MJD7

No, they updated the pants striping to match:

Oh wow, so they updated the whole set. I was not expecting that. Overall, I’d say it’s a lateral move. I actually really like the thicker striping, I think that’s a massive improvement. I’m not too big on the road wordmark at the moment, although the block lettering does a nice job of differentiating from the Dodgers. I have a feeling it might end up growing on me. It’s kind of baffling they didn’t add a pair of light blue pants to compliment the jersey, especially since that was the trend for teams to do as of last year. If any team needs a full powder blue road uniform option, it’s the Royals.

Yeah, the initial road jersey had the same font, but it’s never been used for the home jersey. I do feel it is a nice way to update the M’s with more modern-looking wordmarks while also paying homage to the past.

Along with the need for an increased emphasis on teal, I do think the Mariners’ wordmarks/logos have gotten a bit stale. Maybe flipping the color balance to emphasize teal would be enough to revive them, but I wouldn’t mind an update, maybe something that harkens back to the ‘M trident’ era. I don’t mean to self-plug, but I would love to see something like this (paired with a navy hat with a teal brim, of course):

I think the Jaguars are a rare example of a team that needs double outlines, as I think gold by itself doesn’t provide enough contrast, while black by itself looks too “sterile” and lifeless to me. The black outline on those teal jerseys is definitely an improvement over no outline, though. As for the Dolphins, although I often flip-flop over which shade of aqua I prefer (the primary or throwback), I find myself leaning more & more towards the throwback shade, as the primary aqua is starting to look way too “minty” to me. The throwback shade seems to do a better job at contrasting with the orange, as well.

Not only that, but the “radical” elements of both of these uniforms are some of the best aspects of them. Both teams took great risks with certain aspects of their uniforms that weren’t as nostalgic, but the risks turned out wonderfully, in my opinion.

I’ve stated before on these boards that I’ve never been a fan of pinstripes for the Twins. However, if it meant getting rid of the gold, I’d have them go back to the pinstripes in a heartbeat. (The off-white 60’s throwback would be ideal, for me.)

I know I’m biased, because J. Cole is my favorite artist, but I love this. Especially since the album cover was basketball themed, I feel like this is a cool way to tie it all together and show love to the city he’s performing in. It’s cool that each design is a throwback, too. If I was in his position, I’d be doing the exact same thing.

This is very interesting to me. I normally don’t buy into things like this, but I can’t help but feel like this one’s legit. If you look at the designer’s site that article links to, the quality of those mockups look too nice for it to be fake to me. If it is fake, it’s an extremely nice Photoshop job. As for the actual uniform itself, I don’t mind it! I love the elevation of midnight green & silver to the primary colors, with a bit of kelly green included, too. The number font isn’t bad (looks almost identical to Georgia’s), and I would rather just keep the current helmet wings as opposed to those more “realistic” ones. I’m also not huge on the transition towards kelly green on the pants and the kelly green socks. I think this is probably a rough draft mockup that the Eagles were presented, and decided not to pursue further. All things considered, I probably wish they did pursue it further, to be honest. Wouldn’t Nike-speak like that make it more likely that it’s legit?

I think the thing that makes the Colts case unique is that their jersey stripes could be considered vertical , as well. That, paired with the helmet & pants stripes obviously being vertical, would make the horizontal sock stripes just seem out of place to me.

The one reason why I wouldn’t want white stripes on the road for the Colts is that the sock stripes would (presumably) be horizontal, while the rest of the stripes in their uniform are pretty much vertical. I’d prefer plain blue or white socks for them in that case. I do like the Bears wearing white pants with their white-striped socks on the road on rare occasion, though. I also wouldn’t mind if the Browns wore their white pants & white-striped combo a bit more often. Have they even worn that combo yet with this new set? Overall, I don’t mind the “white-out” look as much as some others do, in certain instances I actually quite like it. It does seem to be getting a bit out of hand though, with cases such as the Lions and the Saints just adding plain white pants being especially egregious.

I do not like these new white pants one bit. There’s now no blue below the helmet (besides the blue Nike swoosh, which bugs me to no end that it doesn’t match the red swoosh on the jersey). I agree that the gray pants were a nice touch that helped set them apart.

I *almost* like the leaked jersey better, but this is probably the right move, honestly. It's truly baffling that they didn't go with this as their original away jersey, it would have made the initial reveal look so much better, despite the other flaws still being present. Now if they made this the permanent away jersey, removed the lines in the numbers and the segment in the horn (and warmed up the yellow), this would be a great Rams set to me. I could even tolerate the gradient numbers and the nametags, at that point.

