Bring Back Fingerless Gloves


 It’s time to revive a trend that's been lost in the sands of time. 

That’s right, fingerless gloves. No I'm not talking about the sexy kind. I’m not trying to conjure up images of the Bird Lady from Home Alone 2, not that kind of fingerless glove. I’m talking about fingerless gloves for football players.  How much sense do fingerless gloves make in terms of grip strength? I wouldn’t imagine very much at all! Maybe the direct contact with the pigskin helps. Conversely, they could actually be counterproductive and make grip worse. However, they look cool, and that’s all that matters, right?

Here are some visual examples: 

In addition to being an American hero, Pat Tillman wore THE HELL out of some fingerless gloves. Hard to make them look any cooler than this:


Even Barry Sanders, one of the greatest to ever do it, chose to let the fingers breathe from time to time: 

 

Seen below is Super Bowl winning tailback and 1998 NFL MVP Terrell Davis. Not only was he a great running back, but he did so while wearing fingerless gloves. Unfortunately in Canton, the Hall of Fame busts don’t show players’ hands so his gloves won’t be immortalized, only his career.


Another fingerless gloved running back, Tim Biakabutuka (below). “Touchdown Timmy” obviously didn’t need the fingertips of his gloves on his way to being drafted 8th overall in 1996. He never played more than 12 games in a season, so maybe some other protective gear would’ve been helpful. Nevertheless, he’ll go down in history as one of the finest fingerless glove guys out there.


 We all had a few teammates on JV that wore these big padded bitches but never saw the field:


I’m not sure this totally counts since Matthew Stafford wore a modified thong version of the fingerless glove when he dislocated a finger on his throwing hand. With that said, welcome to the brotherhood, Matt - a fingerless glove’s a fingerless glove in my book. 


 Technically, Jason Pierre Paul is a fingerless glove guy, not entirely by choice but we’ll still honor him.


 Cheers to all our half-finger glove Gods of the gridiron!

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