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Vrabel was lined up at middle linebacker across from Maye while wearing a No. 14 pinny, imitating Spillane.
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Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
Draft prospects spend the week wearing boilerplate scrimmage pinnies emblazoned with the combine logo.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
Then the team divided in half, offense on the home sideline, and used orange pinnies to indicate the special teams group that received the kick off to begin the scrimmage portion.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2024
It’s all funneled back into a conventional sporting underdog narrative — and in a more literal sense than usual — but the sentimental underpinnings aren’t nearly as silly as the sight of a dog-body squeezed into a basketball pinny.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2024
Both Styles and Malik Hartford were in neon yellow pinnies over their regular jerseys, which could mean non-contact.
—Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
Though pass protection is a little more difficult to gauge with the quarterbacks in non-contact pinnies and a lack of exotic blitz packages to lookout for.
—Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Apr. 2023
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Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
Draft prospects spend the week wearing boilerplate scrimmage pinnies emblazoned with the combine logo.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
Then the team divided in half, offense on the home sideline, and used orange pinnies to indicate the special teams group that received the kick off to begin the scrimmage portion.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2024
It’s all funneled back into a conventional sporting underdog narrative — and in a more literal sense than usual — but the sentimental underpinnings aren’t nearly as silly as the sight of a dog-body squeezed into a basketball pinny.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2024
Both Styles and Malik Hartford were in neon yellow pinnies over their regular jerseys, which could mean non-contact.
—Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
Though pass protection is a little more difficult to gauge with the quarterbacks in non-contact pinnies and a lack of exotic blitz packages to lookout for.
—Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Apr. 2023
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“Pinny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinny. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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