The Green Bay Packers are no stranger to winning in style. They’ve done it a few times already en route to a perfect start in 2015, and this past Sunday that made sure they were looking good in a tight 27-20 win over the San Diego Chargers.
Green Bay’s success while donning throwback-type uniforms is worth noting, as is their hot 6-0 run to get this year going. They looked especially good in their custom football uniforms this week, which were technically an homage to the uniforms they wore back in Brett Favre’s time in 1994. Green Bay as quite successful that time around, as the Packers stomped all over the rival Bears in one meeting.
Years later the green and gold would pay respects to the old Green Bay uniforms from 1929, where they used brown helmets and had their numbers inserted into tiny circles on the chest of their jersey.
No matter the throwback, the Packers uniforms all looked good and the other key aspect as Green Bay found a way to have success with them for the most part.
A true throwback would have Green Bay sporting the “Acme Packers” across the front of their blue jersey with long sleeves and old school brown pants. We know that won’t ever happen thanks to NFL and Nike regulations, but it’s still fun to point out. The old leather helmets are gone for good, too.
Even so, Green Bay enjoys going back to various types of throwback uniforms, and why shouldn’t they? It’s fun for the team and fans, but most importantly, the team plays well when they do it. Green Bay’s blue jersey with either the brown or yellow helmets has translated to an impressive 5-0 run, while the team gets to take advantage of the league’s “third jersey” initiative this year.
The third jersey allows every NFL team to decide what to wear as an alternate, and the Packers have decided a throwback variation is their jersey for 2015. Packers fans can brace for it again at some point in 2015, especially since the Pack play on Thursday Night Football two times this year, and all TNF games permit both competing teams to wear any color jersey they wish.
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