The NFL gets it right with the 2020 draft hats

Despite no fans, and no players attending the NFL Draft, the draft hats march on. For once, the NFL has gotten it right with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Maybe it is the fifth cup of coffee by noon today. Maybe it is still me riding the high of the Kansas City Chiefs winning a Super Bowl. Maybe it is because I am just searching for anything positive in the world right now, but I love the Kansas City Chiefs draft hats.

The NFL Draft will take place on April 23rd-25th, but not in it’s once Vegas home. Instead, the 2020 NFL Draft will be done like everything else in 2020, via zoom on location. That leaves what was once a big cash cow for the NFL and the cities lucky enough to host with a huge void to fill. Even the players will not get their green room moment, for better or worse. Still, the NFL rolls out these NFL Draft hats meant to be worn by each player selected in the draft.

While the NFL has always made these hats available to purchase, I have never actually seen someone wearing them. Last year’s horrendous lid looked as if a black ballpoint pen exploded on the front of a clean hat and they just slapped a Chiefs logo on it. That’s not to mention the mismatch yellow and red colors in the back which makes you feel as if you were being drafted by the Ronald McDonald House of Football.

This year, however, the league nailed it. Not only for the Kansas City Chiefs, but the other 31 teams as well. It is a more uniform style, first of all. Each hat has a particularly dark black base, a beautiful silhouette of the logo and a pop of color via the KC in the middle of the Arrowhead. The hat also features Chiefs Kingdom scribbled on the side in the same font you would see on a “we’re open!” sign in a 1950s diner, which is not a bad thing. It is a nice fitted hat with a neon red NFL logo in the back.

If I did not go broke buying Super Bowl memorabilia earlier this winter, I would absolutely pick one of these up. What do you think Chiefs Kingdom?