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Can I go in just a little bit on this? For about the first third of his sole season as OC in Nashville, Arthur Smith didn't know what the heck he was doing. BUTTT...once he channeled his inner Matt LaFleur (we'll come back to that), remembered that Derrick Henry is the biggest starting tailback in the league, and really turned him loose, we saw him run all over folks, which then set up some stuff in the passing game. Now, I know it seems like forever ago, but Marcus Mariota was still the starter then. 2019 was the season he got benched and Ryan Tannehill took over...at which point it also seemed like the team sprang to new life. Anyway, that turnaroud—and King Henry's dominance, buoyed by at the time one of the best defensive fronts in the game—somehow sprang Arthur Smith's name into the HC candidate pool. So, that said...one of the greatest mysteries mankind has encountered is how the Snatit—the Snatit—got not one but TWO consecutive OCs into head coaching positions. Yet somehow, it happened. One of them is still head-coaching up in Green Bay and doesn't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. The other one might be lucky to get on some squad as a position assistant. You know what, while we're discussing the Snatit...I'm wondering if this is the time Ran Carthon decides to cut sling with all things old and renew the entire pipeline. King Henry is a free agent (watch hin end up with like Kansas City or—maybe Philly, since they've made a mini-habit of signing former Snats), and Vrabel was linked to New England probably five weeks into the season...if Belichick does indeed exit stage right, maybe he goes there? Either way I don't really think Vrabel will be in Tennessee next season...or at least he shouldn't. But who knows, maybe Carthon likes him enough to stay loyal to him. If I were him, I'd blow it all up right here and start all the way over, building around Levis, Spears, and whoever of that D-line rotation chooses to stay. Now as for the team the Snatit ran out od the playoffs....sheesh. How did Jacksonville pull an uno reverse on themselves??? I mean yes, I get it, Trevor Lawrence got hurt. But really, I saw all I needed to see from the Jags back in like week 5 or so when KC somehow broke legal protocol by playing a road game and rolled up into Duval and won 17-9 (I think it was). That's when I knew this squad wasn't getting anywhere this season; the subsequent weeks just reinforced it. And then the bottom just fell out in the back third of the season...the exact opposite of what happened last season, hence the uno reverse. They got some things to think about next season, especially now that Houston seems to have asserted itself as a real contender for the South crown going forward. (And Indianapolis can still make a play for it, too.) Anyway, those are my non-professional quick quips for now...

I mean, to be sure, the season was over before it started. But good gosh, what a way to go out. That's Adam's, Clarke, now Ja. This doesn't even count Smart or Rose. Doggone karma, boy...it'll getcha every time. (To be clear, I'm talking about the Memphis front office here...)

Well...in fairness, the Giants' current sets ans the '80s-'04ish Vikings' and Cardinals' uniforms were more or less a byproduct of time and cirsumstance. The current Cardinals uniforms (and Giants, for that matter) are based on order looks that just so happened to "not match". These new Texans' sets seem like they're being designed that way on purpose; that's the big hitch.

Hmm, wonder if this hue will be the approximate new "H-Town Blue"... ...And from that same linked article, um...this: As many of us predicted, this mayyyy end up going pretty not good. I also think this "different from each other" thing is gonna signal a new micro-trend in NFL uniform design. But I'll speculate on that layer. For now, I'll just say, based on the above, I'm gonna direct, and request that you all direct, any and all vitriol that is sure to be released come April, toward this Vosik character and Texans brass. Apparently, they're the ones who enabled this appease-all-people approach.

Minus the blue-on-blue numbers, I'd be cool with that, too. (With appropriate bolts on the breezers, though...)

I could rock with something like that. However, they'd need to pick a pair of pants, either white or gray "silver", but not both...and possibly add a pair of black pants to the mix.

For a short spell in the 90s we also had Troy Aikman, Steve Young, Mark Brunell and Jeff Blake all battling each other (8).

I keep forgetting those existed! I think they only lasted one season, from '94-'95, before the Ning went all Reporter on us (pretty sure that was ahead of the '95 season...and it somehow survived Y2K). Hang on, I think we may go full Boltjack up in here... (as if we're not already there) Originality, you say? Well, chaining this with the quoted post above, let's revisit those 1994-95 anomalies in all their beautiful quirky glory, shall we? (And pay special attention to the As and the 4s!) First let's back it up to the inaugural jerseys to see how we got there: Boyyy check out THAT serif treatment! Now to the '94s... Those were...certainly interesting. The funny thing is, quirky as that number set was, since it's in the Lightning's history, they could base a new number set off those--of course, more finely crafted--and establish their own unique look. And speaking of that, as far as colorway is concerned, I really see two ways forward for this team--neither of which is likely any time soon due to their recent Stanley Cup run (then again, after being ran out of the playoffs by the team they're cosskating as this past postseason, who knows?). Anyway, my two votes would be: 1.) Either keep the same colorway they came in the game with, and get back to a black, white, and [perhaps a brighter] blue with silver trim, or... 2.) 86 all black and silver, and use a slightly darker royal blue with storm gray, to tie them into their in-town NFL brethren Buccaneers (which I've actually been wanting them to do for the longest time).

