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The Bengals are long overdue for a uniform update and we’re finally getting it this off-season. Here’s my stab at what I would expect/like to see:

As always, I’d love to know what everyone thinks. The orange pants and tiger striped socks might be too much, but I thought they were at least worth putting down on paper. Thanks for taking a look. 

I don’t really like the Browns’ orange pants all that much. Although to be fair, I think that has more to do with the shade of orange than the actual idea of orange pants. Sometimes the helmets and orange pants damn near look red on TV. The old orange (before the 2015? rebrand)was far better.

Little late to the party, but I think Illinois needs an orange helmet with a double stripe to match the pants. Blue doesn’t necessarily look bad, just wrong.

I like the new athletic gold, but I don’t think I like it more than metallic gold for them. I will say that I love the way they use gray/silver along with the gold. It’s a sharp look.

I’m not in love with the Dolphins throwback uniforms. As a throwback, sure they’re nice but the striping/design is generic 60’s-70’s football uniform. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, I just don’t think they’re anything special.

The striping pattern (Should be Aqua/white/orange/white/aqua on the pants and helmet) and number font are really the only issues I have with the current uniforms. Everything else, including the logo is good.

So I’m back with something new for the Arizona Cardinals, who are long overdue for a new set of uniforms. 
My concept for the Cardinals is very simple. I did tweak the logo to swap the gold beak for copper. The home harkens back to the classic stripeless Cardinals home jersey, but with a few extra details in the “sun ray” pattern And AZ state flag patch over the heart. The primary pants are white, with a pair of copper alternate pants that resemble old-school canvas football pants. The white jersey features a yoke, which is a carryover from the current jersey, but also suggests the classic vibe of the early years of the Cardinals franchise in Chicago and St. Louis. There is also an alternate pair of red pants That can be worn occasionally with the white jersey. It’s simple, but that’s kinda the idea. I don’t think you need to do too much with the Cardinals uniforms.

As always, thanks for taking a look and let me know what you think.

Everyone knows we will be getting a new name for Washington’s NFL team. I spent a lot of time sitting and thinking in my spare time about what to do. What would be appropriate? I finally settled on the Washington Americans, using the Wild Turkey as the primary logo for the team.
 

Now before you start giving me a hard time about choosing the turkey, just hear me out on why a wild turkey makes a great mascot for a team named the Americans. 
 

The North American Wild Turkey is the perfect metaphor for the American spirit. They are proud and vain, tough, mean as hell and are a native animal to United States. Toms have sharp spurs they use to fight over territory and for status. They’re just a really freaking cool bird. There’s also the Ben Franklin turkey story, which I know is a myth, but it’s engrained so deeply in our culture. On that note, you also get the Turkey vs Eagle thing against Philly, kinda fun. This might be out of bounds, but turkeys also held a very special place in many Native American religions and mythologies. I just think calling the team the Americans and using the Wild Turkey as the primary logo is a good way to say that we are all Americans, from the indigenous people who have called America home for thousands of years, to all of us here now. I don’t know if there’s a appropriate symbol for America than the turkey.

Now on to the meat of the concept, the actual logo and uniforms. I think it’s important that the colors don’t change. The team should still look the same, for the most part. They new primary logo is a wild turkey in profile and the secondary logo, also featured as a striping pattern is a turkey track with a football integrated into the shape.

The uniforms are pretty simple with single color numbers and turkey track stripes on the helmet and pants. I’m not really sold on the black alternate jersey, but throwbacks are kinda not an option so I’m definitely open to suggestions there.

As always thanks for having a look and I’m open to C&C and your thoughts on the new name/logo.

I’m not really a soccer fan, but I love the aesthetics of soccer crests and St. Louis is my “sports hometown”, so I’m really interested in St Louis MLS.

Something like the USL look would be fine. Although blue/green kinda feels like it’s the Sounders thing right? I think red/blue/gold would be ideal, but that’s just aping RSL’s colors, which Chicago has already latched onto with their ill received rebrand.

I think a dark cherry red or burgundy and old-gold could look really sharp and it would be a unique color scheme in MLS. 

Looks good. It’s funny how you can really not change much and take the Falcons uniforms from an absolute mess to not bad. I don’t love the gray pants, but it’s better than primarily monochrome black. I might suggest single-color numbers instead of an outline too.

This particular concept is my attempt at throwing out the bathwater while saving the baby. I actually think the Atlanta Falcons had a lot of good ideas and concepts going on in their new uniforms that were pushed aside by the trendy, gimmicky design choices that really hold the overall uniform back. 

We have fewer combos and professional looking, white-bottomed socks. I kinda like the idea of the "side shadow" numerals, so i kept that idea, but I changed the number font so something more reflective of the wordmark. The gradient is gone and the red alternate jersey is the only on to feature the big ATL. As far as I'm concerned, the Falcons really only need white pants, but i have included black pants here to allow for some more mixing and matching. Lastly, the helmet is chrome/silver free and the finish would be the same high gloss black that was used before the redesign. I think if Atlanta had shown some restraint, they could have had the same ideas/concepts going on in the uniforms, but with a much more professional look. The devil is in the details. Thanks for taking a look and as always, I'm open to any and all feedback.

Whoops, wrong thread

Taking a stab at the obligatory Rams fix today. I updated the logos by removing all of the segmentation and gradients in the horns, simplifying everything. I also added a mouth to the Ram logo. Basically what I did was simplify and tone down everything, creating a contemporary version of the Rams uniforms most of us actually wanted.

Thanks for taking a look and as always, any feedback is appreciated.

Pretty much spot on. I don’t love the white stripe on the yellow or blue pants but I can live with it. Otherwise, it’s exactly how the Rams’ new uniforms should look, after  ditching all of the silly crap.

