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The best way to establish a strong identity is to have 4 uniforms that are completely unrelated to each other. Everyone knows that.

I wonder what the odds are that they eventually move to some version of these as their full time set? I'm not saying they should, but this is how it starts many times.

Watching Mizzou last night, and I gotta say, I like the switch to the white numbers and the addition of the MIZZOU word mark. Mizzou not having yellow numbers made me feel uneasy at first, but the white really helps the balance. It's reminds me a lot of when the Blues went from yellow numbers to white. While I feel strange about the Blues veering from traditional yellow numbers, the white has really grown on me.

One the white set, I would even be okay if they went all white if the white socks had horizontal stripes at the top. I think that would look killer.

Don't mess with anything in Green Bay. Not even the template. That's my two cents.

Man I LOOOOOVE Wyoming's unis. Something about that set at night in that stadium just does it for me. I go out of my way to watch them. I've also always been a big fan of Air Force. The unis, the unique offense... I love it.

I've mentioned this set a few times on this site and I 100% agree. This should have been the basis for their new Commanders set. It reminds you how historic the franchise is, even if they had a new name. This is one of my favorite football uniforms ever worn.

I agree. I love the white helmet. I just want a classy set to go with it. I think it would be a fantastic starting place for a uniform redesign for the broncos.

This. This is it. If you look at every team's uniform combos and take out the ones where the socks match the pants, it drastically improves every set. It also cuts down on the number of combos and keeps continuity in the brand.

I agree with you to an extent. I think the overuse of black recently has made their current set much more drab. That said, something about the hunter green I like. Navy was very overused in the darkening trend, but their current green is fairly unique. And while I like the throwbacks, they aren't the answer either. Part of me wonders if a mix of kelly green, hunter green, and silver would make a nice set. Using the hunter green as a "black" for number outlines and stripes. IDK just spit balling.

I agree that AZ's set is much much better than the Titans and Seahawks regular set. But, that wasn't the point of the post. Just to counter on the bolded above, the red set has zero striping. And I wouldn't say that a sparkled helmet with monochrome jersey, pants, socks, and shoes isn't "traditional." Full disclosure, I actually liked the Cards set when I first saw it, especially hoping that they will mix and match the pants and socks between the sets. But after seeing these throwbacks, it just feels like they leave a lot to be desired.

It's sort of funny... after seeing all of these throwbacks with striped socks, sleeve stripes, etc, somehow it has made the new AZ Cards set look dated already and they haven't even stepped foot on the field I mean, you tell me which one looks out of date. To me, it isn't the throwbacks:

I think you summed up exactly what I was trying to say in all of my mumbling. Totally agree

Oh trust me, my revisionist history is definitely looking at the situation through St. Louisan colored glasses The Dome sucked at the end, but the city passed a bill for a new stadium before the Rams left. And that was for a team that had no desire to stay. I'm sure working together with an expansion franchise like the Stallions that would have wanted to be here would have been even more constructive. But that's an entirely different conversation. And I have no doubt that our garbage political atmosphere would have screwed up that hypothetical situation as well. As far as the other teams moving, sure anything could have happened. I just always wondered where we would be if STL would have gotten the Stallions. Relocations suck. It just never feels right. Especially when you've lived through two of them

Plus, to piggy back off of my own post, if you look at the design of the never-to-be STL Stallions, you can see that the Broncos basically ripped there current helmet design right from it. Every time i see the broncos helmet, it makes me wonder what could have been.

As a St. Louisan, that entire situation pisses me off too. The Jags were this close to being the St. Louis Stallions. If that happens, we probably still have a team, the Rams never leave LA, Chargers would have eventually figured out something in San Diego where they belong. Oh well... at least we had the Greatest Show on Turf years, I guess.

Pitt - really nice modernization. I love the small blue stripe. Vegas - This is literally better than what they wear. I have long said that the red stripe on the current set makes no sense. It just floats on the arm. You fixed that. A+++ NJ - F'ing amazing. The darker red helps them stand out against other red/black teams. The mordernized logo is fantastic. And somehow that green alternate works incredibly well. The addition of black to that sweater really help it not look like a christmas sweater. This is not a case of BFBS at all. Black enhances that design alot IMO. Avs - I love anything bigfoot, but the crest is a bit too busy for me. I am very curious about the "A snowflake" logo though. I wonder what that would look like on the primaries replacing the bigfoot crest... All in all, I love the start to this thread.

I think you are correct in the fact that navy and neon have become their identity, but I don't think that means that they are tied to it for eternity. Maybe it is just my brain, but anything with a neon color like that just makes me think of a Monster energy drink. That branding might work if you are trying to get your drink to stand out in a cooler against other cans, but on the football field it has always just felt like a gimmick to me. I also don't think that the set as a whole has improved. The early 2000s era uniforms were pretty clean. Now the Seahawks, like many teams, have mixed and matched all of these elements into Frankenstein sets every week. Plus this newer set that they moved to in 2012 has so many little details that they have almost aged like the Bucs alarm clock uniforms in my mind. It's just too busy, especially for a color scheme that is already "in your face" with the neon green. The shoulder yokes are a mess, the pattern in the numbers is overkill. The pants stripe might be okay if those elements weren't there. I have also never loved the way the Seahawk logo gets lost on the helmet in the navy. I prefer the silver helmet because the logo pops a bit more. All in all, I think you are correct that the color scheme is their current identity, but that doesn't change the fact that I don't think it is a very good uniform.

Honestly, the stupid part about this broncos reveal has nothing to do with the helmet. I actually think its a great looking helmet. It's the color rush uni that makes it look bad. The color rush unis on almost every team are god awful and this is no different. Pair this new helmet with a set that makes sense and I think it would look fantastic.

I just want a helmet with the full horn. Navy/white, Blue/yellow, whatever... just give me the old horn.

I have long held this exact opinion. It could have played out almost exactly like it did in Cleveland with the Guardians. "Shift" the name but it still rings a bell for that franchises history since they sound similar. "Shift" the uniforms to the new name but keep your identity. Also I have posted this a few times back when they first came out with the Commanders branding, but I think the throwback below were absolutely fantastic out of Washington. If I were in charge of the rebrand, this would have been my basis for the rebrand - sans the old logos. This set and the name Pigskins would have worked really well IMO

This site is so much fun when there is a terrible uniform revealed. I'm laughing so hard that I'm crying at some of these posts.

I'm wondering if NFL aesthetics are finally turning a corner. I know these are throwbacks, but my god it looks so good to have pants, shoulder stripes, and sock stripes back in NFL uniforms. It just adds so much to the overall look. Maybe, just maybe, the leotard look is starting to be phased out.

Wow pants stripe AND sock stripes???? Looks really nice!

I said this before, but I enjoy the Angels CC. I also think the Rockies, Nationals, and Red Sox are good uniforms and fit the program perfectly. I'd even go out on a limb and say I like the Rockies CC better than their normal set which is so f'ing boring.