I agree with this completely. At the most basic, fundamental level, the purpose of a sports uniform is to distinguish one team from the other. That's why complimentary colors often make for great matchups, in my opinion (the Bills-Jets colorblind fiasco notwithstanding). That's also why I don't completely hate certain monochrome looks like others might, because although an all-white against all-color matchup might not be the most aesthetically pleasing matchup, it would undeniably be the easiest matchup to distinguish the two teams. Wisconsin and Nebraska is definitely a unique and difficult situation, but I would say that while it's pretty much universally agreed that neither team should distinguish themselves by changing color, I think they could embrace separate striping patterns in order to distinguish their brands. For example, if I were Nebraska I would embrace a single-stripe look, while if I was in control of Wisconsin I would keep utilizing the two-stripe design.

I get that. I personally slightly prefer navy on a simply aesthetic level as well, the Giants are just part of the reason for that. That’s fair, I was only referring to the home uniforms, really. Funnily enough though, if the Giants ever went with plain blue numbers on the road, they might end up looking too much like the Cowboys

I think my ideal for the Cowboys would be the blue-silver of the left, with the navy of the right. The dark royal looks great, for sure, but it just wouldn’t be my first choice given that the Giants are in the same division.

It's honestly kind of ridiculous how much better a white jersey looks for the Rams already. With that said, the set still isn't perfect, but this would absolutely be a step in the right direction. I don't even mind the yellow and white touching; the yellow stripe is still large enough for it to stand out.

Honestly, the Lions uniforms are among my favorite of the Nike era, maybe right behind the Vikings and Chargers but just above the Dolphins and Jets, just to give an idea. I quite like the blue pants for them too, it’s a nice option to be worn on the road 3-4 times in a season. I don’t even mind them wearing the blue pants at home once a year. The only change I would absolutely make would be to have the Color Rush be the same standard gray as the main set, thus eliminating the need for that third pair of gray pants. The numbers on the home would be greatly improved by having a white outline replace the anthracite, and the away number outlines would be lightened to the normal gray, as well. I even wouldn’t mind seeing the gray Color Rush jersey with the blue pants, on occasion.

This would be about as best-case of a scenario as it could get. We’ll see if it actually happens.

Probably a hot take: the current set is the best the Pats have ever looked. Bringing back a pair of gray pants would be an added bonus. The classic red is a close second, but the Patriots work better as a predominantly navy team, for me. If the blue & red on the classic set were flipped, and the blue darkened to navy, that would be a nice option, too.

This is interesting, since it definitely looks like the thicker red stripes that would be part of the new set. My only concern is, if I remember correctly, the team got all the way to the testing stage with gray pants, but decided to drop them. Maybe that’s where these came from? I can’t say I’m optimistic about this yet, but I do hope you are right. EDIT: Yep, you guys beat me to it.

I think the factor making the top helmet look “cheap” compared to the bottom is more the finish of the helmet than the facemask being purple. If the bottom helmet had a satin purple facemask, I think it would look just fine. I will admit though, this comparison did make me question a bit whether a purple facemask would be better. Personally I think I’d be happy either way for the Vikings.

While I completely agree with your main point, it is funny you mentioned the Vikings: While the black facemask looks fine to me, it ties in the outline of the horn, I do think purple would probably be better.

Yea, these look great. The only ones I would definitely change are the Raiders and Cowboys, to leave them with a silver that matches the helmets (sorry, @oldschoolvikings, but the gray facemasks on those two teams not even matching the shade of the helmet was especially egregious). Beyond that, you could probably convince me that the Giants and 49ers would be better with gray facemasks. I also think that this discussion has convinced me that the Cardinals’ best option is probably a gray mask, with a more traditional uniform. It is satisfying that nearly all of the light colored helmets (not navy/black) have unique helmet/facemask color combos. As for the Bills switching to a white mask, I think it’s a huge upgrade. Although I’m on the team that wants them to return to their red helmets, this news is probably the next best thing.

I will never be able to unsee how disjointed the old logo is now. Still not a bad logo, but that’s a detail that will bug me for sure. I was just going to say that a combination of the two logos would be ideal, and this does that pretty great. I would maybe add some white in the eyes and make the jaw look a little bit more like the current version, but other than that this would be a perfect middle ground.