Fans of the New Orleans Saints learned what kind of headgear they can buy to celebrate the 2019 NFL Draft. New Era designs and produces draft hats for every team, and this year chose to draw on local city and state flags for inspiration. You can see the full collection and read an interview with New Era’s director of football, Ryan DiNunzio, in this article from Jonathan Jones of SI.com. DiNunzio detailed the lengthy design process that went into creating this year’s draft hats, and every other edition:
“It’s roughly a 16-to-18 month process. Candidly we are already finalizing the concepts to send to clubs for draft 2020,” he explained.