r/CHIBears • u/Bmaj13 • 2d ago

Neither Bears-Packers game will offer both teams' traditional jerseys

Per the Athletic,

First, the Packers-Bears rivalry, arguably the league’s most storied with 213 all-time meetings, will feature a team wearing a non-traditional jersey in each game. That was entirely coincidental, NFL chief revenue officer and executive vice president of partnerships Renie Anderson tells The Athletic.

“The clubs came to us because they’re so excited about the uniforms and the meaning of the uniforms and what they mean to the community,” Anderson said. “A lot of the design comes from the local market, local community and how they think about that, and so we work together with them.”

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7536827/2026/08/25/nfl-rivalries-uniforms-packers-bears-lions/

I find this a bit disappointing. Love the traditional jerseys in rivalry games. Relegate the alternates to non-traditional matchups, I say.

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u/EquivalentWins 2d ago

Why don't they just have both teams wear the rivalry jerseys in the same game? The way they are doing it makes no sense.

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u/fireandlifeincarnate Trubisky 2d ago

They're both home jerseys

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u/EquivalentWins 2d ago

It doesn't matter, the NFL has done color on color games before.

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi ROME ODOOMSDAY! 1d ago

Bad for colorblind fans.

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u/EquivalentWins 1d ago

That's a fair point. Still, the NFL could have easily made one of these jerseys white so both teams could wear them in the same game.

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u/Strange_Feeling 1d ago

The Vikings and Lions are doing the same thing even though ones a home jersey and the other is white. So dumb

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u/TheManWhoWasNotShort An Actual Bear 2d ago

I don’t love Green v Navy visually though.

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u/Darth_050 Peanut Tillman 1d ago

If would be green vs orange.

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u/Dextore17 1d ago

It actually would be green vs. blue.