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7 hours ago, MJD7 said:

 

The Phillies’ City Connect cap has a pattern underneath the brim, so it’s not unprecedented for an on-field City Connect hat to have it.

 

If anything, all of the attention given to the inside of the hat adds credence to it being the official on-field hat, in my opinion.

Huh, so it does. Also noticed that Baltimore's hat has a design too. Well .

I still think the Mets one is just a fashion cap, as the other one in the picture with a jersey makes more sense.

12 hours ago, NYCdog said:

Another possible Mets leak. 
 

 

Are those "pinstripes" actually train tracks? This is definitely more legit looking than the other leak.

12 hours ago, jp1409 said:

 

That's what New Era is turning into...I always buy a 5950 to go to a new stadium. Went to Texas last season for the first time, went to around twenty Lids, five Rally House from California to Arlington and ended up finding the only decent one at the stadium after seeing about 40 of my size at the other stores that had wrong sizing, awful stitching or way off-center brim, batterman or front logo... New Era definitely feels like a cheap-ass gas station brand these days.

That's what New Era has been for as long as I can remember. It's absurd that they are so dominant while always having such a wildly inconsistent product. I have never had a good experience with New Era hats, and avoid them if possible. All of my favorite hats are either Zephyr, 47 Brand, or Top of The World. I really wish one of them could get the on-field contract, but that's never going to happen.

10 hours ago, coco1997 said:

The Tigers one also has an “on-field headwear“ sticker, which tells me that’s the cap that goes with the jersey. Unfortunately.

The Mets hat with the bridge has the same sticker. But it's pretty easy to move a sticker from one hat to another. They conveniently did not get the actual tag in frame for either hat. The designs on the under-brim are a dead giveaway that those are CC fashion caps. On-field hats have a black under-brim, just like the regular hats. The Tigers' on-field hat could be very similar, but that one's not it.

45 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

I’d imagine Washington will get a gold helmet at some point. Whether its this season or next.

They'll be getting entirely new uniforms (and probably a name) before they add another helmet. And they couldn't do it for the upcoming season anyways, as the rule change doesn't go league-wide until 2025.

2 hours ago, Sport said:

Another problem is the game started at 9:30 last night. I learned about UConn's victory on my phone this morning when I woke up as I was fast asleep before the second half. I say this every year, but you cannot convince me that starting the national championship game after 9 on the east coast is helpful for ratings. 

It also doesn't help that it was on TBS. Why are championships relegated to cable, late on a Monday night? Who the hell asked for that? The Women's championship game was on broadcast TV, at 3pm on a Sunday. That makes so much more sense, and people actually tuned in to watch the whole game. They should either put both games on Sunday, or shift them each back a day, having Women's on Saturday, and Men's on Sunday. And drop the TBS championship nonsense. But that would be too convenient, so of course they won't do that.

5 minutes ago, FiddySicks said:

The NCAA tournament actually gives me some pause when it comes to expanding the football playoff. We have this huge 64 team tournament where the opening round is usually the top seeds straight thumping the lower seeds, and whenever a lower seed does get through a game or two, they never actually win. The winners are always the same few teams. UConn/Duke/UNC/Whoever has the biggest name recruit/whoever has the top “one and done” coach. Wash, rinse, repeat. It just makes the entire thing feel so bloated and wasteful.  I’m kind of starting to wonder if we’re just going to get the same with football. 
 

I’ve never really liked the tournament, but I basically checked out when Butler (who is the closest we’ve gotten to a small school winning in SO long) lost two title games to two of the most common champions you could possibly find. 

Football has already been at that point for a long time, just without the expanded field. I like expanding to 12, as I'd rather there be a slim chance of an outside team winning than no chance  at all. However, the talk of going to 16 is on the verge of being too much. The basketball tournament is incredibly bloated, and while it makes for entertaining early upsets, it's ultimately meaningless.

6 minutes ago, rfraser85 said:

Is it possible for the NFL to reject a new design based on feedback from fans immediately after the reveal? I remember the 49ers in 1991 tried to release a new design for the helmets, and the reaction was so negative that the design was scrapped. While that was just the helmets, I would think Nike or the NFL saves the templates somewhere.

