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We have a winner. They could use a sleeve cap or the crescent insert that the chargers use to achieve this effect.

Correct. Much like international waters and sea captains, their jurisdiction to officiate is limited to within the confines of nfl stadia where the nfl rulebook is the law of the land.

Everyone is ignoring that civilian ship captains go back many centuries. In my opinion nfl captaincy better reflects maritime law than that of military rank.

The solution is simple. Go back to the original fabric that the cowboys and raiders still use.

Watched a bit of the th night kickoff game and really appreciated brady going with the unbranded white cleats since ua is too cash poor to re-up for an nfl on field license. Definitely gave off a '94 costco court classics vibe.

Clearly they intended the numbers to be blockish , yellow, and legible. Don't think they had a style/branding guide other than close enough.

just noticed the mannequin's helmet has the green mask...since this is more a color rush than throwback they should have kept the green.

Yeah 1950's nfl uniform and equipment management would be considered at the level of an under-funded high school of today. Based on the graphic above, that font looks like russell's standard varsity block.

It's a fine fauxback/color rush but it is neither fresh nor clean imho.

Yes I noticed that but given that the packers are still wearing ripon uniforms the pants are likely the old fashioned dazzle nylon material that the raiders and cowboys still use and not some newfangled shiny material.

The basically tried that with gray pants. Story goes hen they did the redesign in 2000 the white/road was much more uniform, they used red numbers and socks but there was blue trim to tie the set together. They even went blue socks in 02 but apparently one of the mara elders was strong armed into that and wanted the traditional throwback look and they finally acquiesced back to the white/red with northwestern stripes. Now here we are repeating the late 60's/early 70's all over again.

I'm going to echo what bbtv said. Purely from an aesthetic standpoint, the extra formality with the number system, socks etc gave an air of professionalism to the sport that was distinctive at 1st glance. That distinct aesthetic line between pro and amateur no longer exists.

The pattern that goes from the crown to the bill is one of the worst elements I've ever seen from new era. On some of the hat models it doesn't even line up correctly. Not sure what look they were going for here...looks like the embroidery machine got jammed.

They did try for a hot minute with the college equivalent of the elite 51 template with lsu and miss but once they moved to the vapor series nike regressed to the hard cutoff at the chest. It's evident that the short shoulder inserts are deemed good enough in the eyes of nike where replicating what ua did for ucla as a niche/edge case that's not worth their time to design and produce.

Where in my statement did I mention legibility? I'm speaking from an aesthetic standpoint that the font is not a good fit for the sports uniform for which it is being applied.

There are few round number fonts that work well in gridiron football. I think the bears get a pass simply due to longevity. The rams font does not belong in the nfl but if you removed the textured /swirl treatment, it would look good on the pitch or basketball court.

Sounds like he lacks the foresight to be a competent franchise owner/operator.

They've been on notice and fighting the inevitable change for about two decades. To claim "lack of time" is disingenuous.

but the players love the bone pants so you can book it now

I heard on reddit they will exclusively go white over bone.

the lack of continuity between the pants and the tops is really amateurish

Going back to through the archives they even had navy leather helmets so any other color should be a no go.

I did some sleuthing on the internets and here's what came up for elks uniforms...can't say for 100% certainty but I'm guessing this is a sign of what's to come.

Don't get me started...