Jersey number rule change passes

[PantherFanInPhilly]

Please no current players I own jerseys of change their number 

[Troys99x4]

1 hour ago, Wes21 said:

It will be a thing immediately, just like the last number rule change.  The incoming rookies and guys who have changed teams will be first in line.

I should have been more specific, i meant for current players already rostered. But yes, these rookies are going to get first dibs!

[Moo Daeng]

1 hour ago, PantherFanInPhilly said:

Please no current players I own jerseys of change their number 

Seems it would make your current jersey a hell of a lot cooler and unique as time passes.

[Wes21]

4 hours ago, Troys99x4 said:

I should have been more specific, i meant for current players already rostered. But yes, these rookies are going to get first dibs!

I remember when they officially let receivers and TEs wear numbers in the teens in 2004.  Almost all of the top pass catchers grabbed numbers in the teens.  The top 3 (Larry Fitzgerald, Kellen Winslow and Roy Williams) specifically grabbed #11.  Kellen Winslow ended up buying #80 off of a teammate going into the season.

I think #1 is going to be one of the hottest numbers in the league now.  So it goes back to what someone else asked...do we retire it?

 

[SOJA]

call me old and grump but I hate this 

[t96]

6 hours ago, Moo Daeng said:

Seems it would make your current jersey a hell of a lot cooler and unique as time passes.

Yeah, I agree. I actually wish I had a TD #47 jersey.

[t96]

2 hours ago, Wes21 said:

I remember when they officially let receivers and TEs wear numbers in the teens in 2004.  Almost all of the top pass catchers grabbed numbers in the teens.  The top 3 (Larry Fitzgerald, Kellen Winslow and Roy Williams) specifically grabbed #11.  Kellen Winslow ended up buying #80 off of a teammate going into the season.

I think #1 is going to be one of the hottest numbers in the league now.  So it goes back to what someone else asked...do we retire it?

 

This rule change will also make it a lot easier to retire jerseys since there’s less positional constraint now. I highly doubt a Panther ever wears 89 or 1 again, maybe even 59

[Basbear]

2 hours ago, SOJA said:

call me old and grump but I hate this 

Tom brady is with you. 

[Snake]

7 hours ago, Wes21 said:

I remember when they officially let receivers and TEs wear numbers in the teens in 2004.  Almost all of the top pass catchers grabbed numbers in the teens.  The top 3 (Larry Fitzgerald, Kellen Winslow and Roy Williams) specifically grabbed #11.  Kellen Winslow ended up buying #80 off of a teammate going into the season.

I think #1 is going to be one of the hottest numbers in the league now.  So it goes back to what someone else asked...do we retire it?

 

How do we retire #1 when it was given by one of the most racist owners in the league. Probably should just move on from that era.

[kungfoodude]

Tom Brady hates this rule change, so I immediately am a huge fan.