Back on April 22 of this year, Paul had the scoop that the Green Bay Packers would be adding a white helmet for the 2024 season.
Paul was confident enough in his source to come forward with the white helmet news, and now it has basically been confirmed. You can see a few quick shots of the white helmets here:
The Packers are shown wearing white helmets with their alternate white pants (and of course, white leggings) at around 4:46. Incidentally they’re playing against the Lions, who are wearing their own new BFBS alternates. That scene lasts for about one full second. But here are a couple screen grabs:
About the only question, once we learned the Packers would introduce a new white helmet this year, was whether they’d go with a white or green cage.
Based on the fleeting glimpses in the Madden 25 trailer, we can see it will be white. However, unlike the mockups shown above, it looks like the helmet will have a green/white/green striping pattern (matching their gold helmets), rather than the green/gold/green shown in the mockups. But the Packers white road jersey and alternate white pants (worn as their “Color Rush” outfit) both have gold stripes — the jersey is green/thin white/gold/thin white/green, while the pants have green/gold/green for their striping patterns. Unless the team changes something up, the white helmet (if it does indeed have green/white/green stripes) may look a bit off compared to the uniform striping patterns. But the uniforms shown in Madden 25 both contain the gold stripes. Hmmm.
Anyway, kudos to Paul for breaking this story. And thanks to the Madden 25 trailer, we have confirmation.
It was only Monday when the possibility of the Chiefs getting a white helmet at some point was discussed, and of course the Vikings are adding their own white helmet (and uniform) this season. This comes on the heels of the Browns and Broncos both adding white alternate helmets recently. It seems more and more professional teams are following the NCAA schools by introducing “Icy White” alternates.
I’ll honestly have to see this helmet — definitely with the uniform, and more likely, on the field — before I can render an opinion. But if it is indeed going with the odd stripe pattern shown in Madden 25, and thus not matching the jersey/pants stripes, I’m pretty sure I’m not going to like it. The Packers aren’t quite as tradition-bound as, say, the Raiders or Chiefs, and they have worn alternate uniforms over the years, but still — I’m not sure I can get used to seeing them in anything but their standard helmet unless they’re wearing a throwback.
Remember when we all kinda-sorta rejoiced when the NFL announced it was lifting the one-shell rule a couple years back? And how we cautioned it as a “Be careful what you wish for” moment?
Sure, we get Pat Patriot and Bucco Bruce. But we also get…this.
Your thoughts?
As a born and bred Packers fan I don’t love it but think it could look rather good during a late December clash at Lambeau. With the NFL moving steadily towards 18 games, it won’t kill me to see GB in something other that Gold/Green or White/Gold one week a season. Overall I think it’s a fine look but more NYJ than Lombardi’s Packers.
Assuming it has the yellow center stripe to match the rest of the uniform it is a decent look (well when wearing actual socks). But it is completely unnecessary (as are the white pants). Packers standard yellow/green/yellow combo, and yellow/white/yellow on the road are classics. I have no problem when they dabble with quirky throwbacks from their long history, but following the lazy trend of all white (I won’t use the stupid gimmick terms) is beneath a franchise like the Packers.
Not a fan. White helmets paired with any non-white pants do not look good.
1st NFL game I remember is the Ice Bowl. Maybe that is why I am tradition bound.
Interesting. I think white helmets with non-white jerseys generally look cheap.
The Packers will have to wear them with a mono-white look, their old color rush uniforms, so they will have pants that match the helmets.
Ugh. NFL in a race with NBA to the bottom.
This is definitely the flip side to the helmet rules being lifted.
My feelings are “Go ahead and try it once, but if it looks bad, don’t even bring it back again that season, just let it go.” Even the Packers or Vikings look weak on the field in all white, just don’t subject us to it again.
I wonder what the point of adding these are. I don’ think young people are clamoring for more helmet options in the NFL. I think a better time to try and slip a new helmet color in is when you introduce new sets.
I agree. I’m a huge lifelong Packers fan and I think these will look fine for a game, but it’s a low-effort way to jump on a trend that’s quickly getting played out.