Looks good. I really like the simplicity of the stripes on the jersey. The only change I would like to see would be to use black socks with the home uniform, but that’s a minor nitpick.

Also, I can appreciate the creativity of the Cardinals and Ravens but... yikes. There’s som potential with the AZ color scheme, but the grey/brown needs tweaking. It’s very “pukey”. Its got too much green in it.

The brown outline isn’t bad on the orange jersey but maybe try a drop shadow?
 

There would be a precedent for the Browns and it adds to the old-school vintage look you’re going for with the cream

Not crazy about the orange outline on the numbers. I think the Browns should be a single-color number team for life. Love the off white though.

The concept itself is nice, but I’ve never seen a Kelly green Eagles concept that I wouldn’t like better with a darker midnight green. Currently it leans a little too blue, but midnight green is the way to go, IMO.

On 2/28/2020 at 10:08 AM, SEANL said:

Really like that sleeve striping for the Falcons! And the font - the overall set is great.  What does the black look like with a red helmet? (Assuming they go that direction with their new unis)

Honestly, a red helmet and a black jersey is probably my least favorite look for the Falcons. I don’t want to go anywhere near that combo. I think a black helmet is the way to go for the Dirty Birds.

A sycamore is a pretty unique tree with a distinctive leaf shape:

You’d think Indiana State would be all over using it in their branding.

I’ll echo the sentiment about the oversimplification of the state outline. It really doesn’t even look like Indiana anymore. The old logo wasn’t great but I think I’d take it over what is replacing it.

Next up in this mini-series is the Atlanta Falcons. Unlike most around here, I don’t hate the Falcons outgoing uniforms, they are definitely a product of their time, but I think they are at least a well done product of their time. Nevertheless, I agree that they could use some updates.

I started with the logo. I really like the overall shape of the current logo, but the silver outline, weird eye and fat claw give the bird a bit of a robo-bird feel. So, I toned down the claw and gave the logo some smoother, more elegant curves

The idea behind the uniforms was to design them today with the same ideas/inspiration as the 2004 uniform/logo change. I chose to go with big bold slashes of color, instead of traditional stripes, inspired by the logo and the way in which a peregrine falcon hunts it’s prey. Black helmet/red jersey/white pants remains the primary home uniform and I have included an alternate pair of black pants and a black jersey, to change things up from time to time. 
 

As always, I’m happy to hear everybody’s C&C. Thanks for having a look.

First of all, I’ve got a third color scheme for the Bucs concept. The Creamsicle and red returns and to be honest, I’m not crazy about it. I think it’s a pretty dated color scheme that looked great in the 70’s and 80’s but I’m not sure it translates so well to today. Anyway, a few people were asking to see it so here it is:

Thanks for having a look and feel free to let me know what you think.

I’ve been messing around with the rest of the teams who have either been confirmed or rumored to be updating logos/uniforms for the 2020 season, so I’ll be posting those here too as I finish them up. Thanks again for taking the time to have a look.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I’ve kind of soured on the red/creamsicle combo along with pewter. It’s difficult to get the balance right. The Buccaneers got it right the first time, so I don’t want to just rehash an old idea.

I mentioned it over in the Bucs uniform change thread, so I thought I’d put a concept together here using red/pewter/silver/white. I also updated the logo for this concept to include a flag.

I think it’s a sharp look, but maybe veers too close to Falcons territory, IDK. Anyway, thanks for having a look and please let me know what you think.

1 hour ago, _DietDrPepper_ said:

I know this is kind of against the point of what your trying to do but imo, put the logo on a flag and replace orange with red and this is a pretty nice look

I can’t say I disagree with you there, I just wanted to try something different than what I’ve done before and what I’ve seen other concepts do, which is basically trying to update the original pewter uniforms.

The news of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers updating their absolutely terrible uniforms has gotten my creative juices flowing to create something new for the 2020 season. The Bucs have had two great color schemes in their history. Both the creamsicle/red and the pewter/red/orange color schemes were truly inspired and the original Jolly Roger logo is damn near perfect. There is a rich visual history to draw inspiration from for a new uniform and logo package.

With the relative futility of the franchise for the last 20 years in the pewter and red, I thought it was time to move on to a third era of color for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The new color scheme features their trademark pewter, but the color has been tweaked to be less brown and more gray. It is paired with the current shade of creamsicle orange and a color I’m calling Bone White, an ever so slightly creamy white (I know @BucsBoy02 has a great concept here too that uses cream, but I swear the idea came up independently, not trying to piggyback on his ideas). 
 

The new logo takes a lot of inspiration from the skull and crossed-swords of the original Jolly Roger flag. I made some tweaks of my own to freshen it up a bit, but that logo is great, IMO and it doesn’t need a ton of work. The biggest change I made was removing the flag all together. I think the Skull and Crossed-Bones is great on its own as a primary logo. I also designed a custom word mark and numeral font with some design cues taken from a classic pirate cutlass.
 

The uniforms are pretty straightforward. Orange and white never touch and the pants and sleeves feature a striping motif based on the swords from the logo. I wanted to keep the uniforms simple to let the bold colors speak for themselves without being interrupted by intricate striping patterns. It is difficult to communicate in a flat presentations such as this, but the helmet is intended to have a high gloss metallic finish. I also included both grey and orange socks to avoid the dreaded yoga pants situation where the pants match the top of the socks.

Thanks for taking the time to have a logo and I’m looking forward to any and all feedback on the logo, colors and uniforms.

Seattle seriously needs navy blue helmets. The white helmets look fine with the white jersey and pants but I think navy pants and helmets would make for a really sharp uniform (side panels nonwithstanding), and the blue jersey desperately needs a navy helmet if they are gonna wear it with navy pants.