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The Chargers’ rebrand is one of the best I can remember in a while. Their previous look was fine, very good even but they absolutely nailed this look. Every combination is at least a 7/10 with some 10/10s in there. And as you said, even that fashion jersey looks fantastic. 
 

Easy Top 5-10 identity in the league. 

2 hours ago, spartacat_12 said:

Also, with the Oilers promoting their navy alternate to primary home status

Is this confirmed? I remember a lot of Oilers discussion on this thread not too long ago, which may have been prompted by this news, but if it's real I've completely erased it from my memory.  Which is probably a coping mechanism, cause that's easily the worst and most bland Oilers uniform since the initial Edge navy/copper piping disaster. 

20 minutes ago, TheRealPepman said:

Anaheim Mighty Ducks Prototype

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On the other hand, this is absolute garbage that would have been panned in any era.  You could stick these uniforms into action when the NHL looked like this and they'd look out of place.

13 minutes ago, TheRealPepman said:

Another Ducks Prototype

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Classic case of "there's no way this jersey should look as good as it does."  Maybe it's just the fact that the 90's are very much "in" right now clouding my judgment, but I really don't hate these.  Those colors should not look as good as they do together.

Not ideal. 

3 hours ago, Digby said:

Ronaldo to City feels like a move just to make a move. They’ll be fine, they’re City, but it doesn’t really make sense on the pitch.

I don't know, man.  The thought of a Ronaldo header on the end of a KdB cross terrifies me.

20 hours ago, MNtwins3 said:

I'll be honest, I kind of like the Falcons new uniforms when they decide to not play in monochrome. B/B/W is actually a good looking uniform, they just choose not to wear it

I really think the Falcons’ uniforms are undeserving of the vitriol they get on this forum. The “ATL” is easily the worst part of the uniform. I don’t think the number font is terrible for a team called the Falcons, who have a very angular, pointy wordmark. 

All is as it should be.  Nature is healing.

On 8/11/2021 at 12:05 PM, DG_ThenNowForever said:

This is weird:

Always will be. 

Hard to believe the degradation of Barcelona as a team and as a brand honestly. When I was getting into soccer they were the unquestioned best in the world, when you thought soccer, you though Barça. Even the final Messi years they have been a shell of their former selves in terms of team quality. They haven’t been the best team in the world for six years and counting and it may be a long time before they are ever considered so again. 
 

Will we look back on them letting Neymar leave as one of the biggest transfer mistakes of all time?

On 8/4/2021 at 5:37 PM, guest23 said:

The pattern that goes from the crown to the bill is one of the worst elements I've ever seen from new era. On some of the hat models it doesn't even line up correctly. Not sure what look they were going for here...looks like the embroidery machine got jammed.

Yeah that looks like a mid-2000's era hat.  Which isn't a good thing, fashion typically only becomes cool again after 25-30 years so there's still some time needed until they can bring those designs back.

Apparently New Era is also doing different sideline caps for home and away this year? Is that something that they've always done and I've just been too oblivious to notice? Or is it something that's done in name only, i.e. they have home and away caps but the coaches only wear the home ones all the time?

Either way, the road caps feature a blacked out or predominantly single color logo outlined in the team color. For some teams, I think it actually works pretty well. For others, not so much.

Ravens sign Justin Houston to a 1 year deal worth up to $4 million. Absolute steal. Have no idea how EDC pulls this stuff off.
 

The Chiefs obviously present a massively-sized roadblock in the Ravens’ way of trying to win a Super Bowl (and the Bills are no slouches either), but this is a move that I think at least keeps pace with the big guns. Our glaring weakness was pass rush, and bringing in a veteran guy to help with that is just what the doctor ordered. Even if he’s only a 3rd down specialist, Wink usually can dial up some crazy blitz to get to the QB on early downs. 

