Atlanta Falcons Reportedly Wearing Red Jerseys in Super Bowl 51
By John Follett
The Atlanta Falcons have likely chosen to wear red jerseys for Super Bowl 51. A report from ESPN has confirmed the New England Patriots will in-fact wear white.
Good news for Atlanta Falcons fans patiently waiting to buy their Super Bowl 51 jersey. The ‘Birds will wear red jerseys when they take the field on February 5th in Houston.
The Atlanta Falcons have yet to make any official announcement, but ESPN’s Mike Reiss confirmed the Patriots jersey color today.
With Patriots confirmed to wear white in Super Bowl, a jersey-based look back at their previous eight appearances. https://t.co/iLgNJLs8zN
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) January 24, 2017
As the home team, the pick of jersey color belonged to Atlanta. Houston is an AFC city and the Patriots bring the better record, but the NFL makes the NFC home team for odd years. We shouldn’t hear any gripes from New England regarding the jersey color selection. The Patriots have won their last two Super Bowls wearing white, to include the Super Bowl 49 thriller vs. Seattle.
The Atlanta Falcons are blowing off superstition by opting to wear red jerseys in Houston. On Monday, Blogging Dirty detailed the many stats to support an advantage for teams wearing white at the Super Bowl. The Denver Broncos were the home team for Super Bowl 50 and choose to play the numbers by wearing white. It was a move that paid off as they defeated the Carolina Panthers 24-10.
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The Broncos also wore white jerseys when they beat the Atlanta Falcons back in Super Bowl 33. The Falcons wore black jerseys on that day.
We asked Falcons fans on Facebook and Twitter which jersey color they preferred Atlanta to wear at Super Bowl 51. Red seemed to be the more popular choice, but there was also a strong campaign for the team to wear black. “All black for Tom Brady’s funeral”, commented one fan.
The Atlanta Falcons could wear black if and only if they choose to wear their 1960’ish throwbacks. I say “1960’ish” as the helmet color back when was red and not the black lids worn in Weeks 7 and 15. See my article regarding this specific uniform set for more on that.
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Count me in as one who thinks it would be outstanding for the Atlanta Falcons to enter Super Bowl 51 in full throwback uniforms. Team branding and exposure makes it extremely unlikely. The franchise spent a lot of money in the current logos and uniform set and we can assume they opt to market both on the biggest stage in pro sports.