The streets have been requesting black helmets for a long time and the team has finally answered.
Since their inception the Carolina Panthers have worn silver helmets, but with the league allowing teams to wear two different helmets starting this season, teams around the NFL have been announcing their alternate choices.
Tuesday the Panthers dropped heat of their own, releasing photos of their new black alternative helmet.
The black helmets will be worn, along with the team’s popular all-black uniforms, in a nationally-televised Thursday Night Football game against the Atlanta Falcons on Nov. 10 at Bank of America Stadium.
“Sometimes guys tap into an alter ego depending on what they’re wearing,” Pro Bowler Brian Burns said. “Whenever a team wears all black, or black accessories, it just brings out that dog in them, the evil side. When I saw this, I was like, ‘This will be tough.’ Especially on defense, they call us the dark side anyway, so it brings it all together.”
Fans reacted with excitement to the announcement:
Fans can enter to win an authentic black helmet by visiting Panthers.com/black-helmet-giveaway