I'm kinda right there with you to a degree. (Also, Creamerite minions, take note: this dude screen-named "Old School Fool" favors a modern design over traditional designs in this instance. Just wanna point that out. ) I too particularly liked the black jerseys from that time. If nothing else, I felt those numbers should have carried over into the next branding life. That said, if the Falcons follow trend and neo-traditionalize in their next branding life, I think they should decide a look based on pairing the 1966 home blacks with either the 1966 or 1970 road whites and definitely the 1970 reds as alternates: (Note the difference in socks there)

Beat me to it.

The funny thing is that is that's the thing I most liked about it. It's one of those things that shouldn't work in theory, but for some reason, mixing the dark navy neutral, the bright vibrant sea blue (I forget the actual color name) with vintage white was just an interesting contrast. Topping it off with the red S and jersey numbers was (almost quite literally) the cherry on top. It was just an interesting application and I guess somewhat bending of color theory in practice, at least to me. On the other hand, the vintage white did not work on the Vegas jerseys, because it and VGK's gold trend toward the same shade thus the contrast "pop" isn't really there. (I also wish they had applied the gold braiding in the back numbers to the sleeve numbers; I'm still curious as to why they left that off.) That is one whole heaping of "bleh". I don't know, and this may just be me, but something about "lightning" and "hockey" conveys speed, power, and at any rate dynamism. This jersey is almost the exact opposite of all of that. Of course, this is all just—you knew this was coming—one man's opinion...his two rusted Lincolns.

Without knowing if this was the point @Silver_Star originally made, after looking at it again, a new AR logo would make just too much sense. Arlington Renegades ARlington Renegades AR (Of course they could just use the cowboy logo and skip past all of that, but that would make even more sense. But then...all sense went out the window at using "Arlington" in the first place, so what the hey???)

It's been that long?? Jeez...

I can just see that cap dropping down some dude's head right about now...

Let's set everything else to the side for a hot minute. These don't get talked about enough... Literally, physically, hypothetically, realistically, they're the epitome of...well, absolutely, unequivocally and objectively some of the best football uniforms—and branding—ever of all time, at any level of football anywhere. Far as I'm concerned they're right up there with the mid-1970s-1998 Houston Oilers as all-time classics.

Well, I know we have one week of regular season and the whole playoffs left, but... .... Barring an unforseen injury, congratulations to the 2024 Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens. Seriously, unless they meet the Browns some kind of way in the postseason, I funny see how any other team is taking the Ravens down. This squad is the TRUTH.

Still think the AAF had the best branding. Kinda wish they would have been able to acquire their IP...even if for no better reason than to keep the "Alliance" nickname alive.

Wellp, this could get interesting... Lawsuit alleges Kraken violated Metropolitans trademark with Winter Classic jerseys Not exactly a security guard vs Baltimore Ravens type scenario—this is more like, according to the story, an Entrepreur Who Holds IP on Defunct Hometown Team And Sells Merch Using That IP vs Brand New Top-level Team In Same Town Who Made Friendly With Then [Allegedly] Lowballed Said IP Holder on Merchandiging Rights type scenario. This might actually be worse, if any of these allegations are proven true through due process. But I ain't the lawyer up in here, just the herald delivering the news as it ran across my in-phone feed earlier today...

You know, on its own, it's not a terrible look. The problem though is that they match a silver helmet to it. So, unless they commit heresy and revert to a white helmet with a star that replaces the white inner stroke with silver, the white pants will continue to look out of place in that guise.

Mathematically possible? Sure. It should even be realistically possible. But as we've seen with this team, that's anything but a gimme, even against the lowly Panthers this week and at the Snatit the following week. And of course, even if Jacksonville wins this week, the Snatit could go full-Snatit and beat Jacksonville the following week, which would then trigger a whole chain of tiebreaker scenarios which would then either see the Jags in as a wild-card or knock them out the tournament. Of course, the Jags can avoid that entire maze of whatdaeffness by simply taking care of business these last two games. (And not for nothing, but JAX is currently on a three-game win streak vs the Snatit after dropping the previous five, so there's that.)

If we're talking modern times, I seem to recall Miami having alternate green jerseys in the latter part of the '90s alongside their orange primaries. EDIT: yep, they did. Jarrett Payton circa 1997: Fake afteredit: now that I think about it, Northwestern may have also had alternate jerseys during that timeframe, as well. It would have been around the time of Darnell Autry and Damien Anderson if they did, but I don't feel like looking right now...

I still advocate for a [rich, dark, brassy] gold and white set with black trim—that includes helmet, alternate or otherwise—in their next branding life...

Ion' know about the Oilers, but the other three...yeah, very solid case.

I think (?!) the point is that Nike produced thus can produce "gold" fabric that doesn't look like extra-hot washed khaki. Now it's incumbent upon the Saints to adapt the Vanderbilt shades and call it a day. (All the other black and "gold" Nike college teams should follow suit...)

I feel like the media/press has given exactly 0 attention to all the offseason/preseason hoopla surrounding Lamar Jackson, from betting on himself by fighting for his own guaranteed deal, all the criticism he garnered for doing all that, threatening to hold out, bulking up and adding more muscle—and now look at him/the team. AND he's still healthy. If this dude and the Ravens somehow win even the AFC let alone the Super Bowl this season, it'll be one of the biggest FU/sorta-redemption stories of all time. And I'll be here for all of it. (I'll also take a Detroit/Cleveland Super Bowl, as well, but we'll see how the next few weeks goes.)