phattywankenobi Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 The story behind the Bills’ red helmetsPosted by Mike Florio on June 23, 2011, 8:29 AM EDTGetty ImagesAs the Buffalo Bills prepare to unveil on Friday night their new uniforms, which already were inadvertently disclosed by the folks at EA, the team’s official website tells the tale of why the team changed in the 1980s from white helmets to red helmets, which apparently will be changed on Friday back to white.Per Chris Brown of BuffaloBills.com, quarterback Joe Ferguson was color blind. So with four teams in the AFC East having white helmets at the time (Pats, Dolphins, Bills, Colts), Ferguson was struggling to separate receivers from defenders.“We needed to do something to distinguish the white helmet,” said Bills equipment manager Dave Hojnowski. “We found that Joe saw the red helmet differently than the white. I’m not sure if it was a darker gray to him, but it was easier for him to distinguish and that’s the reason why we made the switch. That was under the head coach at the time, Kay Stephenson.”With the Bills apparently going back to white helmets, a color-blind quarterback in the AFC East will once again have trouble. Though the Colts are gone and the Pats have switched to silver, the Jets have traded green helmets for white and the Dolphins fortunately have never switched from white to aqua or circus peanut orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconsfan567 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Wow. I never knew that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyblooz Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I actually remember watching the first game the Bills played on TV that year, and the announcers were telling why the change, which was what the OP said, the entire division had white helmets, and that accounted for 8 games a year that they played white helmets that were hard to pick out from their own.Definitely true story. Glad to see them go back, I missed those colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconsfan567 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I always thought it had something to do with OJ Simpson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vafalconfan Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 That's pretty funny and could only happen in Buffalo.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REV.2000 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Getty ImagesAs the Buffalo Bills prepare to unveil on Friday night their new uniforms, which already were inadvertently disclosed by the folks at EA, the team’s official website tells the tale of why the team changed in the 1980s from white helmets to red helmets, which apparently will be changed on Friday back to white.THEY WILL STILL PLAY LIKE THE 2010 BUFFALO BILLS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjc34 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 THEY WILL STILL PLAY LIKE THE 2010 BUFFALO BILLS. sad but true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pr0d1gy Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Circus peanut orange = LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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