Pats switch to orange practice shorts to stop players stealing them

There's a lot more orange around the New England Patriots' locker room these days.

Fed up with players taking home their team-issued gray practice shorts and not leaving them at the facility as required, the Patriots decided to swap them out for a burnt orange color, according to ESPN's Mike Reiss.

Wearing the new orange shorts that are prevalent through the Patriots' locker room, guard Ted Karras talks about his fill-in role last week. pic.twitter.com/1X32pVRRsa

- Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) November 8, 2018

Former Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi and retired offensive guard Geoff Schwartz were apparently big fans of the gray shorts too.

I remember those. Good underwear.

- Tedy Bruschi (@TedyBruschi) November 7, 2018

HAHAHA this is amazing! I think I still have some of the gray ones at my house from when I was younger. https://t.co/Lj1WtJk1IA

- Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) November 7, 2018

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