They've already produced tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of jerseys. Unless the Broncos want to eat a crap ton of costs, there's no going back. Helmets might be a different story. From my experience buying mini helmets, helmet merch has probably not been produced yet.

9 hours ago, CreamSoda said:

The Rockies purple jersey looks more like an electric blue or something.  It’s really an odd hue this year.  

 

Compare the jersey with the purple in the scorebug.  
 

 

 

 

The hats and jerseys are clearly different shades.

The jerseys look more like the old shade, and the hats are what the current purple is supposed to be.

1 hour ago, DCarp1231 said:

Of all the uniform teasers there could ever be, I would have never expected a blurred out horse to appear 

 

When did the Broncos sign Nick Foles?

7 hours ago, MNtwins3 said:

I'm curious what element of the regular uniforms or logo will be black to allow the use of a black alternate

They don't need black on the regular uniforms or logo, as black would be considered a historical color for them.

8 minutes ago, LEWJ said:

South Carolina Women just won wearing these:

Is this a championship game thing? Seems a lot of people are bewildered by the choice but mainly because Iowa is known for similar color gold and black.

 

edit: technically it is the color of the gamecock’s beak and legs, I’d think

Someone at Under Armour thought they were making uniforms for the other USC.

The left guard for the Panthers is just awful. That game was much closer than it had any right to be though. Jake Bates is still the star of the team.

2 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

Eh, not quite. That guy attacked a good uniform.

 

These were good uniforms? Collars and all?

3 hours ago, adsarebad said:

exactly..... what do these clowns expect, the truth?

I don't think any player want to be "that guy" ....... the guy that tell the truth, sadly.

Every team needs a Chris Sale.

50 minutes ago, BadSeed84 said:

 

They should reconsider apologizing for these.

8 minutes ago, BBTV said:

Also, Nike design is free, but teams can still hire anyone they want to design uniforms. It’s just that since Nike’s work is already paid for, they just use them (from the neck down). 

The owner's wife can design the uniforms for free too!

9 hours ago, udubfan19 said:

they stopped talking about the titans and texans (they didn't even talk about the uniforms, it was something about reddit.) only when i said "texan-titan jacked. " then they started to actually talk about uniforms. who pissed in your cheerio's?

I think you misunderstand what "threadjacking" is. Threadjacking is when a thread about a specific team/topic is derailed into discussion of a completely different team/topic. For example, if the thread were specifically about the Broncos new uniforms, and people start discussing the Browns, it's been CLEVE-JACKED^TM. But a thread about all NFL changes can't be jacked by any NFL team because they're all already included in the discussion.

However, this thread can get jacked by flags.

33 minutes ago, CaliforniaGlowin said:

Sounds like this thread has been flag jacked.

10 minutes ago, coco1997 said:

If Detroit's City Connect jersey is navy, I actually hope they pair it with matching pants. After all, there's a precedent for it:

 

I expect it to be an all-navy uniform mixed with elements of away uniforms from three World Series winning seasons.

Gray hats from 1935

Sleeve numbers from 1968

Arched script style from 1984, but probably "Motor City" instead of Detroit

5 hours ago, floydnimrod said:

More of an overall question: not considering the new template, are there any teams whose road grays are better, or at least on par with the home whites? I can't think of a single team where the road gray isn't just a worse uniform design than the home uniform

Not sure if they qualify as road grays, but...

14 minutes ago, GDAWG said:

A football league with competent referees?  What the hell is this?  

Everybody can hear what they discuss, so they're held accountable. They can't just stubbornly stick to a bad call out of spite like NFL refs like to do.

24 minutes ago, shaydre1019 said:

 

Chargers have 2 different blue alternate sets that aren't on the primary uniform or primary logo.

Also I would guess like someone mentioned its a shade of light blue but not the same shade as the oilers.

