oldschoolvikings

And if you live in Detroit you know he wasn’t exactly beloved as an owner.

This is exactly right. I can’t understand how so many people here can talk about some particular uniform and say “this is a really good uniform as long as they don’t….” and then say the very thing that the team has insisted on doing for every single game. It’s like a drinking game around here. How many times do I have to read someone saying they really like some uniform when it’s worn with contrasting socks and the team they’re talking about hasn’t worn contrasting socks since the 90’s. Bottom line is the Cardinals looked like ass in all 17 games last year.

I like everyone lawyering through the various NFL “rules” about how alternates can or can’t be matched with non alternate pieces. I guarantee we are giving much MUCH more thought to these “rules” than the teams will be once they start deciding what might look cool, or asking the fans or (even worse) the players what combo they should break out. They’ll do what they want and the league will, once again, adjust the rules to fit. In case you aren’t paying attention the slope is no longer just slippery, its f’n greased and we are officially going for the ride.

Yet.

This is true. Remember all those people who kept posting that they were all for alternate helmets “ as long as the league limits them to throwbacks”? Cue your favorite uproarious laughter gif.

Wait… after only one year the NFL has already watered down their alternate helmet rules. Shocking. Who could’ve predicted it.

I specifically said “non white”… so no, I don’t think those first three suck. However, the teal on teal most definitely suck. True, they’d suck even harder with teal socks, but still… they suck.

Well, if you want to call it something else that’s up to you, but I think for a lot of us, saying “monochrome” is short hand for anytime the pants and jerseys are the same (non white) color… regardless of the socks. That’s how I’ve always used the term, and will continue to do so. Put it this way… when the pants and jerseys are the same color, but the socks are a different color, the uniform sucks really bad. And when the pants and jerseys are the same color, and so are the socks, the uniform sucks really really bad. Not too much reason to split hairs.

Doubt it. That’s the kind of detective nonsense we seem to indulge in every year and it pretty much never happens.

Similar to the above, more traditional stripes...

We’ll, thank goodness you fixed all that.

The extra orange keyline around the logo is especially pointless and unattractive. I think that even if this pedestrian design ends up being relatively close, that detail seems very unlikely.

That is abysmal. What a huge failure if it turns out like this.

What works for me about those Orlando Thunder uniforms is that, with exception of the single (very) unique color, the uniform is otherwise fairly traditionally designed. Standard (at the time) three-part stripes on the pants, and most importantly, a solid white/green/white/green color distribution. I've always seen some parallels to the Oilers, which is one of the best uniforms ever. IMO if you want to wear a unique color scheme, you're better off tying it to a traditionally styled uniform. Conversely, if you're pushing the envelop in terms of graphics, striping, etc., then I'm not a fan of throwing in some wacky colors on top. The Seahawks' current uniform has always been trying way too hard. I believe that if they hadn't won some games in them early on, they would've dumped them by now.

White pants would be the least offensive IMO.

Sure, they are the ones wearing it, but that doesn't mean they make good decisions. When my boys were 6 and 4 they wanted a say in what they should eat for dinner, but that didn't mean it was a good idea to serve them jelly beans and lemonade every night.

unsurprising that the Seahawks aren't changing their terrible uniforms. Except for last year's throwbacks, they haven't made a good uniform decision this century.

Yeah, they could conceivably change their color scheme to whatever but the alternative uniform still needs to be a color from their primary color scheme. So they can’t switch to purple and green, and then have a yellow alternate without having yellow somewhere in their main uniforms.

Yes, the original "rules" for Color Rush uniforms was that teams could use a color that was historical to the franchise... which is why the Jets' Color Rush is kelly green back when their main uniform was that ugly dark nike green. The Chargers' two rather pointless alternates were coat-tailing on Color Rush when they debuted them. But that doesn't help the Texans to shoe horn in light blue, since that isn't historical to the team. My guess is they will have very little trouble finding some small (but still annoying) way to slip some light blue onto the primary road uniform as an excuse to have a light blue alt. It's the reason we got stuck with such an ugly disconnect between the Commies' home and road. The 49ers once made an all black uniform based on (presumably) the small trim on the helmet logo, and the Colts pulled it off just by making the Nike logo black on the road jersey only. We are truly in the worst timeline for NFL uniforms. (Although, one look at the NBA will tell you it could get even worse.)

No, no... I've said that all teams could have a gray facemask... big difference. Given the power, I would still probably keep most of the NFL teams in non-gray masks... all I've said is that there are some teams that look better with gray masks, and if for some reason the League mandated every team switch to gray, I probably wouldn't lose too much sleep over it. It's been a while since I've posted this thing...

This is correct. It's why in this particular instance, gray is so obviously the choice it seems weird to have to argue it. For any of the reasons people might advocate for a gray mask, it works for the Browns... Want a gray mask because the team is wearing the same basic uniform they were 60 years ago? The Browns. Want a gray mask because the team is an old school, outdoor, in the elements, northern team? The Browns. Want a gray mask because it looks so ridiculously awesome with the existing color palette of the helmet? The Browns. I never question whether or not the Browns need a helmet logo when the mask is gray. But if you're gonna put a brown mask on it, you might as well stick a big "C" up there too.

Actually, the Cowboys used to have perfectly "correct" colors, and it was when they went to navy on their dark uniform that everything went wrong. Slightly dark royal blue. Slight blue tint to the silver/gray. Get rid of all navy and conventional silver. Then sit back and rest with one of the best looks in football.

When they turn on the microphone to announce the penalty it’s very important that the lip sync is way off and vaguely manic.