The NFL authorized anumberof brand-new guideline modifications at the owners’ conferences in Arizona last week, consistingof including No. 0 as a legal number for non-linemen this season.
Before the NFL executed morestringent number guidelines in 1973, center Jim Otto (No. 00) and quarterback Johnny Clement (No. 0) were amongst the gamers who sported no and double-zero numbers. Players will now when onceagain be permitted to wear No. 0, however not No. 00.
Jacksonville Jaguars broad receiver Calvin Ridley was the veryfirst to reveal he will take benefit of the brand-new number guideline this season. Now the concern endsupbeing, who will be the veryfirstDenver Broncos gamer to wear No. 0?
*Technically, whoever uses No. 0 for the Broncos this year will be the 2nd to do so in franchise history — fullback Johnny Olszewski used that number in Denver in1962 Nicknamed “Johnny O,” Olszewski was a 2-