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Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles May Have A Green Problem For Brazil Game

The second game of the NFL's upcoming season is in Brazil. That may be a problem for two teams that have green themes in their uniforms.

Kevin Sabitus/Getty Image Running back Josh Jacobs of the Green Bay Packers said that the team and its fans will have to be cautious about which colors they wear when they take on the Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 6 in Brazil. “The part of Brazil that we’re going to, you can’t even wear green,” Jacobs said on Chris Long’s podcast as reported by Fox News. “[The NFL] said, ‘We’re not going to Rio.’ They was like, ‘Man, it’s one of them places where they probably won’t even let us leave the hotels,'” Jacobs added.

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