NFL to lift single-helmet rule in 2022; could NY Jets throwbacks return?

The NFL is about to embark on a whole new color rush. Per a memo obtained by Pro Football Talk, the league is set to lift or adjust the rule that limits players to a single helmet per season. Such a rule change would take effect prior to the 2022 season. Thus, alternate and throwback uniforms made incomplete or discontinued by the limitations put upon by the rule can make a return long-awaited by fans across the league. The single helmet rule was established in 2013 in the name of player safety, as the league wanted players to partake in the season with one unadjusted headgear. Some of the more popular throwback options that required a helmet change, including the Creamsicle-like “Bucco Bruce” look in Tampa Bay and New England’s “Pat Patriot” appearance, were put into storage. Others (including Denver and the Los Angeles Rams) kept the old or alternate uniform and placed the accompanying decal on their modern helmet. This new policy reportedly requires any alternate helmets to have the same measuring stats a