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The 2025 NFL Draft on-stage hats were released on Friday, and this year’s look features a couple of elements that could spark debate. Embedded on each cap is the team name, logo, and city or nickname. Then on the bill is an olive branch design that gives it a sea captain vibe. (There’s also a generic NFL hat for Roger Goodell or Rob Lowe.)
Each cap also has a team-specific pin attached to it that highlights a bit of local flavor, with some that are more recognizable than others…
Carolina Panthers
The Panthers’ pin is a panther. Although it appears to have a severe underbite.
Chicago Bears
The Bears’ pin is a flag of Chicago. Stay alert.
Cincinnati Bengals
The Bengals’ pin is a throne, “representing the Bengals as the ruler of the jungle.”
Cleveland Browns
The Browns’ pin is an electric guitar. Surely the only guitar pin in the collection, right? Just you wait.
Denver Broncos
The Broncos’ pin is an acoustic guitar. And here’s another guitar. Guitar stereotyping needs to stop.
Commanders
The Commanders’ pin is a hog, referencing both the team’s mascot, Major Tuddy (who is a hog), and Washington’s famed offensive line from the ’80s, nicknamed “The Hogs.”
Tennessee Titans
And here’s another guitar. The Titans’ pin is an acoustic guitar, though. But country music can use electric guitars, too. And rock music can use acoustic guitars. Guitar stereotyping needs to stop.
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers’ pin is of the Roberto Clemente Bridge, one of Pittsburgh’s many bridges. That makes two bridge-themed pins in this collection now.
San Francisco 49ers
The Niners’ pin is… a fog horn? So wait, the Jaguars have the John T. Alsop Jr. bridge, the Steelers have the Roberto Clemente Bridge, but the 49ers don’t have the Golden Gate Bridge? New Era’s out here throwing curveballs.
Seattle Seahawks
The Seahawks’ pin is a Sasquatch wearing a 12th man jersey. The team famously considers its fans to be their 12th man on the field, but why a Sasquatch? According to New Era, it represents “the fact that Big Foot lives in the Pacific North West.”
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Buccaneers’ pin is a skull, as in their logo.
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys’ pin conveys the long-standing claim that they are America’s team. This pin will likely annoy everyone who isn’t a Cowboys fan.
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