of cleveland browns is going back in time to tweak its look for the 2024 NFL season.
White face masks will return on the Browns’ helmets, the team shared on Wednesday. The team has been wearing brown face masks on their helmets since 2015, and they rocked the look with orange helmets.
But before 2006, the Browns wore orange helmets and white face masks for decades. From 1975 to 1995, before the team moved to Baltimore, they wore white face masks. When the Browns returned as an expansion franchise in 1999, the team brought back the orange helmet and white facemask look, which they maintained until the end of the 2005 season.
This look is generally associated with the Browns’ best period in the modern era. They wore white face masks and orange helmets during the 1980 “Cardiac Kids” season and the three seasons that Bernie Kosar led the team to the AFC Championship Game in the late 1980s as quarterback. Was. These are the only three appearances in the AFC Championship Game in franchise history.
“We are excited to honor our storied history through the return of white face masks,” said JW Johnson, partner of the Cleveland Browns. stated in a statement. “As we continue to write the next chapter in Browns history, we look back at the different eras that got us to this place, including the Cardiac Kids and the resurgence of the franchise.”
The team has brought back the white face mask look twice in recent years, wearing them once each of the past two seasons. The Browns won both games.
Along with the face mask change, the Browns will also change their logo. The previous logo had a brown facemask on the helmet, but now it also has a white facemask instead.
“As we listen to our loyal fans and continue to write the history of our franchise, we are excited to see white face masks on Browns helmets beyond the 2024 season,” Johnson said. said.
The Browns have toyed with the look several times over the past few years. They significantly redesigned their uniforms in 2015 and returned to a more traditional look in 2020. The biggest change they made since 2020 was the addition of an all-white alternate uniform, including mostly white helmets and white pants. And the jersey.
The Browns are just one of the few teams to redesign their uniforms this offseason. Let’s take a look at what other uniform design changes are coming across the league.
The Jets became the first team to introduce a newly redesigned uniform for the 2024 season, introducing the “Legacy Collection” jerseys that pay homage to the team’s sack exchange era.You can read more about the Jets’ redesign here.
The Lions are scheduled to unveil their new uniforms on Thursday. The team teased the look of its new jerseys on Tuesday, as Lions president Rod Wood said they aim to “pay homage to the past” while maintaining a modern look. The Lions will be appearing in the NFC Championship Game for the first time since 1991.
The Broncos will introduce new uniforms on Monday, April 22nd for the first time since 1997. The team’s logo and colors will remain the same, but the uniforms will be “completely redesigned,” team president Damani Leach announced in March.
The Houston Texans are set to unveil their new uniforms on Tuesday, April 23rd, but the team’s white uniforms have already leaked, with an updated look for their jersey numbers.
The Texans logo appears to remain the same in the initial leak.
