?

If you click on the video above, you’ll see some highlights from a 1969 Packers/49ers game. The Packers were the home team, but the field included a baseball infield diamond, …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Click to enlarge Rare sight yesterday in Cleveland, as the Browns wore white at home, which forced the Cowboys into giving us a look at their seldom-worn blue jerseys and …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Click to enlarge Good-looking game yesterday in Buffalo, as the Bills wore their white throwbacks at home, complete with the standing buffalo helmet. Naturally, I’m particularly fond of the striped …

A Close Look at Striping on NFL SpeedFlex Helmets

The Riddell SpeedFlex helmet presents a challenge for NFL equipment managers, because its shell includes a cutout on the crown, right where striping tape would normally be passing through. Several …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

For most of today’s photos, you can click to enlarge Serious orange-o-rama action yesterday in Cincy, as the Bengals wore orange over white and the Browns countered with white over …

Bears and Packers Go ‘Mono a Mono’

Click to enlarge Disappointing game last night in Green Bay, as the mono-white Packers hosted the mono-might-as-well-be-black Bears. Not a good look for either team. Did anyone else think the …

Falcons Pull Surprise Move with 1966 Fauxback

For all of today’s photos, you can click to enlarge Unexpected move yesterday by the Falcons, who unveiled a set of black fauxbacks that will be worn for this Sunday’s …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Now That’s How It’s Done

Click to enlarge Now that’s how it’s supposed to work. After a bunch of Thursday-night games that all featured one team wearing white, we finally got a true color-on-color game …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

For most of today’s images, you can click to enlarge Whatever one thinks of the Steelers’ bumblebee throwbacks (I love them, I know lots of you hate them), I think …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Click to enlarge The Tugboat Captain and I found ourselves in one of Brooklyn’s more esteemed watering holes yesterday afternoon, with the Cowboys/49ers game on the tube. I immediately noticed …

Talking Hand Warmers with Steelers Safety Mike Mitchell

Four days ago, in this week’s Monday Morning Uni Watch report, I mentioned that Steelers safety Mike Mitchell was wearing a hand-warmer pouch even though it was a warm day, …

A Close Look at a 1965 NFL Uniform Article

Click to enlarge Longtime reader Jerry Wolper spends a lot of time looking through old newspaper archives. He recently came across a UPI wire story about the ’Skins uniform expenditures …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

The big NFL uni news yesterday came out of the Meadowlands, where Washington unexpectedly broke out the burgundy pants for the first time since 2011. I heard a lot of …

Leo Gets (Another) Lede: Odds & Ends

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken, with Leo Strawn, Jr. Those of you who are familiar with the Weekends (and if you remember over the Summer), I’m fortunate to have …