Offensive Lineman Hats

Offensive linemen are the proudest unglamorous position in football. The adage says that if you don't hear an offensive lineman's name called, he is doing a good job, and Mike Kenn put it more bluntly in 1981: the only time a lineman's name is called is for a penalty. This collection claims the anonymity with pride. OFFENSIVE LINEMAN and O-LINE are the plain badges. INELIGIBLE RECEIVER is the actual football term for a lineman, worn here as a boast. BECAUSE BRICK WALL ISN'T AN OFFICIAL POSITION borrows a line already printed on shirts for this crowd, and FAT GUY TOUCHDOWN takes a term Sports Illustrated treated as an established internet joke. I CAN'T RUN A 40 BUT I CAN EAT 40 WINGS leans on the appetite; NFL linemen reportedly eat roughly 7,000 calories a day. BIG UGLIES is the old nickname, set as an arch. OFFENSIVE LINEMAN IF YOU DON'T HEAR MY NAME I'M DOING MY JOB turns the adage into a creed. I DON'T RUN I PANCAKE nods to the pancake block, the flattened defender that is one of the few stats an offensive line gets to count. Coaches give out syrup bottles and chains for them, and Cincinnati even built a Pancake with Us campaign around the line. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. The 40 wings and brick wall lines each come in two colorways.