16 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

I think with the Chargers, they’re hugging a fine line between “yeah this is definitely a ‘throwback’” & “Shut up and take the money in jersey sales”

Royal blue and navy are historical colors for the chargers. Ever since Color Rush, historical colors aren't contained to just throwbacks.

The exact shade of the light blue isn't the issue for the Texans, it's that the color would not be present on the home and away, and is not part of franchise history. But also, the Oilers Titans can't claim exclusive rights to a single shade of blue, no matter how much they want to. They can own the name that they call it, but the Texans could use the same shade and just call it something else.

11 hours ago, tBBP said:

Since we're back to Texanjacking it seems, here's this. Not a leak of any kind, just some guy's concept on Instagram. But I will say the red version is kinda...interesting:

 

 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C5JfO9pR-bC/?igsh=M2RvcW96b3FkZTJo

 

Giving me serious Delaware State vibes, but I...think I...really...like it??? (!). And now that I'm looking at this far more intensely than I should probably be legally allowed, IF the Texans were to use the light blue in this way—as a secondary to their red—I could completely see this being a potential future colorway for them. (Of course, naturally a light blue alt would pop up down the line somewhere, but still.)  Funnily enough, it'd also be among the more unique looks in the league despite the individual colors themselves being quite common in pro sports.

Would the Texans even be allowed to use light blue on an alternate? Isn't the rule that alternate colors have to be present on the primary home or road, or be a historical color? And the league has been very clear that the Oilers are NOT part of the Texans' history. So unless they sneak a bit of light blue onto the home jersey, I don't think we'll see a red and light blue alt, as good as those colors would look.

The new logo is very slightly different. The arc is the most obvious change, being solid white and tapered instead of using the gradient. More subtly, the "+" is a bit thicker, and it's now properly aligned. In the original version, the top of the vertical stroke is slightly further left than the bottom of the stroke. It always annoyed the hell out of me, so I'm glad they fixed it.

I'm not a fan of the teal gradient they've gone with. I understand why they went with teal, but it just looks weird.

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

Question though - since the touchback is now the 30, does the kicker need to pooch it to fall in the "zone", rather than use his full leg?  I do like that part - kickers have become way too much a part of the game, so anything to reduce their impact - whether it's pushing the kickoff back to the 30 (or even 25 based on today's kickers) or narrowing the goal posts is a-ok with me.

Yes, the kicker needs to get the ball somewhere between the 20 and the goal line. If it lands in the endzone and stays inbounds, the returner has to either down it for a touchback to the 30, or they can choose to return it. If the ball hits inside the landing zone and bounces into the endzone, then downing it would be a touchback to the 20. If it lands short of the landing zone, regardless of bounce, the ball is placed at the 40.

I wonder if we'll see some attempts at low-angle, line-drive kicks to try and bounce them into the endzone. They don't need the hangtime anymore for players to get downfield, and the coverage can't even move until the ball is caught or touches the ground.

42 minutes ago, Pharos04 said:

 

Players giving them "rave reviews" means absolutely nothing. Players just like anything new. Most of them have zero sense of uniform aesthetics. The Lions' insistence last year on wearing Monolulu Blue and those plain white pants does not make me optimistic for what these players like.

2 hours ago, infrared41 said:

 

The old "looking forward while respecting the past" bit. The next time that approach results in a great looking uniform will also be the first time. On the bright side, the Nike-speak will be glorious. "The horse stomping across a snow covered mountain sleeves signify that Broncos Country has never lost the pioneer spirit of the 1850s. We ride in all weather. The icy blue stitching you can barely see represents the battle tested craftsmanship of the frontier. The arrow stuck in the horse's neck honors the brave wagon trains that were attacked by the Commanche. "

 

I hope I'm wrong, but I think this is going to be a disaster.

 

You have our sincere condolences in advance, Broncos fans.

 

Signed,

Browns fans in 2015.

"The orange remains unchanged."

9 minutes ago, BBTV said:

 

Nice work... except didn't the Browns have Bernie?

According to Uni-Watch Bernie was in Tecmo Bowl, but not Tecmo Super Bowl.