The Washington Commanders will reveal new alternate helmet and uniform next week

New uniforms!

There have been rumors and reports about new uniforms for the Washington Commanders, and managing partner Josh Harris hinted at them in February. A new report this morning said the team would be debuting a new alternate helmet and uniform on July 9th. The Commanders have now confirmed that report, and posted a silhouette of a player with the team’s W logo visible on the helmet and in the bottom left of the picture.

The decision by the Commanders to design new alternate uniforms comes in light of the NFL making multiple adjustments to their uniform policies in recent years. In 2021, the NFL approved an update that allowed teams to wear alternate helmets in the 2022 season; in 2024, the league expanded upon that policy to allow a third alternate helmet design; and earlier this year, the league informed teams that they could wear throwback or alternate jersey up to four times per season — up one more from the previous three.

The Commanders currently have three uniform combinations: their home jersey, which features burgundy as the primary color; their white jerseys worn during away games; and their all-black alternate uniforms, which features homages to the military as well as Washington, D.C. The team also brought back their gold pants, which debuted last season, as a nod to its historic past.

Not much is known about the Commanders’ new alternate uniforms, other than that the helmet will feature the Commanders’ “W” that was reveals as part of the franchise’s rebrand in 2022. However, the team has been dedicated to blending its past with the future, and their are several classic looks over the franchise’s 90-plus years of history that they could pull from.

Our sources have indicated that the Washington Commanders will be the first to reveal a new alternate helmet and jersey on July 9. A recent report from Kevin Sheehan of The Team 980 AM in Washington, D.C. suggests they’ll resemble their Redskins-era uniforms and will become part of a full uniform redesign in 2026.

This process would be very similar to how the New York Jets wore their “New York Sack Exchange” throwback uniforms in 2023 and then promoted them to full-time road status in 2024, when they also revealed matching green home and black alternate uniforms inspired by their 1978-89 design.

The Jayden Daniels/spear helmet idea is still floating out there.