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Butler debuted grey jerseys today.
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Hey, this is mine! Made this when I was in high school, and I've been out of college for years now . Funny to see it again.
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I've had a lot of exposure to both basketball and hockey where wearing all one color is the norm (at home in hockey for most teams), so maybe that's why I have a higher tolerance than others for monochrome. It isn't my preference usually, but it also doesn't really bother me as long as it is designed well.
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The color of the socks should generally match a big color block that's above the waist. That can be the helmet, that can be the jersey, or that can be the numbers. I don't mind if the socks and pants match provided that 1) the socks match one of those three things and 2) the pants have a stripe that breaks up the design. That's why I don't mind these: or these: or these: There is one uniform that breaks these rules that I still like, and it's this one: That probably has a lot to me first seeing these uniforms during a Monday Night game when I was a kid and thought they were really cool. That one has stuck with me ever since.
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In addition to the weird lighting, I feel like the Superdome has always had bad-looking turfs that make it an even more unappealing aesthetic. It's a cool stadium, but, on TV at least, it feels like an old stadium and not in a good way. I've always wondered if the Saints would look better if they took two cues from their bayou brethren: white at home and contrasting endzones. Gold helmets with white jerseys and pants, gold numbers, and black socks (their color rush uniform but with black socks) as a default home uniform could be a good brand to build around. And, to incorporate the black and gold, you paint one endzone each color a la LSU.
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All blue for Michigan tomorrow. Not a surprise after the team beat Ohio State in this uniform back in 2021.
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I'm back with another trio of concepts. This time, I'm showcasing the AFC East. These three teams all have good uniforms now and strong histories to pull from. You won't see drastic departures here. Instead, I approached these by letting history clean up what the team has going now. Let's get started with the Buffalo Bills. To me, the Bills should always wear red helmets. Yes, the white ones look good, but the red is distinctive when paired with the blue jersey. I built around that, combining aspects from the 90s jerseys with an updated version of the jersey and collar striping seen today. All put together, this is a uniform that clearly looks like the Buffalo Bills while being distinctive within the division. Moving south to their in-state rival, let's take a look at the New York Jets. I liked a lot of what the Jets did with their rebrand. The finish on the helmet is gorgeous, and the jersey striping is modern but not in a bad way. Embracing Kelly green as their color once again did wonders for the team's identity, but muddling that with black has been a mistake. Here, I present what is essentially a cleaned up and refined version of what the Jets wear today. Lastly, let's head east to take a look at the New England Patriots. With their redesign in 2020, the franchise unveiled what I believe to be the best jerseys in its history. Pairing the traditional shoulder stripes with the dynasty colors and double number outline was the way to go. Unfortunately, a lack of shoulder numbers and insistence on navy below the waist set this new brand back from what it could have been. I correct that here, making shiny silver pants the primary at home and adding striped, white socks to pair with the dark pants on the road.
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As I said in the initial post, I'm limiting myself to just one dark and one light uniform per team. Perhaps I'll come back through and add more, but I'm trying to force myself to choose specific identities for each team. If I come back through and make tweaks, I'll try this. I could see it looking good. UCLA stripes aren't something that franchise really has in its history, and their divisional rival Indianapolis has their history built around those on the jersey. I went for the shoulder yoke as a design element used frequently since the team moved to Tennessee, and I thought updating that aesthetic had the most promise. I considered this, but with red-number-outlined-by-black also a feature of their rivals to the south, I figured sticking with the black numbers was the way to go. I do play with that set in Madden quite often, though. A great looking uniform right there.
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I don't like side panels, and I don't like monochrome, but something about this uniform has grown on me over time. I actually really enjoy seeing these now. I think something about the big, orange stripes breaking up the monochrome works for me. In a division with red and powder blue teams, this solid navy acts as a nice contrast, too.
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These current Patriots uniforms are a nice mix of the historic uniforms with the modern brand in terms of style. You've got the striping pattern from the 60s on the jerseys with the block font combined with the coloring of the Brady years. If the goal was to incorporate the modern colors into a traditional Patriots uniform, you couldn't do a better job of it than this IMO.