21 hours ago, GDAWG said:

 

She debuted on the Olympics coverage for NBC.  She'll be doing Football Night in America (as there are rumors that Al Michaels will be headed to Amazon Prime and Mike Tirico takes over for Michaels) and probably Notre Dame Football.

As much as it would hurt for Al Michaels to step away from SNF, I think this is about the right time to do it.  He's obviously an all-time great and still better than a lot of the play-by-play guys you hear on TV, but I feel like over the last few years it's become increasingly clear that he's lost a step or two.  Feels like most of the enthusiasm comes from Collinsworth, which can work, except when it's Cris Collinsworth it's super annoying.

It's funny, I feel like each of the four "A" NFL broadcast teams have issues, so I always find myself bouncing between them as to which one I like the best.  There have been stretches where I seriously was thinking about Buck and Aikman as the best duo in the NFL, although that thought eventually passed.  I think right now you'd have to give the edge to Nantz and Romo but there are a lot of times over the course of a 4:30 CBS game that Tony Romo says something that makes me roll my eyes.

10 hours ago, Ricky_Roby said:

Is it just me or does the Kraken logo feel really big (i.e. too big) on the final jersey?

 

The logo has grown on me (I was kind of "meh" at first), but I've adored the colours and jersey since day one - but man, there's something about the size of the S that just feels off to me...

I agree. I’m reeeeally hoping the sizing just looks off cause they're not wearing pads and that it’s one of the first jerseys they made, so it’ll look better on the ice. Cause if not, woof. That away jersey is gonna be all logo. 

22 hours ago, ScubaSteve said:

Tottenham just unveiled this. I don't actually hate it, mainly because I know they will wear it maybe 3 times tops

I actually like the idea they were going for but someone said it looks like a bowling alley carpet and now I can't get that image out of my head.

On 7/14/2021 at 1:50 AM, TampaBayRays1fan said:

Liverpool Away  21/22

Gorgeous kit. Good enough to tempt me to buy it during the season they wear it (I usually try and wait until after the season to get good deals). Glad we get a good looking change kit after that abomination of a home kit. 

Fantastic jersey. Only bad thing is the dumb “Rams” clothing tag on the left shoulder but I can live with that. Make a home uniform based on that, drop the gradient, and you’re good. It’s not hard, Rams. 

Absolute disasterclass from Southgate there. Goes into park the bus mode after scoring an early goal where an extra goal or two could have been the dagger. And then throws up three of his youngest players for pens, including a fricking nineteen year old who he asked to shoulder the burden of 55 years’ worth of hurt. England had their chance to win their first trophy in over a half century and they biffed it. 

35 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said:

If he didn't win those two Super Bowls he's not getting his jersey retired. 

If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bike.

11 hours ago, habsfan1 said:

No more member titles?

Looks like reputation (see: total number of likes) has also been moved to a member’s profile, instead of below their avatar on a post. 

2 hours ago, Bruhammydude said:

This thread got Power Ranger-jacked, out of all things.

Power Rangerjacked, 2022 GTOV champion

2 hours ago, Red Comet said:

I guess no one wants to be Baltimore or Cleveland outside of the more mundane reasons they don’t want to be Baltimore or Cleveland.

I agree with all those takes except 16/17 Madrid. I think that’s a clean, simple, yet not boring font. 
 

I think that was actually an outstanding year for their branding as a whole, with the purple accents. I even liked the wonky black kit with the half logo on either shoulder. The year after with the teal was sharp too, though I liked their change kits much better than the home kit with the weird, thin hoops on the shoulders. 

I love that Madrid kit. 

3 minutes ago, CS85 said:

Indeed.   Quickest workaround I’ve found for this is simply to tap the header to reload the forum and it signs me in. I don’t know why this bug exists, but I can live with it if all I have to do is press a button.  

This is what I've been dealing with on mobile too.  I get signed out every once in a while but I click the sign in page, then reload the forum and I'm good to go.  SO it ends up not being a huge nuisance.