Kiltman

Yeah it did seem a little odd. They make enough close to it. Only thing I could think is they just didn’t have the surplus of those fabrics in that color on hand to make sure they were ready on top of all the other stuff they’re doing. But really just seems like a we didn’t rush it / get it in on time thing.

Being able to do both again though is the point. Not necessarily for the Eagles, but for all teams. A lot of looks get to come back now, a lot of looks this community holds as the peak designs teams have had.

Hey he’s one of the main reasons we are getting throwbacks back anyway, can be too hated by this community haha.

In the full interview Lurie discusses that part of the delay is Nike doesn’t have the color for the materials used for this on hand, need to make it. Should be fairly straightforward, not nearly the task that was recreating midnight green was. And when they do come it’ll be as close to the Cunningham/ Buddy Ryan look – Kelly green helmet and jersey, Silver pants, and double bands of Kelly on a white sock. He also stated that the Black might be a one year thing, official word that it is a 2 shell rule essentially now. But that he’s going to push the league to go to 3 so they can keep it in 2023 and beyond. If the league says no the Eagles would probably go back to midnight green helmets for the all-blacks for that year. But potentially could see them redesigning it to the throwback template.

Yeah, I think it’s kinda been the plan for a couple years. Maybe not fusing it into the main look, but for the Kellyish Green throwback to be tied into things. I fear what Nike getting to do an update that uses it would look like for the base set. I’m sure the NFL kinda let it be known they were doing away with the one shell rule a couple years ago because Lurie constantly pushed for that at the owners meetings and then just stopped. Few years go by and it’s quietly passed without owners needing to vote on it. It’s also just a poppy color that makes things easier on designers for social and stadium stuff. The Eagles’ color palette is incredibly drab.

Do we know if it’s a two helmet rule now or is it however many they want? I’ve wondered if they’ll shift the black to having Kelly green accents…. so if it is just two helmets they could introduce the Kelly green helmet this year if that’s the case.

I don’t get why they don’t at this point

“We asked our fans* what they wanted to see.” * fans being only the patrons of the DC metro area Mission BBQs I don’t understand the 3 wildly different designs

Would be happy with both, have a feeling they’ll lean that late 80s-early 90s era. Simpler and they can do more with it as a permanent addition. It’ll happen this year or next year, Lurie was one of the main people pushing to get rid of the one-shell rule for awhile. Have a feeling the league quietly told the Owners they were ditching it themselves so no owner had to publicly vote on it and potentially be seen not caring about player health to some people.