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Why the Green Bay Packers are wearing really ugly uniforms today

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 4:49 p.m. ET

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By Andy Nesbitt, FOXSports.com You probably turned on the Browns-Packers game this afternoon and were instantly confused by the Packers uniforms. Here's why they're wearing them, courtesy of Packers.com:

The Green Bay Packers will wear the team’s third jersey, a re-creation of the historic 1929 uniform worn by the franchise’s first NFL championship team, during Sunday’s Packers-Cleveland game. Due to new NFL helmet guidelines, the team this year will utilize its regular gold helmet without the logo and stripes. A similar helmet arrangement was used by the Packers during NFL “throwback” games in 1994 and 2001.

I get history, I really do. But these uniforms are ... not ... good.

I don't think I'm alone on this, either. Here are some Twitter reactions: