Panini America Employees Gear Up for NFL #BackToFootball Friday (Gallery)

Panini America employees on Friday pitched in to help their partners at the NFL both establish a new #NFLFanRecord and celebrate #BackToFootball Friday by sporting their favorite team gear, talking a little trash and preparing for Sunday’s opening weekend of the 2014 season. The passion-packed initiative started at the very top — with Panini America CEO Mark Warsop sporting his Dez Bryant Dallas Cowboys jersey — and wove its way throughout the building.

While the office understandably took on a distinct silver-and-blue tint Friday (a nod to the hometown Cowboys), seemingly every other team in the NFL was well represented, too — as you might expect from an office full of diehard NFL fans. In the gallery below, we share some of today’s pics — and in the process introduce you to many of the passionate, hard-working folks who make Panini America hum every day of the week.

Enjoy the gallery and be sure to Tweet your own NFL fan gear photos using the #NFLFanRecord hash tag. Enjoy the games this weekend. We certainly will.