oldschoolvikings

Pants stripes (discounting lightning bolts or some other graphic design) need to go the full length of the pants from top to bottom. When they don’t, they suck. There are no exceptions to this rule.

Way too easy.

No, actually the pants stripe, socks, and sleeve stripe spacing mark these as an earlier version than the 80s/90s uniforms.

For me, as long as these didn’t turn out to be a complete disaster I was probably going to see them as an update. I’ve been so tired of seeing the last uniform and I can’t pretend I’m not happy just to see it gone. I’d say the jerseys and pants are at least minor upgrades. The triangle nonsense is stupid, the white helmet is pointless, the sock combinations are terrible, and the helmet stripe is laughably ridiculous. But the number font is an improvement and I think I kinda like the sleeves. The Lions did better, the Jets did much better, and I’m guessing the Texans will crap the bed.

I'm not necessarily saying that gray facemasks should count as a team color, I just think you'd be unwise not to consider that idea that a team might decide to claim it as an excuse to add gray to the uniform. The colts built an entire black uniform (poorly) by changing the Nike swooshes on the white jersey only to black. Speaking of the Colts, in an awesome troll job, they made "Facemask Gray" one of their official colors... I like to fantasize specifically to mess with the people on the site who cry like babies every time there's a gray mask when there's no other gray in the color scheme (here you go, whiners... "Facemask Gray" as an official color). I don't want to see this supposed Vikings' alt, because it will suck, but I have no doubt that NFL teams will gladly break any "rules" they want and bend the language to make it happen. As usual.

Last shot of the video is throwback socks.

Why don’t they?

Nostrodomus, apparently.

No, I'm not. You're wrong here in thinking every instance of striping within the uniform has to slavishly match every other instance. How about this... the stripes on the blue jersey match the stripes on the blue pants. The stripes on the white jersey match the stripes on the white pants. And the stripes on the silver helmet match the stripes on the silver pants. Round of applause, take a bow, high fives all around, end of story.

I disagree to begin with. Striped pants are better than non-striped pants 10 out of 10 times. But the solution is easy. Just never wear mono-looks. The Lions blue jersey-silver pants is amazing. The white jersey-silver pants is also amazing. Everything else is a miss.

My guess (not my hope) is the silver pants will have a stripe that matches the helmet, but all the other pants, blue white, and probably black, will be without stripes.

Assuming the black jerseys get worn with the blue helmets and pants this will be the least offensive black alt in the NFL. Still sucks but better than all black head to toe.

Why should you hate it?

Here you go...

The use of the word tough had the exact opposite effect on me.

Yeah, design wise that works, but if you notice, the Cowboys never have the star as anything but blue with a blue offset outline. That’s why it has that awkward final white outline. It must be some kind of marketing consistency they stick to.

For the record, I couldn’t agree more with this last sentence. The side panel Viking uniform was an abomination. And also, I don’t dislike the current Vikings uniforms at all. Easily one of the best of the new designs since Nike took over. If I made a list in my head, it would probably be top ten. Probably. But I also think modern uniform designs… even the best of them… just aren’t really meant to be “forever” uniforms. The Raiders, the Colts, the Bears, the 49ers, (like the Yankees, Dodgers, Celtics, Canadians) have uniforms that they can wear forever. If you had a future viewing machine, and saw those teams wearing basically the same thing 50 years from now, you wouldn’t be surprised. But the current Vikings? As nice as it is overall, it just doesn’t feel built to last to me. Quirky asymmetrical stripes, high concept number font. I honestly don’t think it’s an insult to say it’s not a “forever” uniform. And as a huge Viking fan, and crazy uniform fanatic, I want the Vikings to be in one of those classic untouchable uniforms. It’s sort of like the argument I used to make about the Padres all those years when they fought against going back to brown. It really doesn’t even matter if it looks better. It’s just how they’re supposed to look. IMO the Vikings throwback is how they’re supposed to look. Period. Of course, as my good friend @infrared41 used to say, your mileage may vary.

I disagree. You would only replace a uniform if it's terrible? That seems like a weird stance. Obviously terrible is terrible, and those uniforms need to be burned, but if a team can go from good (current Vikings) to great (throwback Vikings) as well as bringing back an iconic look from when the team was annually one of the best teams in the league (just obviously not the best team in any of their 4 Super bowls ) then you do it IMO.

To be clear, if it were up to me, I wouldn't allow even a second helmet for NFL teams. It needlessly dilutes the brands. However, if this is the new game, I guess I can play...

Since the old helmet was black, they can do both. Hell, starting in 2025, the can have a black, teal, AND a white helmet.

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