The New Orleans Saints have recently joined a number of NFL teams who feature a Black/Black uniform... They have never worn helmets with a color scheme different than their original - Gold Helmet featuring a black fleur-de-lis (outlined in white/black) and a white center stripe outlined in black.
I wanted to see how the Black/Black uniforms would look with a Black helmet...
Too bad the NFL doesn't allow alternate helmets to be worn for regular season games (except approved "throwback" designs).
Regarding credits:
I did not take this picture myself, only manipulate the colors. The player in the image is Pierre Thomas. The pre-photoshop image itself can be found on numerous websites - including NFL.com -
[link]The original image was photographed by Chris Graythen.
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"They have never worn helmets with a color scheme different than their original for a regular-season game."
FWIW - I actually samples from an original to match the colors for the one on Pierre. I decided, however, to keep the current black face mask rather than the white/light gray from the '69 version.
Thanks for taking the time to relay the info. I'm already looking forward to next season!
I took the above statement from your description, and just wanted to point out that you are mistaken to a point.
Yes, the saints have never wore a different helmet other than the gold helmet and the fleur de lis on the helmet has changed over the years but that is besides the point.
What i wanted to say is that in the 1969 the saint in fact did wear a black helmet. It was in a pre season game only.
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Just thought you would like to know this, if you did not already.
Nice picture. He looks so good looking in all black.