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09-07-2025
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New Orleans Saints to debut white alternate helmet during 2025 season
The New Orleans Saints have a new head coach, a new quarterback and now a new alternate helmet. The Saints unveiled the white helmet Wednesday and announced that they will pair it with their all-white, throwback-inspired "Color Rush" uniforms. The white shell is adorned with tiny black flakes, and the heart of the tricolor stripe down the middle seems to be the old gold that matches the one used in the Saints' "Color Rush" jerseys. The helmet stripe, outlined in black, as well as in a thinner set of white lines, also features faint, mini fleur-de-lis. Advertisement The primary fleur-de-lis logo is gold — as opposed to its usual black color — with the thick, Sharpie-like black outline we're accustomed to seeing. The front bumper reads "SAINTS," whereas the back says "NEW ORLEANS" in a larger font. And, notably, the face mask is gold, too. The helmet is widely being received as a major upgrade to the black alternate the Saints introduced to their wardrobe in 2022. That one had a tapered stripe of distinct, gold mini fleur-de-lis. The stripe itself was much wider in the front than this year's alternate. It also had a black cage to match the black shell. Advertisement A white helmet is a first for the Saints, and so is a gold mask. The team has yet to announce which games it will wear the alternate helmet in 2025. New Orleans is embarking on a new chapter under head coach Kellen Moore, who won the Super Bowl this past season as the Philadelphia Eagles' offensive coordinator. The Saints drafted 25-year-old quarterback Tyler Shough in the second round of this year's draft, and there's a good chance he's New Orleans' Week 1 starter now that Derek Carr is retired. Together, they signify the next era of Saints football. The white alternate helmet will be part of the fold as well.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
New Orleans Saints to debut white alternate helmet during 2025 season
The New Orleans Saints have a new head coach, a new quarterback and now a new alternate helmet. The Saints unveiled the white helmet Wednesday and announced that they will pair it with their all-white, throwback-inspired "Color Rush" uniforms. The white shell is adorned with tiny black flakes, and the heart of the tricolor stripe down the middle seems to be the old gold that matches the one used in the Saints' "Color Rush" jerseys. The helmet stripe, outlined in black, as well as in a thinner set of white lines, also features faint, mini fleur-de-lis. Advertisement The primary fleur-de-lis logo is gold — as opposed to its usual black color — with the thick, Sharpie-like black outline we're accustomed to seeing. The front bumper reads "SAINTS," whereas the back says "NEW ORLEANS" in a larger font. And, notably, the face mask is gold, too. The helmet is widely being received as a major upgrade to the black alternate the Saints introduced to their wardrobe in 2022. That one had a tapered stripe of distinct, gold mini fleur-de-lis. The stripe itself was much wider in the front than this year's alternate. It also had a black cage to match the black shell. Advertisement A white helmet is a first for the Saints, and so is a gold mask. The team has yet to announce which games it will wear the alternate helmet in 2025. New Orleans is embarking on a new chapter under head coach Kellen Moore, who won the Super Bowl this past season as the Philadelphia Eagles' offensive coordinator. The Saints drafted 25-year-old quarterback Tyler Shough in the second round of this year's draft, and there's a good chance he's New Orleans' Week 1 starter now that Derek Carr is retired. Together, they signify the next era of Saints football. The white alternate helmet will be part of the fold as well.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
New Orleans Saints, winless in black helmets, reveal new white helmet alternate
The New Orleans Saints will be patrolling in new domes in 2025, for a few games anyway. The team introduced a white helmet into its uniform closet Wednesday. It features a golden fleur-de-lis logo, gold face mask and a gold stripe down the center of the helmet with more fleur-de-lis baked into it. Unlike the team's black alternate helmet, there is no tapering effect. Two thinner black strips border the gold one. There are also black flecks adorning the white shell, giving the helmet a slight resemblance to vanilla ice cream. Advertisement The black helmet has been occasionally worn – but not widely embraced by the fan base – since its introduction in 2022. The league's relaxed restrictions for wearing alternate helmets provide options for the Saints. It would stand to reason they would use the white helmet with their Color Rush uniform, which features a white jersey and white pants with black and gold trim and gold numbers. The black alternate helmet had been exclusively used with that white-over-white combination, worn four times over the past three seasons but never in New Orleans. The Saints are 0-4 in those games. However the black one could now be worn with the club's black jerseys (and pants). Advertisement The Saints hop on a growing trend of teams adding white helmets to their inventories. Sixteen of the NFL's teams – exactly half – utilized a white helmet at some point during the 2024 season, the Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars and Minnesota Vikings among those who introduced them as alternates. Oct 7, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara (41) runs the ball as Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones (95) chases during the game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images All NFL news on and off the field. Sign up for USA TODAY's 4th and Monday newsletter. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: New Saints helmets: New Orleans reveals white alternate
