oldschoolvikings

Except for the fact that they look really nice, making all the rest of that stuff just fuzzy headed noise that isn’t really worth thinking about.

I guess I'm interested in uniforms from a visual standpoint, and don't really care about the team's record when wearing it. I can see why the normie fans would get bent out of shape by a team wearing a uniform they played terrible in, but that's not my problem... I'm just here for the fabric. This "but that team was terrible" attitude is what's keeping us from seeing a Steelers batwing uniform.

Between the bad lighting of those old trash baggy-roof domes and the pre-HD televisions, a lot of people remember those old 80's and 90's uniforms as being darker/duller than the often were. The Viking message boards are full of people complaining about the new Vikings throwback because they aren't "the old darker purple", but if you look at the actual game jerseys from that time in person, and compare them to the current jerseys, the colors aren't that different... certainly not as different as they appear in old videos (or in peoples memories). Back then the Vikings helmets were definitely darker and bluer, but in person the jerseys were not much different from the current purple. Maybe not exactly the same, but closer than most people are probably picturing. The Seahawks' 80's and 90's uniforms are suffering from the same phenomenon, I'm sure.

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Well, yes, that is just my opinion. That’s why I wrote IMO. I’m definitely not claiming any of it as fact. I just really love that particular color scheme and I always have. Hartford Whalers, original Timber Wolves, Vancouver Canucks. All look amazing. But I’m going to take issue with the “nostalgia” business. A few pages back I was told that same basic thing about my excitement over the Vikings throwback. I think I speak for more than a few of us who get tired of being told that our opinions are based on nostalgia or hatred of anything new or just liking it cause it’s old, or whatever else gets trotted out as a way of dismissing someone else’s opinion. (I’m not saying you’re necessarily doing that here but it’s close enough to that particular put down that it makes me think of it.) Honestly, unlike the Vikings’ spectacular throwback, I’m not even that crazy about the Seahawks overall design, which I think is a bit clunky. The pants stripes are awkward and I’m not a fan of the sleeve logo. I never really need to see the same logo repeated on both the helmet and the jersey. So it isn’t nostalgia for that design, it’s just the colors which are flat out beautiful. Because they are. Also, I think you might get some arguments about how strong the current Seahawks brand is. Five or six years ago yes, but now a lot of people are feeling like it’s really showing its age. There’s a reason people are going crazy for this throwback, and it can’t just be dismissed as nostalgia.

Oh, sure. Nike has a good template, but no one wants to use it. Makes sense.

Yeah, I remembered that you liked the throwback colors, I was just reacting to others coming in to say the new colors worked. Surprised me.

And once again UA pulls off the shoulder loops about 100 times better than Nike.

I'm not sure why anybody would advocate for a uniform that combines the throwback template with the current colors. IMO, the current colors are pretty bad. That dull navy blue and that ugly slime green? No thanks. And the throwback colors are the best thing about the older uniforms. Royal blue and kelly green are gorgeous together. The colors are the best thing about the throwback.

This really does look like something a mid-level college team would do. Out nowhere black helmet, cheesy monochrome, pointless textured fabric… it feels like they raided Arizona State’s idea book. Embarrassing.

I think you’ve been posting on these boards long enough to know that anytime you suggest the “real” reason for someone else’s opinion you’re going to ruffle some feathers. So, for the record, no… your suspicion is wrong. It has zero to do with wanting “change for change’s sake”. It has to do with feeling like the throwback uniform is blatantly more visually appealing. And also… no, wait… there is no also. That was it.

Yeah, there's a two year wait from the time you declare your intention to redesign until that uniform can be worn, but in this case they'd just be taking two uniforms they're already wearing and flipping the status of which is the primary. I dunno, maybe that's still the rule, but I don't remember that happening when the Broncos made their orange alternate into their primary. Did the Broncos have to petition the NFL in 2009 to make that switch in 2011? And I'm pretty sure the Rams made that decision to make their throwback into their primary in 2018, when they were planning on changing their whole look 2 years later. For that matter, the Rams flipped the status of the alternate uniform (the white) and their primary road (the bone) one year into their redesign, so it wouldn't even have been possible to give 2 years warning. It's all pretty confusing.

Hmmm... I don't know. Why would it be 2? I guess my thinking is, the current uniform is well past the 5 year mark, so there's no barrier there. And we've seen teams flip a throwback to a primary (the Rams did it) and an alternate to a primary (both the Falcons and Broncos did it) with no more warning than an off-season decision to do so. I might be forgetting some other rule, but my thinking is if this look proves to be especially popular they could decide during this off-season to make it their primary. Although how that would work with a road uniform I have no idea.

Doesn’t have to be 5 years. They’ve been wearing their current uniforms since’13. They can switch to this as soon as next year. I’ve generally been happy with what the Vikings have been wearing since they dumped the side panel mess. As far as modern designs go it’s pretty cohesive. But for whatever reason it’s seemed to get a little tired looking to me in the past couple of years. Maybe it’s the random monochrome outings, maybe the dopey color rush look, definitely the matching socks have hurt. I dunno, I used to love it but recently I’ve been open to a change. This throwback feels like a breath of fresh air. The modern helmet finish and brighter looking Nike fabric kicks the whole look up just enough that it doesn’t feel like a clunky tribute uniform, at least not to me. Stick the updated horn on the helmet and this is pretty much the perfect home uniform for the Vikings IMO.

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I know that UCLA style road uniform is beloved, but personally, I'd rather see it left in the past. As discussed on these boards ad nauseam, the current cut off version of those stripes leaves a lot to be desired. The disconnect between the gold trimmed home numbers and the non-trimmed road number bugs me, too. And then there's the fact that it's just straight up LSU's jersey. But mostly, the below version from the 60's is just so gorgeous.

I agree with you pretty much on the helmet horn. It was a jarring change at first, but now the older plainer, version just looks kind of... I dunno... unfinished to me. I disagree about the facemask. (I know, I know.) When I advocate here that every team in the league switch to gray masks, I'm kidding. (Well, mostly kidding. Or at least, sometimes kidding.) But in this particular case, like the Colts, like the 49ers, like what the Browns should be wearing, it just looks so perfect with the uniform's overall aesthetic. If I had the call, I'd make this the permanent primary uniform, with the only change being the new detailed horn. I even like the current helmet color and finish with it... it works great.

My Lord, that is beautiful. I'm so happy I could cry.

Sure, because brown facemasks were all the rage back in 1946.

So if that's he same throwback pants as before, the stripes on the helmet won't match the stripes on the pants? No like.

It would be great to see them go with a white helmet with fake leather details. Sort of a white version of this...

Lot of rumors... https://www.si.com/fannation/bringmethesports/vikings/are-the-vikings-bringing-back-purple-people-eaters-uniforms

Standard home and road, playoff throwback, and a more OSUish "black" alt...

I tried to find some alternate looks... no go.