Gothamite Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 A white facemask can look good on a helmet if it's picking up a small amount of white on the helmet (Chiefs, or Browns) or even if they want to integrate the facemask and shell like the Dolphins. The Rams' horn is muddy enough, since it is interrupted by chinstraps and helmet buckles and holes in the shell. This is okay because the horn is a different color from everything else on the helmet, so your eye fills it in even if interrupted. But making the horn the same color as the padding, chinstrap, and facemask is a serious mistake. Especially since they'll all be white against a dark blue shell for maximum contrast. I don't know how it's going to read as a horn when the white shape has all those extra bumps and protrusions. This wasnt a problem back in the day for a variety of reasons; the face masks were gray and distinct enough from the white horn, players didn't have all that white padding around their faces, and because chinstraps didn't extend as high on the shells as they do now. There's not much competing for attention with the white horn, which is why the look works so well in this picture. But on a modern helmet, I suspect the horn shape is going to get absolutely lost in all that white against navy. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 4 hours ago, Gothamite said: I desperately want the Rams back in their proper royal and athletic gold, but the only thing wrong there is the white facemask, which blends into the horns and obscures them. Gray or navy blue facemask, and that would be a pretty good-looking uniform. Lol, no it wouldn't. Also, are they now keeping the toilet seat collar, too? Gross. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 More than one team has used their old jersey template for promo photos, so I don't know that we can read anything into that. And yeah, as much as I think royal and gold is the only valid choice for the Rams, the white doesn't look bad when paired with those pants. I've never believed that every single uniform element had to have every single team color. Especially if the helmet and pants match, which is my absolute number-one rule for football uniforms. I'm totally fine with the 49ers wearing a gold helmet and pants and no gold at all on the jersey. I would be completely okay with the Packers removing the vestigial striping from their sleeves and using simple green-with-white-number jersey. This just seems like a variation on that theme. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterchaoss Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 1 minute ago, Bucfan56 said: Lol, no it wouldn't. Also, are they now keeping the toilet seat collar, too? Gross. I don't believe they are keeping the toilet bowl, I think they just using an older Jersey for the photo shoot. Kershaw is GOD! Kershaw is LIFE! Kershaw is ALL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duxrcool048 Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 On 03/26/2017 at 11:34 AM, duxrcool048 said: I saw somewhere many pages back that it said that they couldn't have grey facemasks because it's not part of their color scheme/palette. What about the Bills? They're listed as Royal Blue, Red, White, Navy Blue. I would have just said stick with the grey facemasks. But, the white is pretty cool. I would much rather have that than the blue. I know this is a repost of one of my earlier posts in this thread. But since we're talking about the facemask color, I thought it would be relevant to bring it back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Where are you seeing the Bills listed as only blue, red, white and navy? Colorwerx has the gray as well. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duxrcool048 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 I'm sorry. That was from Wikipedia. My point was that originally just before the Rams made this switch, somebody posted that they couldn't have a gray facemask because it wasn't part of their color palette. What I didn't understand is if the Bills can have gray facemasks, why couldn't the Rams. But I guess what I saw on Wikipedia was incorrect. So gray is part of the Bills color palette then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aawagner011 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Unless it's a trick of the light, the NFL shield looks like the new chrome application. If so, that would suggest the Rams are actually sticking with the toilet seat collar since they've only ever had the non-chrome shield previously. The mockups this offseason with the new helmet and pants showed the new Nike VU template but I think that's a chrome NFL shield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DouglasQuaid Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 18 minutes ago, aawagner011 said: Unless it's a trick of the light, the NFL shield looks like the new chrome application. If so, that would suggest the Rams are actually sticking with the toilet seat collar since they've only ever had the non-chrome shield previously. The mockups this offseason with the new helmet and pants showed the new Nike VU template but I think that's a chrome NFL shield. its probably an extra color rush jersey they used last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 6 minutes ago, DouglasQuaid said: its probably an extra color rush jersey they used last year They wore the regular white jerseys last season for their Color Rush game in Seattle, so they didn't have the NFL shield with the chrome application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old School Fool Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 I think the NFL is switching to a chrome shield league wide for the upcoming season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Just now, Old School Fool said: I think the NFL is switching to a chrome shield league wide for the upcoming season. That's correct. The confusion isn't about that, it's just whether the Rams are actually switching to the new template or not. When they unveiled the new helmet and pants, the mockup they showed had the uniforms on the Vapor Untouchable template, and the new retail uniforms are on the new template as well. But for the rookie photo shoots, the Rams used Elite 51 jerseys with the chrome NFL badges, making it seem like it's still a possibility that they're going to continue using the old template, with just the league badges being updated. But I think they're still switching to the new template, and it might've just been a matter of them using old jerseys and switching out the league badges to have the chrome effect that all the new uniforms for next season will have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 5 hours ago, upperV03 said: That's correct. The confusion isn't about that, it's just whether the Rams are actually switching to the new template or not. When they unveiled the new helmet and pants, the mockup they showed had the uniforms on the Vapor Untouchable template, and the new retail uniforms are on the new template as well. But for the rookie photo shoots, the Rams used Elite 51 jerseys with the chrome NFL badges, making it seem like it's still a possibility that they're going to continue using the old template, with just the league badges being updated. But I think they're still switching to the new template, and it might've just been a matter of them using old jerseys and switching out the league badges to have the chrome effect that all the new uniforms for next season will have. The retail jerseys are the vapor untouchable jerseys so that to me anyways indicates the switch. I think it's just old stock jerseys because they didn't have new ones in yet or didn't want to use a New Jersey for a rookie photoshoot. they justswitched the NFL logos on quickly for the photoshoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duxrcool048 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 http://www.therams.com/photos/photo-gallery/PHOTOS-Behind-the-Scenes-at-2017-Rams-Media-Day/450ff240-170d-467e-9934-01a2002eac26#19331f93-511e-4631-9b19-c6dccb6e5ed6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 The middle picture exposes how bad this ad hoc set is. The tan/Vegas gold/brown mustard looks like it has no business being there. They blew it. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBolt3 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 5 minutes ago, duxrcool048 said: ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panthers_2012 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 18 minutes ago, duxrcool048 said: Ugh..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duxrcool048 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Yeah it's bad. In that middle picture it really stands out. From a distance it's not bad, but it's still not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I think the fact that it's only noticeable in the middle picture demonstrates that the combination isn't as bad as we all presumed it would be. It's not a great set but by no means a disaster. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugevolsfan Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I would have to disagree its pretty bad the only picture that you cant see is the Jared Goff one. Stupid decision by all accounts I would say. My Fictional Football League Version 3 My Fictional Football Leagues WebsiteMy Church Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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