and I'd forgotten some details and went down the wormhole of
seeing when he switched from "Deacon" to "D.Jones".
Turns out it was week 10, vs Chiefs at Arrowhead. He wore "D. Jones" the final four weeks on
both the blue and white jerseys.
The previous week he had "Deacon" on MNF vs Browns ... and of course weeks prior
Week 8 was vs Dallas.
It made me wonder if the national exposure during those two weeks triggered the change.
Maybe Tex Schramm noticed it (a stickler for rules --- remember he's the one who questioned
Tom Dempsey's shoe after the 63-yard field goal as not being legal) and then the MNF game
put it in everyone's face ... or maybe it took a week to get a letter out and the seams-person
got it done for week 10.
Seems late in the season for a change .. why not let it go for the final month?
In the 1973 preseason it was "Jones, D." on the all-white, no-stripes jerseys until they got the actual game
jerseys.
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