oldschoolvikings

4 hours ago, DCarp1231 said:

The Texans-Titans-Oilers debate will always be a circle argument. 
 

I don’t know why, though. It’s pretty clear cut which team owns the history and identity of the Oilers.

Right.  Just like it's clear cut that the Ravens own the history and identity of the Browns.

Oh, wait...

1 hour ago, DCarp1231 said:

Fantastic work! Great old school (pun intended) feel to this look.

Seemed like a good spot for the vintage white.  

On 5/1/2024 at 8:08 AM, DCarp1231 said:

Weird, this isn’t a 32s concept

Ladies and Gentlemen... the 32's...

4 hours ago, PurpleHayes said:

 

"WOTB?"

World of tanks blitz, I assume. 

4 hours ago, DCarp1231 said:

Weird, this isn’t a 32s concept

Let me work on that. 

Yes... Commanders is a terrible, terrible, name.  If I remember correctly there was some reason or another why Redwolves, or Red Wolves, or just Wolves was decided to be unworkable, but I can't recall why.  And it's not my problem, so I don't care.

29 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

They’re from “fb helmet guy” on X/Twitter

That horse is so smug looking... makes me want to knock him down a peg.

8 minutes ago, Dynasty said:

 

This is new to me I think. I can't find Buccaneers cannonball streaks online, unless they go by something else.

Super hard to find pictures for... they didn't make it out of preseason IIRC. Look on the front of the helmet curving back over the top.

What a dumb idea.

11 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

New uniforms for West Virginia

 

That’ll do, pig. 

2 minutes ago, mmejia said:

Yup.  It sucks. 

I took this picture tonight at the draft. 

This is absolutely atrocious.

48 minutes ago, tscuzzy said:

 

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.

12 minutes ago, Silver_Star said:

 This is just like how they stated the Seattle Seahawks throwbacks were the 1990's look and now they call this their 1977 uniforms when they have worn that look from 1968-1996. Gee whiz already. These "scholars" have never done historical research!

 
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.  

1 hour ago, Carolingian Steamroller said:

 

When it comes to grey facemasks, that was just the original color of the material from the manufacturer, kind of like how we don't count the silver from the chinstrap buckles.

That changed when the first colored masks became available and teams could opt to move away from factory grey.

The Cardinals in 2023 are the first instance I've seen of a team trying to retroactively add that facemask color to their overall scheme (admittedly they switched the facemask color to silver from grey to pull that off).

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. 

1 hour ago, rfraser85 said:

 Last time I checked the Vikings have never used silver, so there's no historical precedent for that color (facemasks don't count).

 

Why don’t they?

29 minutes ago, Kirill_The_Thrill97 said:

CTESPN's alleged leak of a new Vikings alternate...

On 4/18/2024 at 11:48 AM, oldschoolvikings said:

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.  

Nostrodomus, apparently.  

44 minutes ago, HOOVER said:

You're wrong here because you simplified the problem. 

 

No, I'm not.

44 minutes ago, HOOVER said:

 

- If you have stripes on the Blue pants, they don't match the Silver helmet or White jersey.  If you do decide to put stripes on the Blue pants, then they either have to match the Primary jersey stripes or the Alternate jersey stripes, or you lose a combination.  So you make them solid and you can wear them with the Home, Away, or Alternate jerseys.  

- If you have stripes on the White pants, they should match the Away jersey.  But then, technically, they don't match the helmet.  And if you want to, for some reason, wear them with the Blue or Black jerseys, you have mismatched stripes.  

 

So, I see why they went solid on the White, Blue and Black pants.  Not that I love it, but I get it.  In an ideal world, they wouldn't have  Blue or White pants and they wouldn't have a Black uniform, but given the design challenge, this is the solution.

 

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.

17 minutes ago, HOOVER said:

Yes, I mentioned this earlier today - mixing & matching with striped pants can get tricky, especially when both the helmet & jersey ahve the striping.  And, it almost becomes too much, especially on mono-looks.
 

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.