We were aware that this phenomenon could occur when the NFL opened the floodgates for multiple helmet shells. Not saying it’s a bad look but this is not right for the Packers. The slippery slope gets steeper and more slippery.
When I was a kid in jr football, we had to wear white helmets due to cost limitations. It was always seen as a helmet choice teams made if they had no money and it was definitely NOT fashionable. It’s funny to me to see people going all out on the white helmets/uniforms/etc.
The Packers with a white helmet is really odd to me simply because their regular yellows aren’t that much different anyway. Why not go with a green helmet if you want to change things up?
What jersey will they be wearing this with?
From looking at what they had last year they only had a 50’s era inspired throwback last year.
Good point!
In theory, alt helmets are supposed to be only worn with alternate uniforms (Throwback/classic, Color Rush or Third jerseys) — but since the Packers have worn white pants and socks to *create* a CR uniform, they can technically wear the white hat with that uniform. That is also what is shown in Madden 25.
Just another example of the NFL playing fast and loose with its own uniform rules.
Very much so as pants don’t count as part of the deciding factor for the uniform rules (5 year rule and helmet rule) but they’ll say it’s their alternate color rash but it’s just their white jerseys with white pants.
We seem to be entering WFWS territory h
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Lead image looks like Jets vs Panthers. Cool.
Nah. Don’t like it. This is not the Packers. And the NFL seems to be spending a lot of time and effort on the parts of the uniform that don’t market well. Alternate jerseys, I get it – almost everyone wears football jerseys. But pants? Helmets? Less likely, compared to MLB caps.
As far as not being “tradition-bound”, I would disagree vehemently. In my nearly 50 years on the planet, the Packers took off 2 sleeve stripes and the hip numbers. You could tell a Packers game from the 1960s through to today easily. Only the Chiefs are more traditional because they don’t do alternates and really didn’t do Color Rush. But the Raiders do throwbacks, so I don’t see how the Packers are less traditional.
Delicious white cheddar
More like brie.
Because it stinks.
Some teams can and should play around with their unis*. Not the Packers. They’re the Yankees of football.
*But no team needs to hop on the icy white bandwagon. I’ve been tired of it in college ball for years.
And no, I didn’t like it when the Packers went icy white in 1957.
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Agreed
It would be very surprising to me if the helmet does not carry a green-gold-green stripe. It’s probably a matter of an early build of the game not having those details finalized.
Alternate helmet for alternate helmet’s sake is a plague. Hopefully it turns out to be a fad and in a few years alternate helmets are mostly limited to throwbacks.
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I like it if the striping matches.
Now all the Packers are lacking is a BFBS uni-set………..
You know how everybody has been commenting on the shortage of white helmets in the NFL? The league is really solving the heck out of that problem.
Here’s hoping the Eagles follow this trend!
I much prefer the early 70s green wing look (esp the white all-white) to those Batman-era throwbacks.
Then again, I also like the blue/yellow fauxs from 2007.
I’m all for a one/two-off scenario. Just don’t play it out. I mean, you can’t deny the cleanliness of the look. Good to mix things up every now and then.
I don’t like it. I feel like the NFL needs to stop allowing college trends to infiltrate the pro game. If players want to wear cycling shorts, tights, plain socks, ankle socks, long undershirts that hang to their thighs, themed uniforms like black out or icy white, do it in college and leave it there. It’s amateurish and has no place in the NFL. Set a standard and make the players adhere to it. This has gotten way too out of hand.
I don’t understand the whole all-white trend. I guess it’s what the players are into now.
As a Packer fan, please save this for a snow game in December at Lambeau. You can’t tackle what you can’t see.
You also can’t spot an open receiver you can’t see.
If they don’t have the gold as the center stripe, I’m going to be furious. I already hate that they are fuckin with perfection.
No good. Too many white alternate helmets in the NFL. White only looks good for Miami and Buffalo. The colors are what fans associate with their teams and white doesn’t work. Why not a green too match the jersey? Or better yet a metallic green like Oregon.
Remove any trace of green and gold and the players will sleep, eat, drink, live in them. WFWS to the max!