DCarp1231 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 12 hours ago, Brave-Bird 08 said: As someone who has a taste for both traditional uniforms and contemporary ones, the Washington white jerseys grew on me seeing them in action today. They're very different, but I like the diamond pattern. I will get run off the boards for saying this, but if they had a black facemask I would dare to say the helmet and jersey could gel together and work. The biggest issue I have is the same issue I have with the rest of the league -- the plain white pants, white socks/leggins, and white shoes. We don't have uniforms in the NFL anymore, we just have "colorways" that are half the time "ICY WHITE" and apparently the players and young people like it. Give me a black facemask and burgundy pants and I would actually sign off on that uniform with the current white jersey for the Commanders. I’ve seen the two main jerseys side by side. Like you, I’ll get heat for saying this, but I preferred the white over the burgundy. Don’t get me wrong, the burgundy is okay, but the gigantic “COMMANDERS” and ridiculous stencil number font are a distraction. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuordr Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 20 hours ago, Cujo said: A very Cujo-esque troll post. And no. It's not a troll post considering my hatred of gray facemasks on teams without gray anywhere else. It is standard nuordr (New Order) procedure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuordr Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 On 8/13/2022 at 3:22 PM, Cujo said: Commanders white unis looking like straight ass If they just kept the previous uniforms and changed the logo, then it would have been perfect. But nope, leave it up to the Synders to screw it all up. It has been a train wreck from the moment they decided to change the name...the name itself, the logo, the uniform, the anthem, and now the mascot. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 15 hours ago, 4_tattoos said: The longtime fans WILL accept a hog mascot. Which means they're probably going to choose a George Washington-esque historical figure for a mascot instead. I'm fully expecting a Homelander knockoff as the new mascot. His cape will be the D.C. Flag. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 57 minutes ago, nuordr said: If they just kept the previous uniforms and changed the logo, then it would have been perfect. But nope, leave it up to Synder to screw it all up. It has been a train wreck from the moment they decided to change the name...the name itself, the logo, the uniform, the anthem, and now the mascot. I don’t know how many times this has to be said, but Snyder wasn’t directly responsible for the new uniforms. It was his wife, Tanya who was “heavily involved with the uniform design”. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 30 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said: I don’t know how many times this has to be said, but Snyder wasn’t directly responsible for the new uniforms. It was his wife, Tanya who was “heavily involved with the uniform design”. A distinction without a difference. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I felt like farming for likes today, so here's yet another photoshop of what WAS should've done. They could even keep the black number outlines. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, LA Fakers+ LA Snippers said: I felt like farming for likes today, so here's yet another photoshop of what WAS should've done. They could even keep the black number outlines. Lipstick on a pig. There's no saving that uniform design with just a color change. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I don’t know, copying and pasting the sleeves from the burgundy jersey isn’t that bad of an idea 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwavyTree Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 1 hour ago, LA Fakers+ LA Snippers said: I felt like farming for likes today, so here's yet another photoshop of what WAS should've done. They could even keep the black number outlines. Crazy thing is, that doesn't help. Change the numbers to solid burgundy, with gold outline. The pants need some kind of stripe to make the uniforms cohesive. Their uniforms just look like three different prototypes for a full set 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Also, I interpret the Commanders number and sleeve texturing as a more visually abrasive faux-mesh and it’s more in line with Maryland’s previous white throwbacks in terms of patterning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 The Commanders suffer from the same thing as the Rams / Falcons et al. Rather than implementing changes and experimenting over time, they went all-in with the kitchen sink right away. I'm sure there were ways they could have done one of these gimmicks (the black, or the gradient, or the huge wordmark) and then as they add the others, it'd be less of a shock (or they could remove whatever one they started with if it got negative reviews.) I get that the 5-year rule makes it really hard to do this, since it could take 20 years before you get to where you're going, but I also don't know how strict the "5-year rule" is anymore, and I think that it's really the 2-year-lead-time rule that's the main limiting factor. 1 "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bathysphere Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 A lot of people are gonna be eating their words, talking “at least the helmet is okay,” when they wear it with the burgundy jerseys in the sun for the first time and they look like two completely different colors. No tolerance for alternative helmet finishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Bathysphere said: A lot of people are gonna be eating their words, talking “at least the helmet is okay,” when they wear it with the burgundy jerseys in the sun for the first time and they look like two completely different colors. No tolerance for alternative helmet finishes. So you want all helmets to be matte like the Vikings, that match the jersey? 1 Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1insaneguy Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I've changed my mind about the Commanders' white jerseys. Didn't like em at all before, but once I saw them on the field yesterday, they looked... pretty decent. Still not loving the pattern on the numbers, but it honestly didn't look as bad as I thought it would. As for the monochrome white, there's some precedent for it, but they butchered it by wearing white socks instead of burgundy. They wore monochrome white against the Steelers in 2020 when they were the Football Team because Ron Rivera liked the idea. (https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/football-team/story-behind-washingtons-choice-wear-all-whites-spectacular) They also did it back during the second Joe Gibbs era. From what I can find, each of those previous monochrome white uniform combinations had burgundy socks and it looked much better. FWIW, the players themselves wanted to bring back the look in 2015 as well, but Bruce Allen said no. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bathysphere Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 2 hours ago, WSU151 said: So you want all helmets to be matte like the Vikings, that match the jersey? ??? Normal gloss helmets have been doing the job for decades ??? I would rather every single team including the Vikings stuck to gloss ??? Do I need to post the wikipedia link for Strawman ??? 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damnyoutuesday Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 54 minutes ago, Bathysphere said: ??? Normal gloss helmets have been doing the job for decades ??? I would rather every single team including the Vikings stuck to gloss ??? Do I need to post the wikipedia link for Strawman ??? The matte Vikings helmets perfectly match the jerseys. I'd rather they only bring back gloss for a throwback alternate 4 Sorry, I'm on an iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 3 hours ago, Bathysphere said: ??? Normal gloss helmets have been doing the job for decades ??? I would rather every single team including the Vikings stuck to gloss ??? Do I need to post the wikipedia link for Strawman ??? For years, the Vikings gloss helmets didn’t match the jerseys. The matte finish finally matches the jersey color and for some you think that’s a problem. No need to be a silly jackass with more question marks than the Riddler. Me making a comment about helmet colors - when that was the entire reason of your original post - is not a strawman argument. You might want to check out that definition one more time. 8 Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Whose Line Jersey is it Anyway? 7 14 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 8 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said: Whose Line Jersey is it Anyway? Actually not bad with the Cardinals. Still needs pant stripes. The Oakley visor clip without the visor is pretty funny. 8 Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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