Brave-Bird 08

This post deserves an award. Spot on. If that really is the Texans new jersey suite, it's not accomplishing anything.

I just realized how that Broncos font is definitely built off of Agency, and there I was last night making a joke that one of the teams would unveil their unis with Agency and then deleted it b/c I was afraid I would speak it into existence...

Is nobody going to consider that these "leaks" are presenting jerseys that aren't on the new NFL template? I know Nike still uses the old template for retail, so maybe these are legit, but it's kind of odd seeing this exact template for the first time.

Interesting tidbit but on the Lions Instagram the graphic story they have posted for the alternate says the uniform is a call-back to what they wore in the "late 90s, early 2000s." Not shocked, but disappointed the team wouldn't be able to tell a tighter, more attentive narrative, because nothing about it calls back to the late 90s at all.

Man, oh man. It's so good. This is a distinct enhancement on what I think overall most would say is the way they should look. The striping is a home run (the line widths even are really friendly with the logo's). I think I'll need to see the alternate outside of a uniquely lit presentation environment, where often things can be made to look a bit more dramatic and better than they will look on a field. But this is not only great for Detroit, I am already sitting here hoping the Falcons follow their lead and take a similar approach with a new set that has more staying power. Well done, Lions.

If I can think of anywhere else this logo would be befitting, a minor league baseball team's cap monogram comes to mind.

This has a very City Connect feel to them. Considering that idea has graced both MLB and NBA, I am wondering if the Texans are kind of the first team to gineua pig the concept for the NFL -- considering they are only 22 years old, kind of makes sense to use them as the test subject

That looks like an XFL team. The Texans logo is sooooo good, there's no need for this -- especially because every person under the age of 26 will be like "nah the H logo goes crazy, make it the primary" and then in 2 years the Texans ownership will be presented with some shoddy marketing "research" suggesting the H logo is more popular than the original and they'll start wearing it as the main uniform...

It's not AI, but Fanatics product presentation online a lot of times is a layered presentation of objects and not true photos of the product, so it's still possible they made an error.

These look amazing, and I like perforated numbers and am not afraid to admit it.

Those red pants never existed in physical form. The images of them were photoshop jobs by Nike that were included in the presentation and shared by the team at the time of the unveil.

I made this in 2013 and it's one of the first concepts that pops up when you Google "Falcons uniform concept." I regret it every day (also OMG @ those featured players...we really thought we were going to win a Super Bowl that year...)

To truncate the Falc-jacking, it's always "all they have to do is pick between the obvious options of the far superior 90s set...and/or 80s set...and/or 70s set...and/or originals!" and you just post really nice photos of those uniforms on loop until someone goes "the old bird looked so dumb but I prefer it." It took two pages. The problem with the Falcons uniform history is there's no glory days associated with any of the uniform eras they went through, and none were particularly bad, but not one is a clear winner over the other. So it's just folks talking in circles constantly about which style is our forever uniform. I don't think the Falcons have a previous uniform that is a forever uniform.

Back in my concepting days I fiddled with this so many times, and...nah. At one point I did try a trim color for the logo, facemask, trim on jerseys that was like a silvery bronze color, but it felt both like it was stepping on the Buccaneers toes, or Saints when I made it more gold. Think the Falcons really nailed a core colorway and application focus with the current helmet finish, touches of silver that blend in with the environment of the stadium, and red primarily is trim/pop color. All they have to do is kill the silly parts, like the ATL logo and the number font/drop shadows.

So the Braves have still not worn blue jerseys -- 10 out of 10 road games so far in the greys. I am holding out hope that the fan backlash on the piping change was loud enough that they are going to just to go without them this season, but I am sure it's more to do with the Fanatics delays

All I know is that the current uniforms are universally disliked. I am probably one of the few people to have an appetite for them, but appetite and preference are two different things. When someone first suggested the Nike uniform designs were purposefully temporary so teams could sell new jerseys, then double-dip after 5 years with a more traditional set, I laughed. Like, "oh, that's ridiculous." But you know what? At this point, do we have enough of a sample size to posit that might actually be the case?

This will always be my favorite NFL uniform. It's so perfect. Every single detail. Fools for ever making changes and going down the absolutely bizarre path with their identity that they have.

I've always found the most ironic part of it all that the Cincinnati Bengals, who were the eccentric offshoot of the Browns and eventually doubled-down at that identity by creating -- at the time -- a groundbreaking uniform that pushed all convention out the window, eventually decided their logo should just be a B monogram. Sometimes I even wonder if that was done on purpose, knowing that the Browns identity is so plain by default that using one of the C or B monograms would cut their likely logo options in half. But, like, come on Cleveland. The classic standing elf is as good as it gets.

saying "goes hard" should get you banned from this board

Right? 30+ focus groups is why the team is officially calling one of its uniforms a "tough" uniform like lmao have some self respect, Texans

They described a uniform officially as "tough" That's so bad it makes me long for a big fat icy whites post to hit me in the face

The logo slick update is 90% of this for me. The previous logo was a joke. This set is proper for the franchise.

Wait, Bryce Harper just straight up wore an old uniform last night? I feel like that's a pretty big deal.

Wait, wait, WAIT. Am I reading back through this thread correctly, that this was emailed out officially by the Broncos???