The Carolina Panthers have joined the growing list of teams planning to don alternate helmets during the 2022 season.
The club announced Tuesday it will wear new black alternate helmets this season to go along with an all-black color rush uniform on Thursday Night Football against the Atlanta Falcons on Nov. 10.
"Sometimes guys tap into an alter ego depending on what they're wearing," star edge rusher 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."
The adjusted the uniform policy to allow clubs to wear alternate helmets in 2022, moving away from the one-shell rule instituted in 2012.
Fans have been clamoring for alternate helmets for years. And the rule change has allowed clubs to bring fire to their standard getup.
