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  1. The only time he ever wore them was in the preseason vs. New England in 1997. I also remember him saying at the time that he hated the monochrome outright, but I'm not sure if Nike had to scramble based on his dislike, though that's a thing that definitely could have happened given his importance to the team.
  2. Well, the Broncos absolutely, without exception, fully own orange jerseys in pro football. It was a dumb, 90s-laden trend that pushed them to navy jerseys in the first place, and anyone who has ever been to a Broncos game (and multiple away games), sees that the fans fully embrace the orange jersey. To stray from that again would be brand suicide.
  3. I once had to talk down a major athletic outfitter who had proffered a "patriotic throwback" to wear in international competition that looked almost exactly like the Confederate battle flag. Took me showing them a side-by-side comparison to get them to scrap it, and thankfully, they did right before the eve of production. In an almost opposite example, Cujo here is wildly projecting an imaginary link to something entirely unrelated based solely on his own biases, which is akin to the likes of hating every red baseball hat in existence because red ballcaps belong to you-know-who. Navigating these two extremes (the Imagined Offense one being far more frequent) in sports design is often an enormous obstacle in getting meaningful work done.
  4. This is like saying LSU and the Washington Huskies wear the same colors. One is yellow, one is gold, and the visual difference is apparent and obvious.
  5. It's weird that Denver has now had this 3-game history of the league allowing color v color (without consulting the Broncos), which seems to indicate to me that the Broncos can wear orange in almost any road game and get away with it. Theoretically, they could ditch the white jersey altogether and simply go with orange or navy tops. Looks like the same treatment is headed the Titans way when they wear the Oilers throwbacks...
  6. No "buts" on your very excellent efforts, Clint. I spent my morning rolling through your incredibly thorough and very entertaining breakdown of the upcoming college ball season's uniforms. Thanks so much for toiling away on this stuff - it's appreciated!
  7. The Broncos released their Game Themes, and, on Instagram, the post carousel hints at what the uniform combos will be for the year, with the color backgrounds they use for each home game. https://www.instagram.com/p/CwGN6Lip4LA/?img_index=1 If this is accurate, the Broncos will go navy over white vs. Washington, and all-navy vs. Minnesota, with the already-announced "Whitecapped" color rush unis vs. NYJ and NE.
  8. Everything about this is cool... EXCEPT the white lids. The Broncos are not a warmed-over version of a the 70-to-mid 90's Bucs. Blue lids - royal or Navy - but blue lids regardless.
  9. https://twitter.com/Broncos/status/1679507060038291456?s=20 Broncos alt helmet the 25th
  10. I thought UTEP wore orange... Does this strike anyone else as yellow?
  11. This has happened to Denver twice now (the league decides if a road team can wear a "contrasting" jersey, not the Broncos), which to me just makes the case that the Broncos never need to wear white under pretty much any circumstance. Navy and orange is all they technically need. Of course, this sort of thing would happen regularly then.
  12. Given the new ownership group, we have no idea what the Broncos are actually doing here, but a radical break with the traditional helmets to hop on an overused all-white trend seems way too obvious. The new group is very aware of the comically bad teams fielded recently, and anything that seems like a late-to-the-party, chasing trends vibe would likely be avoided. If that's the case, the all-white teaser might be a red herring, and the "alternate" helmet is not going to be "icy." Or, it could just be an ownership group who wants to parrot the Bengals' all-white uni successes, and has no better ideas. Given the impending redesign and the fact that an alternate helmet has to stick around for five years (right?), it'd have to take into account at least some elements of the potential new designs. Regardless of the outcome, it'll be a great indicator of whether the newest and richest ownership group to the league is actually innovative, or a carbon copy of the truly incompetent Al and Mark Davis-type owners, who consistently steer their franchise into the sun.
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