In a year of weird cleats, football players don’t need any excuse to jazz things up. This weekend though, they’ve got Christmas on Sunday, so they can just riff off the holiday spirit theme.
These NFL players are unwrapping their Christmas gear for this weekend
Cleats and gloves are what’s under the tree
Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph is rocking Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer cleats for taking on the Packers. Green Bay is basically the North Pole, so these are fitting.
Mohamed Sanu, Falcons wide receiver, has some vaguely Christmas cleats but very festive custom gloves.
He’s got an option to pick from if he’s feeling naughty or nice — but it does seem a little wrong to smack Santa in the face as you’re catching balls.
