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Washington commanders revealed Wednesday that they hand out burgundy napkins for Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Northwest Stadium. The burgundy towels are an effort to combat a possible sea of terrible towels at the game. No other fan base travels like Steelers Nation.
“I need whoever, I need you all to give burgundy towels to all the fans that come into the stadium because you know the Steelers are going to come with their yellow,” the former said Washington running back Brian Mitchell via Commanders. ‘ official X account. “We’re going to mix it up and it’s going to be burgundy and gold all over the stadium. It will look good on TV.
Pittsburgh fans made a notable impact in the Steelers’ Week 1 win over Atlanta. Steelers Nation was so loud that the Falcons had to do a silent countdown in their stadium. The Week 6 game against the Las Vegas Raiders was also packed with Steelers fans.
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