Carolingian Steamroller

The defining moment of the last three decades of the franchise. Red accented jersey, red socks. So associated with the brand that it was worn at home as throwback when they'd already replaced the pants two years ago.

I know the 80's look has it fans but the 50's/60's retro design has always had a soft spot in my heart. I remember watching old early color film of the 1963 NFL championship game when I was a kid and thinking, "Wow, the Giants used to have really cool uniforms!" So as an adult when they came back, it was really exciting.

Depending on the angle there was also this one. Really it comes down to there not being that many three color teams to start with. Often the third color is relegated to an accent or neutral backdrop. Also I will take this combo over the 80's retro uniforms any day.

1. That poop and fart jokes are thousands of years old will always make me smile. It's truly an art that should not be approached lazily. 2. Single bar, since the Browns invented it.

Exactly. And a bit of the Montreal Alouettes too (I miss that helmet).

Wouldn't have minded that for the Arizona Cardinals.

I kinda like that Patriots one. A couple of tweaks and it could be something.

What's weird looking at the years, the Spartans had introduced their jagged numbers already. That's a very long lived look for CFB.

Sometimes it seems people more upset about social media and press releases than the actual stuff on the field. This year seems no exception.

That look is a true treat.

For the handwringing about monochrome, by my count just 7 of 32 teams effectively wear monochrome as their primary home look: Dolphins, Titans, Seahawks, Patriots, Saints, Bills, and now the Cardinals.

I can almost guarantee the Cardinals will wear red over white at some point this season. The Falcons, Rams, Jaguars, and Commanders all released uniforms with monochrome primary home combinations and every single one of those teams eventually made a contrast version their primary home uniform. The Seahawks, whose uniform is made to be monochrome at home more than anyone else, have managed to wear contrasting pants. The Patriots even released grey pants last year (even if it was for only one game). Red over white is going to happen. It's just a question of when. *Before the replies about white socks with white pants, the only team of those four to do that is the Jaguars. The Eagles being the only other team to try to pull over the 80's Patriots style. You will get your red socks.

One thing that's nice is how the bear emblem has the white outline which echoes the white outline on the current "C." I wouldn't want the change because I happen to think the "C" has a false-eye effect because of the specific elongated wishbone shape and the way the hollow center of the "C" acts like pupil.

Those suburban season ticket holders might wind up awful disappointed if the Mayoral candidate they wouldn't shut up about but couldn't vote against has actually convinced the new Bears leadership to stay...

Reindeers are better than people...

My favorite nugget is that during the late 1940's, early 1950's George Halas (Bears founder) owned a sporting goods company headquartered down the street from Wrigley Field that produced the jerseys for the Bears AND the Cubs. I will never not believe the iconic Bears rounded numbers (the only non-block numbers worn in the NFL for 40 years) were not based in some part on the rounded numbers the Cubs introduced in the 1930's, that Halas' company stitched onto jerseys in the 40's and 50's and an evolved version of which the Cubs continue to wear to this day.

The Bear Head logo is old but it went through a lot of changes. I had toque as a kid that was similar to that much rougher. Very similar to this: Lot's of merchandise with this logo: Then in either the late 80's or early 90's, they made a much more modernized, monocolor version: Which then appeared on the 75th Anniversay logo: I don't know when exactly it happened but by 2001, the team was using a cleaned up version of the original bear head logo and that's what was designated as the "Primary."

Right but that was with the original Nike flywire template. Compare the collars

It's not coming off the helmet. It's been there all through camp.

Interesting that this specific game is from the one season the Jags wore that uniform with that template. Interestingly enough, the Jaguars have followed a pattern since Nike took over. One season wearing the old jerseys in a new template, then changing over to a new uniform to go with the new template. 2012 - Flywire Template applied to 2009 redesign 2013 - BiColor helmet uniform released. 2017 - New Template applied to 2013 redesign. 2018 - Current Uniforms released. 2023 - New Template applied to 2018 redesign. 2024 - ???

100% untrue. The old NFL rule was that socks must have have white bottom and contrasting top, unless the top was also white in which case the socks must have stripes. E.g: What changed in 2019 was the allowance of solid color socks (in non-Color Rush games). This is where you get solid white socks being worn, at first with dark pants but now frequently with white pants. There was never a pants/socks must clash rule. The "leotard look" is quite old. Rarely the norm but very old.

I don't know what the attitude in Philly is to the font. For all I know it might be positive. I tend to assume it's baked in at this point.

@Kiltman Replacing the charcoal on the numbers with true silver and using the Cunningham era pants (with the current shade of green) would be a pretty simple but awesome tweak. People would love it and it would make the minimum numbers of changes to the overall brand.

Ditto for these two, especially the latter, which we only have gotten once in the regular season. Attention to sock details always pays off.

That remains a legit great combination. This too.