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I’ve always liked cohesion between football and basketball (most of the time), but it’s cool when the baseball teams have something a bit different.

The sleeve patch looks stitched to me. You can see the directional changes of the thread

Designed that way to form an O for Ottawa (as nash61 said above)

White pants work amazingly well for all alternate baseball unis. A lot of teams wear white pants with jerseys that have very little white in them (Mariners current alts come to mind) The blue, yellow, and black remind me of San Jose State when they really went all in with BFBS in the early 2000s. No real similarity, but just the same vibe:

Amy Adams Strunk wearing an Oilers hat tonight lol

ESPN is still using the pre-2022 Eagles wordmark…I still think it looks better than the new one. ESPN’s 3D logos they’ve used for the last 5-10 years are still pretty awesome IMO lol

Shorts would probably have worked with a jersey that didn’t have as much going on. Bigger wordmark was definitely needed.

On a retail site that sells a lot of mini and full size hemets. Five new alternate helmets and two tribute helmets are available for pre-order. No images yet though, just “coming soon” place holder graphics. The alternates are for the Broncos (confirmed), Eagles (confirmed), Lions (confirmed), and Browns and Colts (confirmed by Andrew Lind). The other helmets labeled “tribute” are the Bears’ striped helmet (current shell with throwback stripe decals) and the Dolphins throwback helmet (current shell with throwback decals). Sounds like there will be more than seven new alternate/throwback/tribute helmets, as the “coming soon” selection doesn’t include Buccaneers, Seahawks, and Titans/Oilers, and maybe others.

I would disagree with this…if the Broncos bring back royal and orange full time (and not just a throwback), they’ll probably use a true royal metallic or satin finish on the helmets. The Broncos helmets will never look similar to the Chargers nor will their jerseys. The only reason the Broncos wore lighter blue helmets (which are quite darker than the current Chargers’ blue) in the 80s and 90s was due to equipment restrictions…they had a choice of lighter blue shells or navy shells (which the Rams and Giants and even the Chargers wore). Everything else in the Broncos’ identity was true royal. The Chargers wore royal blue in the 80s for a bit and no one ever said “Are those the Seahawks?” Similarly, no one ever was pissed the Chargers and Broncos wore navy for 20+ years.

They don’t have permission yet. The two alternate helmet rule has not been voted on by the owners.

Is the black helmet retired then?

Most of the replies on Twitter went straight to a new uniform assumption.

The Baltimore city flag is just the Calvert pattern.

“We’re proud to announce Sweet Baby Ray’s will be the official barbecue sauce at SoFi” The best reply in the comments is “Meth?” lol Most are talking about blue and white unis…but the yellow smoke means something, right?

It’s the same for most every other team, with or without sponsor.

This is a nice design, but would look better in blue (or navy) and orange. Leave an awful era of Denver football behind (even 2009 was a huge bust) and let Cleveland remain the only brown jerseyed team in the league.

An orange and royal blue combo is pretty unique in the NFL.

They made the choice with Hornets.

I say Las Vegas Athletics should work. La’s Vega’s? No?

This likely stems from overall competitiveness and success… I wouldn’t have guessed this but from 1977-2016 (40 seasons and doesn’t include a pretty good 9-5 ‘76 season), the Broncos had more regular season wins than any other team. They were 8-8 or better for around 80% of those seasons. Since then they’ve been awful but that’s another yarn lol

At the very least the Broncos should bring back the 80s orange unis as a permanent throwback. They’ll sell a billion of them (especially in that pesky 20-40 year old demo…blech what do they know) and allow the Broncos to keep the modern logo around for the regular set.

The Steelers changed their number font despite winning 4 SBs in the block. The 49ers thought a dark cardinal was a great change after winning 4 SBs in the scarlet and gold. The Cowboys changed blue jerseys three or four times since winning their first SB in the 70s.

Coincidentally, the change to navy was in the works before the Jacksonville game, as all the coaches' apparel in '96 was navy and they had the one-year-wonder wordmark. Nike was going to make a change because they were Nike and it was the 90s. The Dolphins have changed uniforms multiple times despite winning multiple Super Bowls with the leaping dolphin. Hell even the 49ers made significant changes after winning 4 Super Bowls. But based on free-agency and upgrades in talent, the Broncos would have won Super Bowls in 97 and 98 even if they hadn't changed unis.

The 97-98 seasons were great for Shanahan. Any other trips to the playoffs under Shanahan were just utter failures according to your own rules....and the funny thing is you were this site's biggest New York Jets fan during the 2000s Shanahan era!!

I think the Browns had the most turnover...that one guy's jersey with all the names crossed out sticks out.