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10-4, thanks.

Another rumored take on the Texans:

Dan Campbell lobbied for the Black jerseys to return. https://x.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1781242800010391666

If these leaks are accurate, Jesus Christ. How do you nail it with the Jets and the Lions and then completely destroy all credibility with the Broncos and Texans? Who at the league level signs off on this and why are they employed?

I just listened to some of the videos taken from the reveal event, and the female interviewer did comment that the Silver pants have a sheen to them again.

I agree with you, that's how I would do it. But when the team wants a Blue helmet with Black/Silver stripes to wear with a Black jersey, you can't wear Blue pants with Silver/White stripes. So, you either have 2 pairs of Blue pants, each with different stripe colors, or you have one pair of Blue pants with no stripes you can wear with the Blue, White, or Black jersey.

It looks like the Silver pants might:

Is the hat that crooked, or is this logo as unbalanced as I feared it was when I first saw the helmet leak? This is going to be a disaster.

You're wrong here because you simplified the problem. It's the 2nd/3rd/4th added pants colors that create the problem. As you said, Silver/Blue/Silver/Blue works perfect - as does Silver/White/Silver/Blue. Now start mixing & matching (which I hate, btw). - If you have stripes on the Blue pants, they don't match the Silver helmet or White jersey. If you do decide to put stripes on the Blue pants, then they either have to match the Primary jersey stripes or the Alternate jersey stripes, or you lose a combination. So you make them solid and you can wear them with the Home, Away, or Alternate jerseys. - If you have stripes on the White pants, they should match the Away jersey. But then, technically, they don't match the helmet. And if you want to, for some reason, wear them with the Blue or Black jerseys, you have mismatched stripes. So, I see why they went solid on the White, Blue and Black pants. Not that I love it, but I get it. In an ideal world, they wouldn't have Blue or White pants and they wouldn't have a Black uniform, but given the design challenge, this is the solution.

The Silver is what makes the Blue & Black look so good...Panthers fans just can't seem to get this.

Every time.

Yes, I mentioned this earlier today - mixing & matching with striped pants can get tricky, especially when both the helmet & jersey ahve the striping. And, it almost becomes too much, especially on mono-looks. The key to offsetting the plain-ness of the pants woudl be to wear socks/leggings with the sleeve striping on them, but alas, we haven't been given that gift yet.

I can just see Dan Campbell pacing the locker room looking at all of those Black uniforms with Metallica blowing out the speakers.

I'd imagine the Carolina Panthers are looking at the Blue/Black uniform like

I'd be shocked if they never wore White on Silver, their classic away look.

THE LIONS LOOK LIKE THE LIONS. :censored:ing nailed it. Would've preferred stripes on the White & Blue pants but I can live with it. Black uniform is very surprisingly good with how the the Black mask & decals look on the Blue helmet. Great stuff. That primary home uniform is *chef's kiss*.

You all really need to read the articles. The NFL came to Nike wanting something like this. They all collaborated and came up with Color Rush. Part 3 of this interview series was really enlightening - it covered the Jets' last redesign process, which saw them pass over some awesome batwing concepts - but Tom also revealed the name of the former Nike designer who worked on them; same designer was also responsible for the Titans and Jaguars (assuming '13 set). So, if you're looking for someone to blame for bad design, there you go...

I believe someone shared something yesterday that it will *not* be livestreamed so that the Lions season ticket holders would be the first to see them uniforms at the unveiling event. So much for that. I've got their X account & website up in case they drop something on us right at 7EST.

That’s an insult to the XFL.

The first words out of my mouth were, “Oh God.” This is going to be worse than I thought it would be. Absolutely horrific.

Mix & match with stripes is very tricky, especially when they’re also on the helmet. Won’t be shocked if solid stripe-less pants continue…but maybe if they do, they’ll surprise us with striped socks.

Those stripes are going to look really good on the White and Grey pants, maybe even Blue, too.

Looks like a metallic or chrome-inspired Silver is being used for the number trim and sleeve stripes. Subtle and also actually logical given the Ford Motors connection.

Yes, that would help. Hate that these leaked, but these are EXCELLENT. It’s essentially the Barry Sanders jersey with updated striping, right? Of course, the small wordmark, but they didn’t go full ATL or ARIZONA. God I love bold full block jersey numbers.

Yeah, it's a bad combo. The only way to wear Red pants is if you have a Red helmet (See Chiefs, Kansas City) and the Falcons' Red helmet certainly isn't a match to these pants with their stupid shard stripes.