Sunday, September 20, 2009

Dirty Birds

I thought I missed a memo when I saw the Falcons wearing red helmets today.
Turns out, the whole uniform was a throwback to 1966. They'll also wear these uniforms against Tampa in week 12. Why '66? That was the first year of the franchise. In the years since, the Falcons have had a dozen different uniforms (12?!?!?!?), resulting in this:


I think I like the current day better.

1 comment:

  1. You know me. I'm a sucker for tradition and I miss the old red-on-red Falcon uniforms. But agree the current day is much nicer than the black jerseys (and much much nicer than the black-on-black they sported during the Glanville era).

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