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It’s official: Cincinnati Bengals debut white-with-black-stripes alternate helmet

Cincinnati Bengals DE BJ Hill Cincinnati Bengals defensive end B.J. Hill (92) celebrates after intercepting a pass during the second half of the AFC championship NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga) (Ed Zurga/AP)

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals on Friday officially revealed the White Bengal alternate helmet that will debut this season.

The organization posted a video on Bengals.com to offer a 360-degree view of the mostly all-white helmet with black stripes and black face mask.

Only the orange-and-black Bengals logo adorns the front of the helmet, on the nose bumper right above the face mask. An American flag sticker is on the lower left side on the back of the helmet.

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The New Orleans Saints, Washington Commanders, Carolina Panthers, Houston Texans and New York Jets are the only other NFL teams that have revealed alternate helmets.

Cincinnati is the first team to offer a white helmet. Most of the other teams are going for a darker lid. Some will wear an all-black helmet.

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The NFL approved alternate helmets for the 2022 season.

The Bengals so far have not announced which games they will choose to trot out the alternate helmets, likely to be paried with the team’s all-white color rush uniforms.

nfl.com is touting that the Bengals new helmet “might be the best -- and most anticipated -- alternate shell of them all.


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