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On March 26, the Washington Commanders teased the release of new uniforms on April 15.
The day has come, and the Commanders delivered.
As it turns out, the Commanders had been teasing one uniform change when they played in their burgundy-and-gold "Super Bowl Era Threads" alternate uniforms last season.
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Washington just confirmed the permanent return of those burgundy-and-gold uniforms, as well as a new alternate logo featuring a spear piercing the usual "W" logo, for the 2026 season.
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Commanders' team senior brand and content writer Hannah Lichtenstein broke down the five key components of the updated uniform design, which is mostly a return to vintage classic design elements, including solid block lettering and numbering, glossy helmet, striped gold pants, and the all-black "Hail Raiser" alternate uniform.
Per Lichtenstein, the Commanders will don the all-black "Hail Raiser" alternates "no more than four times" during the 2026 regular season.
The Commanders posted a video on X showing players unboxing the new helmets and uniforms.
Star wide receiver Terry McLaurin has been in Washington since 2019, the final year the franchise held the Redskins nickname. Washington played as the Washington Football Team for the 2020 and 2021 seasons before rebranding as the Commanders in 2022.
When unboxing the burgundy-and-gold helmet with three gold-and-white stripes, McLaurin said, "I missed it so much!"
The Commanders also shared a video of Hall of Fame defensive back and franchise legend Darrell Green unboxing the uniforms, and he was delighted.
"This is what you're going back to?" Green said. "Oh my gosh! This is the jersey, the colors — and it really is about the colors — this is the original colors. Everybody's gonna love this. Everybody."
Judge for yourself below.
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