But it also led to a number of teams wearing inaccurate throwback uniforms or not wearing them at all, specifically those that have changed their color of their shell several times throughout the course of their history. That rule has been in place since 2013, as the NFL attempted to reduce head injuries (and its liability). This will also be the last season of the NFL’s one-helmet rule after the league announced teams will be permitted to wear two different helmets starting in 2022. The previous numbering system only allowed for running backs and defensive backs to wear 20-49 wide receivers to wear 10-19 and 80-89 tight ends 40-49 and 80-89 and linebackers 40-59 and 90-99. But now running backs, wide receivers and tight ends can wear 1-49 or 80-89, defensive backs can wear 1-49 and linebackers can wear 1-59 or 90-99. But before get into that, we must first address a couple league-wide changes, including relaxed rules that allow running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, linebackers and defensive backs to wear a wider range of numbers moving forward, including single digits. With that said, has compiled of every uniform change that took place across the NFL this offseason.
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