Brace yourself for an all-white Packers uniform
When is white cheddar coming to Green Bay?
The Minnesota Vikings have revealed a new alternate uniform, trading in their traditional purple and yellow for a white and purple and “metallic gray” (silver?) getups.
The particulars of the Vikings’ new garb are not of interest to me, but the fact that they exist compels me to point out that an all-white Packers uniform is inevitable. Uni Watch confirmed earlier this offseason that the Packers plan to unveil a white helmet at some point, and I think it’s pretty obvious what’s going to happen from here.
If they’re adding a white helmet, they’re going to pair it with their existing all-white uniforms. It doesn’t make sense to put it with their green home uniforms or their throwbacks, and it’s a wasted opportunity to throw it on a uniform that includes yellow pants. It’s got to go with a white uniform, and the Packers already have one.
If I had to guess, this news will be confirmed between now and early next offseason, with the actual uniform being unveiled around next year’s draft which, of course, is in Green Bay. Teams usually leverage the buzz around the draft to draw some more eyeballs to their new duds, and it just makes too much sense for the Packers, if they really do have a white helmet in the works, to not really capitalize on a situation where the whole NFL world is centered on Green Bay (even more than it already is, naturally).
To be sure, Uni Watch’s source above doesn’t guarantee a white helmet is coming and wasn’t sure they’d be paired with a specific uniform, but the pieces are all here and I’m happy to connect them. The NFL clearly is in favor of teams adding more alternate uniforms otherwise they wouldn’t have relaxed their nonsensical “one shell” helmet rule. The recent spate of alternate uniforms paired with alternate helmets is just a start, and if the Packers are going to jump on the bandwagon, you can bet your cheese curds and Spotted Cow they’ll do it in the most non-committal way they can.
To me, that says white helmet, white jersey, and white pants.
I won’t comment on the merits of a look along these lines until this still-as-of-yet imaginary uniform actually exists, but I’ll leave you with this: if and when the Packers unveil an all-white ensemble, we’re calling it their white cheddar uniform.