oldschoolvikings

Yes, please. Don’t.

Chrome football helmets suck a large percentage of the time. (That percentage is 100.)

Look, I'm not saying it's going to happen or that I'd even want it to, but whether or not the Cardinals add yellow-gold elements to their uniforms has absolutely zero to do with the Kansas City Chiefs. Would the Chief get upset? Probably not, but if they did, they can kick rocks. No one cares. As I Viking fan, did I appreciate it when the Ravens decided to use purple and gold? Not especially, but you know who didn't give a rat's ass what me or any other Viking fan felt about the choice? The Ravens. Anymore than the Panthers spent much time worrying about what the Raiders thought about their silver helmets and pants worn with black jerseys. Arizona's red is Cardinal red, a dark red noticeably different from the Chiefs' bright scarlet red. If anything, cardinal red and athletic gold makes me think of USC, not KC. Add to that, my guess is that the Cardinals, if they add yellow, would use it in equal amounts to black. Even though the Chiefs have that odd black trim on their logo, black isn't really one of their colors and doesn't show up anywhere else on the uniform. Giants and Bills... royal and red. Bears and Broncos... navy and orange.

Well... and...

I feel like it’s safe to assume the Panthers redesign won’t go well. In the past few years they’ve shown a real lack of taste with the bad choices of mix and match combinations as well as that dopey black helmet. Any team that would Okay that all blue logo (during a time period when this change was already in the works) is not giving me a lot of confidence in their ability to handle an all new uniform. Hope I’m wrong.

If it were up to me personally, gray pants would be the only option, but it seems like for the NFL in 2023 that ship has sailed.

I think I tried that not long ago...

That's doesn't sound encouraging to me. The only thing the Cardinals don't need to change is their helmet.

If they have to cover their entire helmet with a flag design (and let's be clear, they don't have to... despite how it looks when you channel surf on Saturday afternoons on the fall, ugly design is not some sort of CFB mandate) the current wavy flag design is the worst. Like a cross between a cheesy stoner van and a back-up hockey goalie. The best of the full-helmet flag designs was the first one... much more graphic and clean. The uniform that went with it was terrible, but the helmets beats the current nightmare. Of course, that's not saying much. If you insist on using the flag in some form, but are willing to get away from the full covering, this is your best option; Or the black version; But, check out this beaut from 1970...

Maryland needs get away from the flag heavy stuff and lean in to the turtle.

Agreed. I don't think anybody is saying Carr is a better QB than Rodgers, but what you can't argue with is that the Jets could've had Carr with zero compensation, and could at least hope to have their QB situation settled for the foreseeable future. Instead, they're probably going to have to trade a crazy amount of quality players and/or high draft picks for a guy that's going to be doing this exact same "look at me" dance in approximately 11 months. They better load up and go for broke this season (and does this instantly make them better than KC and Cincy? I have my doubts) because the shelf life on this seems short.

Let me see if I got this right... So this greasy jackass comes crawling out of a cave, still wearing the diaper to catch his olive oil enema, and starts making demands of a team he doesn't even play for yet, and hasn't even confirmed that he will. And the Jets... get this... start to give in to his demands before he's even agreed to play for them! This disaster is going to be glorious!!

Dammit. This is hitting me Harder than I would've expected. RIP, coach.

Did you mean uncontested? Actually, for Sam Howell (whoever that is) contested probably makes more sense. Isn't this the team that went back and forth between Hienicke and Wentz all year? Where did this Howell character come from? Was he on the team all year? And if so, and he had the least bit of a noticeable pulse, why wasn't he playing the whole time?

Of all the weird crap tacked on the this idea, the TV number on one sleeve only always struck me as the weirdest.

If you weren't alive in the 90's and are wondering what it was like, find an Arsenio Hall clip on Youtube, blast some Alanis Morisette on your DVD and stare at this uniform.

That looks... familiar.

Just as a quick mental impression, the Lions don't necessarily feel like a team that changes their uniforms all the time, but in reality, they absolutely are. In fact, unless I'm forgetting some other team, they are tied with Jacksonville (who definitely does feel like a team that changes uniforms constantly) with the most in the NFL in this century. Both have four official uniform changes, and unless you count alts, color rushes, and throwbacks, no one else has more than 3. And after 2024, the Lions will have 5. That FIVE in 25 years, in a league that doesn't let you change more than once every 5 years... the math already doesn't seem possible. I actually feel like their current uniform is entirely salvageable. I'd get rid of the lettering on both sleeves, drop all occurrences of the dark gray and the white practice pants, and get a non-italicized number font, and I'd be all set. The last one sure beats the hell out of the two with the tacked-on black trim. I'm not sure how logical it is, but I always think of teams whose uniforms are constantly changing as poorly run, across all sports.

The fact that the Lions describe their last uniform update to be subtle and say this next one will be more significant is a very very very very bad omen. Be afraid.

Here's a couple that always raised my eyebrows (neither are my high school)... Cincinnati Princeton's recolored Minnesota Vikings' logo. They do this weird multicolored hair thing. Is the hair red? Or blond? Both? (The school colors are officially Red, Gray, and Black. The yellow is just there on the logo.) Do they think the back of his head is somehow part of the helmet instead of hair? Dunno. I would go with an all gray helmet and all red hair, personally. And then there's this... Grosse Pointe North High School. Steal the Minnesota Vikings' logo, and replace the horn with wing. Why not? I wonder where they stole the wing from?