In the days preceding Super Bowl III, New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath guaranteed his team would defeat the Baltimore Colts.On Jan. 12, 1969, Authentic Jerseys China Namath delivered on that promise, completing 17 of 28 pass attempts in a 16-7 win over the Colts, giving the Jets their only Super Bowl victory to date. Now, as the sports world focuses on Super Bowl LI, the jersey Namath wore that day hangs with 40 other jerseys worn in games by National Football League quarterbacks in a new exhibit at The Hall at Patriot Place in Foxborough.The exhibit, “Fabric of the Game,’’Kansas City Chiefs will be on display until Aug. 31, just a week before the regular NFL season kicks off.NFL players are charged for shirts lost through exchanges, with the costs being deducted from their paychecks. One player estimated that the practice cost them a few hundred dollars in a season. Which, considering that even fringe players make about half a million per season, it’s presumably not a huge deal.- The jersey exchanges are swiftly becoming a bonding exercise between players who have a pre-existing history.Seattle Seahawks Often the exchanges happen between players who have a mentor/mentee relationship, as with Dexter McDougle and Nolan Carroll.
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