Browns to wear throwback white helmets for three games in 2023

The Browns will go old school for the new season.The team will reach back more than seven decades, as the players will wear white helmets for the first time since 1951. The Browns will go with the White Out look three times, they announced Tuesday.revisiting our roots with modern style 🔁 pic.twitter.com/JpnXwBqksk— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) July 18, 2023https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsThey'll wear white jerseys and pants with the retro helmets — with orange and brown stripes added — in Week 2 at Pittsburgh, Week 6 at home against the 49ers and Week 17 against the Jets on Thursday night in the home finale.Ogbo Okoronkwo welcomed Za'Darius Smith trade, still believes he'll have great opportunity to flourish"We're super fired up and really excited to have this opportunity to wear an alternate helmet," executive vice president and partner JW Johnson said in the news release. "We decided to go with the white helmet for a couple reasons — it harkens back to our past, and a lot of our greatest players wore white helmets. We also heard from our fans that it was the direction they wanted. We always want to continue having great fan interaction and deliver for them as much as we possibly can."Jerome Ford in position to have bigger role, greater impact in Year 2The Browns wore plain white helmets from their inception in 1946 in the All-American Football Conference through their transition to the NFL in 1950. They won championships in their first five seasons.They switched fully to the orange helmet in 1952 and haven't worn white since. The NFL last year began allowing teams to use an alternate helmet — a different color than the main helmet — for their alternate uniforms.Zone Coverage podcastHall of Famers Otto Graham, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, Lou Groza, Mac Speedie and Dante Lavelli were among those to wear the white helmets."Okayyyyyy," defensive end Ogbo Okoronkwo tweeted with a fire emoji.Fans will be encouraged to wear white for the two home games in the White Out series.The post Browns to wear throwback white helmets for three games in 2023 first appeared on BrownsZone with Scott Petrak.