The NFL is listening to its fans, its teams and its players when it comes to uniforms. On Monday at the annual league meetings, the league informed NFL team owners that their clubs could wear their throwback or alternate jerseys up to four times in a 17-game regular season.

Following free agency but preceding the NFL Draft, the league hosts its owners meetings to ensure the upcoming season is better than the last. With an entity as big as the NFL, all 32 teams must get together and discuss the direction the league is going.

For a long time, the NFL held the line against alternate uniforms and helmets. You could always predict what the teams would be wearing every Sunday, as