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I meant the Reebok “pre-Nike” uniforms. Yes, before that it was a much brighter, brassy gold in the 70’s and 80’s.

It’s really sad we’ve reached this point. The Saints should literally ONLY wear their gold pants. And for people who complain about the shade of gold, it’s literally the same pale shade as they wore pre-Nike, only they were shiny then. Yes, even their gold back then was pale.

As for the Saints, you say the helmet is the problem? Are you referring to how the shade of gold doesn’t match?

And the 49ers… Yes there was a point when the 49ers had shiny gold pants too. Last time was in 2008.

I so badly wanted the Lions and Ravens to win, but I’m also pleased that we’ll now be getting a classic, traditional uniform matchup. I hate that it’s a recent SB repeat, but if it means no mono-blue/white mess or mono-black leotard pants again, then it’s a win imo.

God I hope not. This whole uniform superstition is so idiotic. Do teams really think that what they wear is what causes them to win or lose? JFC it’s 2024, come on.

Blue socks definitely help this look. They just had to wear white socks the one time they wore the grey pants. The white provides little contrast to the gray and makes it look washed out. It kills me too when the 49ers were white socks with the gold pants. Just wear red. Why does it seem to difficult to wear the right color socks…

I really hope the Lions go white/blue against the 49ers. Given their playoff success in the blue pants, it COULD happen.

I actually don’t mind the Ravens wearing purple/black because at least it’s not mono-purple. The black pants/socks is the issue though with the leotard look. I’m surprised the Ravens didn’t go traditional purple/white though and if they make the SB, it will be interesting to see what uniform they go with. As for the Lions, I almost wonder if MAYBE they go white/blue next week. Given their playoff success in the blue pants, I wouldn’t be shocked PLUS it would be a beautiful matchup against the 49ers. But I could also definitely see them going stupid mono-white as expected. If they make the SB, it will be really interesting…

The Lions jersey numbers also seem a bit darker gray as well. Sort of the same issue the Saints have with their gold numbers on the black jerseys. They never seem to match the other golds.

At least though the Saints could wear their beautiful throwbacks with the rich gold rather than all-black or all-white…

I thought there was a rule that in the Super Bowl, teams have to wear their primary (traditional) uniforms? Or is that just something I thought was a thing? I can’t remember the last time a Super Bowl team didn’t.

Bucs at Lions could be such a great matchup, but we all know the Lions will go all-blue again unfortunately. It’s their new winning combo!

Agreed. These look much better. I thought white was a very odd, surprising choice. Interestingly, I noticed when the Saints played the Falcons last week, they used black for the Saints box and inverted the quarter/game clock box to white background/black text. Normally it’s a black background/white text like in these photos.

I’ve noticed it more and more the past few seasons. They started off doing it when both teams colors were similar. In CFB, Alabama-Arkansas. Both teams are crimson and white so they’d use both colors accordingly. I still much prefer team colors though. If you need white to distinguish the Steelers from the Bills, then why are you watching the game? Yellow or black would’ve been perfectly fine to use for the Steelers yesterday. I only prefer the use of white in my above example where both teams have similar color schemes.