The 2023 NFL season will mark the primary time since September 2010 that the Philadelphia Eagles shall be carrying Kelly Inexperienced alternate jerseys at Lincoln Monetary Discipline.
It’s lastly occurring.
Eagles Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie formally confirmed as a lot throughout his opening assertion at a Tuesday night press convention from the NFL house owners conferences in Arizona.
This growth was anticipated. Eventually yr’s conferences, Lurie said they would be back for 2023 since Nike wanted extra time to create the exact coloration.
Kelly Inexperienced’s return is a very long time coming. For years, Lurie expressed curiosity in bringing the colour again however wanted proprietor approval for a second helmet. The decision for that change lastly handed in 2021 to place it in impact beginning within the 2022 season.
As such, we noticed quite a few groups introduce completely different alternate helmets final yr. The Cincinnati Bengals wore a white one. A bunch of groups added black helmets.
And the Eagles have been amongst those that used a black helmet to pair with their all-black look.
However except I’m lacking one thing because it pertains to the NFL permitting a third helmet (one thing Lurie verbally expressed curiosity in), the black shall be going away for now with Kelly Inexperienced coming again in.
This can be a enjoyable growth! Your mileage could range in terms of preferring the colour; some (myself included) wouldn’t thoughts if it changed midnight inexperienced because the full-time apparel.
However, on the very least, most appear to agree that it’s a cool look as an alternate. The colourful coloration pays homage to older eras of Eagles soccer, together with when the workforce received NFL championships in 1948, 1949, and 1960.