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Gridiron football players wear various pieces of equipment for the protection of the body during the course of a football game. Basic equipment worn by most football players include a helmet, shoulder pads, gloves, shoes, and thigh and knee pads, a mouthguard, and a jockstrap or compression shorts with or without a protective cup.
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins wearing his team's Color Rush uniform in 2019. The NFL Color Rush was a promotion done in conjunction with the National Football League (NFL) and Nike that promotes so-called "color vs. color" matchups with teams in matchup-specific uniforms that are primarily one solid color with alternating colored accents, primarily airing on Thursday Night Football.
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The 2024-2025 season, which officially kicks off Sept. 5, marks the first time the NFL is allowing players to wear these special covers during games. Taylor, 25, is already mandated to have a ...
Matthew McConaughey swaps his Texas twang for a Chicago accent in Uber Eats’ Super Bowl commercial.. The Oscar winner, 55, gets a Midwestern makeover in the 30-second ad teaser and PEOPLE has an ...
In all the 49ers went 15–1 (including the playoffs) wearing the 1955/1994 throwback uniforms (the only loss being the regular season finale on the road at Minnesota, with the team wearing white jerseys and resting most of their starters for the playoffs). Meanwhile, the 49ers went undefeated wearing the red jerseys of the throwback uniform.
(The video can be viewed here, with Aponte's remarks at the 37:45 mark.) As Aponte mentioned, the NFL mandated wearing Guardian Caps during early training camp practices for all players except ...
A player holding his helmet by the face mask A lineman whose face mask has horizontal and vertical bars A face mask penalty. In gridiron football, the face mask is the part of the helmet that directly covers the face. It is a major source of protection for the players, made of metal covered either with a rubber or plastic coating.