The NFL relaxed its uniform restrictions this offseason, allowing running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, linebackers and defensive backs to be able to wear any number between 1-49.
But the biggest men on the field, the offensive and defensive linemen, they're out of luck. That's unfortunate for Alim McNeill, Detroit's 320-pound rookie defensive tackle who wore 29 in college. With the Lions, McNeill will don No. 54, still an unusual choice for an interior lineman, but the closest he was able to come to his preference for a low number.
Why does it matter? It probably doesn't, but as Deion Sanders once said, "If you look good, you feel good.