Ladies and gentlemen, it’s game week for the Dallas Cowboys and the rest of the NFL. We have been waiting for this week since February after suffering a shocking loss to the 7th-seed Green Bay Packers at AT&T Stadium.
Cowboys Nation is brimming with anticipation, hoping that a new season brings better results for America’s Team. Rosters are just about set, the Browns are on deck for this coming Sunday, and the fanbase is ready to cheer.
A new season also brings new opportunities for the players to look like their best selves on the field while they strive for victory. The Cowboys released the uniform schedule this past weekend, but it has garnered mixed results from fans who want a change from the classic (traditional) white jerseys.
What’s With All the White?
I know that the Cowboys’ white jerseys are considered classic, but the word I would use is traditional. It’s old and boring, and we will have to see those jerseys 11 out of 17 games this regular season.
At least one person is excited to see the Primary White uniforms. Twitter/X user @TuckerArmen gave his opinion on the uniform schedule release. One of the only positive comments, this Twitter/X user says “16 seasons and four live games, and I finally get to see the primaries with my own eyes this year”.
Another user shows us the other side of the coin, and likely gives us the true temperature of Cowboys Nation regarding the Primary Whites. Twitter/X user @hitstickmaster2 asks “Why so much traditional white? Navy and arctic…come on”.
Don’t worry, sir. We are all thinking the same thing.
We Need More Navy
I can’t be the only person out there that wants to see more Navy Blue jerseys on Sundays this season. One of the few jerseys I purchased over the past few seasons is my Navy Blue #21 Ezekiel Elliott jersey that I still wear proudly, despite the fact Elliott wears #15 now.
As it turns out, I’m not the only person out there wishing the Cowboys would don the Navy Blue uniforms more often. Twitter/X user @JosephGiaimo8 says “Why so much white (?) I want more navy”.
Me, too, Joseph. Me too. According to the schedule, the Cowboys will wear the Navy Blue jerseys just three times. At home versus the Detroit Lions in week 6, at Carolina in week 15, and they will close out the regular season in Navy Blue at home versus the Washington Commanders.
There is a slight variation in the traditional Navy Blue jerseys with the silver pants. That combo will only be worn on the road in Carolina. The other two games (Detroit, Washington) will have the Cowboys use white pants instead, a welcome change aesthetically.
Looking Electric in White
The Primary White aren’t the only white jerseys the Cowboys have. Released a few years ago, the teams started using the Arctic White uniform combos. These uniforms are mostly used in primetime for Sunday night or Monday night games.
This season, the Cowboys will don the Arctic White (also known as Color Rush) for two games: Week 4 at the New York Giants (Thursday Night Football on Prime Video) and week 14 versus the Cincinnati Bengals (Monday Night Football on ESPN).
I enjoy seeing the Cowboys in the color rush uniforms. Especially because they finally broke from tradition a bit and also designed the all-white helmet.
We Don’t Like the Stripe
There is one variation of the Cowboys uniform that nobody ever wants to see. For a week 10 matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles, the Cowboys will wear the Primary White uniforms, but they will use helmets with the red stripe.
Those helmets have been heavily scrutinized because of the ineptitude of the offense the first time they wore them in a game versus the Denver Broncos. It became known as “The Blueprint Game” because then Broncos’ DC Vic Fangio claimed to have established the blueprint on how to stop the Cowboys offense.
Fangio is now the defensive coordinator in Philadelphia, so using the red stripe for this game will draw ire from the fanbase if the Cowboys can’t escape with a victory.