The Falcons used to break out the red helmets at least once a year, but the NFL’s one shell rule effectively ended that practice after the 2012 season. Until last year, that is, when the rule was rescinded and the Falcons returned to their red helmet ways.
After breaking them out twice in the 2022 season, the team is doing so thrice this season, per...well, the Atlanta Falcons.
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— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) July 20, 2023
The first game will be at home against the Packers on September 17th for the second game of the season, which happens to be the second game in a row at home.