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I'd be very curious to see the Niners wear their 94 Fauxbacks with their gold pants. They tried to do that with their '96 rebrand (well technically when they added gold pants in '98) but I think the extra gold outlines on the numbers, the logo and shadows on the sleeves muddled things up too much. Just wearing the plain black shadowed numbers with the simple red jersey with their tan/gold pants with red/white stripes would be a good look. *whispers* also gold facemask....

Ah, see I don’t want the Eagles to use Kelly green as an alternate. For me, it should be Kelly green all the way or nothing. I think it would be cool if they went with the 1990 uniforms (Kelly green with silver wings, green jerseys, silver pants) as their full time home uniform and the 1970 uniforms (white helmet with green wings, white jersey/pants) as their full time road uniform. Swapping out the jersey only when they either wear white at home or play a team that wears white at home.

Forgot about the Jets. Though I suppose that's more of a throwback look than a straight alternate.

I recommend a white helmet with white uniform for exactly two teams on that list. One of which already wore that look: The other was part of the team's initial aesthetic. Indeed I'm also recommending colored helmets for otherwise white capped teams (Bills/Cardinals) and in the Cardinals case, explicitly moving away from an all white uniform.

I don't care for this argument. Primary because I don't think a team having one particular helmet for a long time means that its reached an evolutionary end point. Especially when it comes to helmets because the single helmet aesthetic really only came into being in 1950's and 1960's. The Cardinals used a white helmet for home and red helmets on the road as recently as 1957. We accept different helmets for home and away in hockey without even thinking about it. So here's my list of teams that could benefit from an alternate (non-throwback) helmet design: Eagles: White helmets with green wings with the all white uniform Commanders: Gold helmets with burgundy "W" Carolina: Black helmets with the blue over black uniform Falcons: Red helmets for division games Rams: Same shell but bring the white horns/facemask back with a plain royal/white uniform Cardinals: Red helmet for road games (also powder blue or sand road uniforms) Seattle: Grey paired with grey pants Bills: Red for division games Jaguars: Gold Texans: White helmet with solid white uniform Steelers: Gold helmet when wearing the color rush Ravens: Purple for games against the Steelers Raiders: Black helmet one day a year A few things stick out to me about this list. Almost all of these teams have changed their uniforms at some point or another in the last 50 years. They aren't that many "iconic" NFL looks left. A lot of this is in keeping with the current aesthetic or similar to past designs. My conclusion is that there's a lot of wiggle room when we look at alternate helmets.

I mean that term very broadly. Take the 2018-2019 Rams. Essentially they had two different aesthetics: white/navy and royal/gold. The horns and facemasks were different colors. A unifying element can be the helmet design or emblem or number font. In the case of the 2020 Rams, even though the jersey templates for home blue and road bone seem completely different, they're unified by the yellow stripe on the bone jersey matching the blue gap in the "horn" on the home jersey. They echo each other, even if they're not exactly the same. It's not a stretch to do that with helmets. Especially if its done right. If you compare the Bears home and away jerseys, the striping pattern is different. The home has three identical orange stripes with white trim while the road has three alternating solid blue and orange stripes. One could very easily change the color of the Bears road helmet to solid white (which they have done in the past) while maintaining the theme. I wouldn't do that because of my preferences for my team but I could see something like that technically working.

I'm going to disagree there. It's very possible for a team to have different template, color balances, even logos across their overall look. We see it all the time in hockey and baseball where it works well (just think about how many teams wear pinstripes at home but not on the road). I think it works quite well in football so long as you get some kind of unifying element (defined broadly). Think about how different the NY Giants home and away looks have been for the last decade and a half, and especially since the team switched to white britches at home. Its definitely possible if its done well and there are tons of examples of teams that have done it well.

According to the GUD, the Cardinals used a blue jersey as their "change" uniform for 20 years. It maybe nuts but that would be interesting to tap into. Sort of like the powder blue roads in baseball. Always wearing their cardinal jerseys unless they play another red team on the road would be an interesting idea.

I swear this is a Mandela Effect. I could've sworn that those pants had the two plain red stripes.

White facemask for the Vikings, please and thank you.

The Cardinals are a good example of how a design can change when the template changes. The 2006 version looked a quite a bit different than it does today. The angle on the shoulder yoke has changed. The pants pattern is a little different. The collar lacks the inner black piping. The white armpit inserts have different shapes. I've always had a theory that the original idea was to have a red, rounder shoulder yoke that extended to the sleeve cuff with the side panel being its own thing. The black trim is just extra. however, over time it just became a single insert.

It looks good. Just want to note its effectively a red/black version of the Houston Oilers.

It's the other way around.

This is a good look.

I feel seen.

I've generally been curious about the Bears deploying this combination on Thanksgiving Day. https://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/controller/controller.php?action=single-weekly&game_id=1934_CHI-DET^13 Solid white helmet. White jersey with the classic stripes and solid navy block numbers. Canvas colored pants. Blue socks with orange stripes. That against the Lions classic throwbacks would be a visual feast.

Does the inevitable appeal go to the 5th Circuit or the Fed Circuit?

Your honor, the color of the pants is clearly an issue of fact and relevant under the FRCP to counsel's argument that one Henry Hill of Arlen, TX would prefer metallic blue.

INCORRECT! In the episode A Beer Can Named Desire where Hank has the opportunity to throw into an inflatable beer can during the Saints/Cowboys game, he's offered the chance to wear Don Meredith's jersey, he asks for the pants too. When presented with the britches, Hank swoons, "Ahhh Cowboy metallic blue." I think Hank loves the current shade. If anything, he might hope for them to tweak the helmet color.

Ah the somewhat less cesspool-y early web.

Dallas historically has had varying colors for the helmet and pants. Just scrolling through images, its really hard to find a year when the helmet and pants had the same color. Even today, trying to match colors is difficult across different mediums. For example, the helmet finish isn't a pure silver like the Raiders or Lions. It has a degree of blue in it but less than the current (or historical home pants) but more than the current (or historical) dark jersey pants (or the Little Giants set).

I was unaware of the "Tex's Rangers" connection. It probably gets a pass given that the connection is in the distant past and the visual identity doesn't connect to the Texas Rangers or a general Western motif. If the team wore spurs or stars you could definitely make the argument but they don't even have a sleeve patch. If you don't know that specific history with the owner there's little to indicate it to viewers. I could see it coming up but its probably indirect enough.

I just did a redesign with a red insignia on a red cap so no comment.

There's no problem with the Nationals, especially since the team has never incorporated anything particularly militaristic or jingoistic into their identity. We all know how that war turned out so there's no issue with the Yankees. Maybe I could see an issue with the Padres depending on how you view the role of the Franciscan Order in the colonization of New Spain. Though in San Diego, that influence is pretty limited to the founding of the mission which the city grew out of and certainly there's no blaring issues with the Franciscans today. Cool tangent: The Padres brown is derived specifically from the robes of the Franciscan Friars. This is in marked contrast from the Dominican Friars who wear white and black robes and Benedictine monks who wear black. This specific tone of brown worn by the Franciscans is also the etymology of cappuccino. At a coffee house you could specific how much milk would be added to your coffee by telling them that the color should match the color worn by the Capuchin Friars (a subdivision of the Franciscans).

The only thing offensive about the Angels is not winning the division despite having both Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani.