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    Hail to the Team
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  1. I was a fan of that jersey/pants combo, especially that exact shade of burgundy. My only issue was the helmet. Making the helmet a shade of burgundy that matched the darker shade on the jerseys and adding a logo/striping (similar to their 2002 throwback below) would've worked. Alternatively, making their main helmet a leather patterned one similar to what they wore in 2012 would've been a gutsy choice if they decided to go with the WFT name permanently. It also would've made the "Football Team" name seem like a call back to the early days of the game when mascots or team named didn't matter as much, rather than just a placeholder.
  2. If they'd stayed with the Football Team branding, they would've had to come up with some kind of new helmet design and a better primary logo. I was getting tired of seeing that roundel, the plain W, and the numbers on the plain burgundy helmets by the end of the 2021 season. Everything about those screamed "placeholder" and would not have worked as a permanent brand.
  3. I've changed my mind about the Commanders' white jerseys. Didn't like em at all before, but once I saw them on the field yesterday, they looked... pretty decent. Still not loving the pattern on the numbers, but it honestly didn't look as bad as I thought it would. As for the monochrome white, there's some precedent for it, but they butchered it by wearing white socks instead of burgundy. They wore monochrome white against the Steelers in 2020 when they were the Football Team because Ron Rivera liked the idea. (https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/football-team/story-behind-washingtons-choice-wear-all-whites-spectacular) They also did it back during the second Joe Gibbs era. From what I can find, each of those previous monochrome white uniform combinations had burgundy socks and it looked much better. FWIW, the players themselves wanted to bring back the look in 2015 as well, but Bruce Allen said no.
  4. Big fan of the Wizards throwback, although the gold/black jersey was my favorite from that era. I really liked last season's city jerseys as well. It's been a nice change from them simply recycling "the District of Columbia" or the "dc" shooting a basketball logo. Now that I'm thinking about it, I really enjoy teams from DC using gold/gold accents. I think it's a nice touch, and even if the Wizards 90s-2000s look doesn't stick around past this season, I hope they somehow incorporate gold into their color scheme.
  5. That pic of Ryan Ellis got me thinking about the greatest trade deadline acquisition of all time, Martin Erat, wearing the yellow Predators jersey.
  6. Mike Green just retired. He only wore an Oilers uniform for two games.
  7. Skate penguin with robo penguin as the shoulder patch and "Pittsburgh" with robo penguin as the shoulder patch my two my favorite Penguins looks.
  8. I don't necessarily mind their currently identity, but I think the Islanders would look better if they used a darker shade of blue like the one in the picture below. (I'm not saying they should go back to those exact jerseys, just use that blue in their current set.)
  9. He spent the most time with the Marlins, so I'd say Emilio Bonifacio in a Nationals uniform looks wrong. (Plus, even if he does somehow manage to revive his career with the Nats this year, it won't be in these uniforms.)
  10. Oh you're right, I forgot the Chargers new uniforms included helmet numbers. [insert worn-out joke about the Chargers being irrelevant here] I guess I didn't word that second part clearly. I'm saying once they get helmet logos/new jerseys they could use the (hypothetical) combination of helmet numbers/logo on sleeve, as an alternate jersey/fauxback. That would eliminate the need for any Native imagery or uniforms associated with the name Redskins.
  11. This has been unpopular with the DC fans I've talked to, so I'll put it here: I don't mind that the Washington NFL team will be wearing helmet numbers this season. I understand it's more of a college tradition, but no other team in the NFL has them right now so it's unique. Obviously, I'd like a helmet logo (or really, any logo that isn't just a wordmark spelling out "WASHINGTON"), but the numbers will do for now. Maybe when they do get a logo, they can keep the helmet numbers and put the logo on the sleeve, similar to their throwbacks that had the plain leather-pattern helmet and the Native American logo on the jersey. Maybe they could use that combination as an alternate jersey- like a "fauxback." It would be a retro- looking uniform that somewhat resembles the throwback jerseys without having to use Native American imagery. (This picture below shows the original throwback jersey I'm talking about, for anyone wondering.)
  12. It bothers me that the Colorado Avalanche changed the dot in the middle of the C on their shoulder patch to black. It just doesn't look right. Also having plain black numbers on their road jerseys looks awful.
  13. George McPhee is one of the most overrated GMs of all time. I don't care what anyone says. Oh well, at least he's trading away a different franchise's future now.
  14. Since he retired today I thought I'd post this (as much as it pains me): Ladies and gentlemen, Martin Erat on the Washington Capitals
  15. I was just reading the discussion about the Dolphins logo in the NFL changes thread and Ryan Tannehill wearing this Dolphins uniform came to mind. Tannehill's rookie year, 2012, was the last year they wore these before switching to their current unis.
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