2024 NFL Changes

[GFB]

47 minutes ago, Sodboy13 said:

The white stripe makes it look like a curving road. I like it in theory, but it doesn't work for me in practice.

 

It doesn't need the Michigan Panthers-style inner-swoop... it needs a white outline like the logo has.

 

[Froob]

Was really hoping Houston was going to make their theme navy/red just like their logo. Unfortunately it’s now more navy than ever.

 

Also the red helmet of last year was way better.

[Blast_Brothers]

I like the horns on the sleeves, if only because it feels like a natural evolution of the crescent wedges they had before. But it's only on two of the four jerseys, and putting it on the red helmet is overkill.

 

The H-Town helmet is surprisingly not terrible - I think the finish gives it a significant lift. But the rest of the uniform just doesn't connect to it. Who sees a helmet with a two-toned blue H and designs a uniform with red and light blue accents?

 

The thing I like the least is the lack of confidence. If the Texans really think that candy paint, blackletter, and bull horns are what connects with their fanbase, then those things should be on all the uniforms. I don't think the Broncos needed to put "5280" on every uniform of their new set, but at least they had the guts to full send it.

 

 

[DCarp1231]

Fans: “We want more red!”

 

Texans: *triples the use the blue*

[tscuzzy]

 

 

I want more horns!

[DCarp1231]

You really just gotta stand back in awe at how in 3 seasons, the uniform rules went from-

 

“the color has to be present on one of the primary uniforms to be considered for an alternate uniform”

 

straight to-

 

“f*** it, add any color you want.”

[pHiL Kizer]

 

[DCarp1231]

The full number set-

[DG_ThenNowForever]

7 hours ago, YelichGraphics said:

I've simply never understood this take. What makes having more options less professional? What makes having combinations and the ability to put show your brand in an another way that it contrasts the competitors brand on the same playing field. Hey if it looks good it looks good. By no means am I happy with all of the Texans choices but I don't think choices makes a team any less professional. In fact it gives this forum another thing to argue about on a week to week basis when it comes to pants and socks choice.

 

Responding kind of late here (this thread moves fast!), but my problem with NCAA uniform dress is its impermanence.

 

It feels like every team, especially the mid majors, is rocking a new set every single year. There are all times of helmets and colors and design flourishes that the uniform itself kind of means nothing. It's an end to selling jerseys that season because if you're not Alabama or Ohio State, selling jerseys is all you have to look forward to.

 

The NFL has been around forever and has settled a sense of expectation in the culture. The Packers are green and yellow. The Raiders are silver and Black. The Chiefs are red and yellow.

 

What are the Texans colors now? What uniforms do the Broncos wear now? Even the Jets that people like, what do they look like? Sometimes green, sometimes black but it depends.

 

To me it cheapens pro football legacy and the representative of a city and a set of colors it feels like it should have. All in favor of gimmicks and selling jerseys and other junk.

[tscuzzy]

1 hour ago, GFB said:

 

It doesn't need the Michigan Panthers-style inner-swoop... it needs a white outline like the logo has.

 

 

Nike designed the uniforms, wondering if they saw this and were like Hmmmmmmm.. lets put this stripe in the middle to distinguish it a LITTLE bit from... Us. 

[oldschoolvikings]

48 minutes ago, tscuzzy said:

 

Pants stripes (discounting lightning bolts or some other graphic design) need to go the full length of the pants  from top to bottom.  When they don’t, they suck.  
 

There are no exceptions to this rule.  

[BadSeed84]

9 minutes ago, oldschoolvikings said:

Pants stripes (discounting lightning bolts or some other graphic design) need to go the full length of the pants  from top to bottom.  When they don’t, they suck.  
 

There are no exceptions to this rule.  

 

And the worst part if they stop so low, with the little Texans logo so low to accommodate  that players wear their shirts out now since thats "fire"

[MCM0313]

1 hour ago, tscuzzy said:

 

 

I want more horns!

I want more non-white socks. 

[MCM0313]

4 minutes ago, BadSeed84 said:

 

And the worst part if they stop so low, with the little Texans logo so low to accommodate  that players wear their shirts out now since thats "fire"

Yeah, untucked undershirts should be an absolute non-starter, to the point that a player should be removed from the game until he tucks his shirt in. Don’t @ me. 

[FiddySicks]

Gahh, these are SO close. Why in the world doesn’t the home jersey have the horns? That’s a pretty creative way to use shoulder stripes, but they just left it off of the primary home set These look out of place and remind me of the Falcons lame generic uniforms. The road set is the best by far. I like the alt a lot but would like it better with white highlights in the horns instead of more red. The H Town alt is stupid. If that’s all of the ”Houston” blue you could use, why even bother? Now they have two navy jerseys that don’t match the road and alt sets. That’s exactly what they needed to avoid. 
 

I thought I would hate these because they’re a disjointed mess. They’re still that, but I hate these because they’re actually so frustratingly close to being great. @GFB is right. These are kinda ruined by their lack of attention to detail. 

[VDizzle12]

1 hour ago, DCarp1231 said:

You really just gotta stand back in awe at how in 3 seasons, the uniform rules went from-

 

“the color has to be present on one of the primary uniforms to be considered for an alternate uniform”

 

straight to-

 

“f*** it, add any color you want.”

 

The rule hasn't changed. No team has an alternate jersey or helmet color that isn't present on a primary uniform or used by the team in the past. Houston's use of lighter blue is just an accent color so it was never against the rules. The Colts and Commanders are close. But they added black to their white jerseys to get around the rule. 

[Dynasty]

4 hours ago, PERRIN said:

All this Texans set needs is consistency across the board and a less wonky number font, as demonstrated below. If they could do that, it'd be a damn good uniform set. Maybe not better than the previous set, but definitely more expressive.

 

 

That red bull stripe on the home adds so much needed red to it. What a difference.

 

3 hours ago, rfraser85 said:

I think we missed a team that's eligible for new uniforms next year: the Colts. They changed their number font and added black in 2020. I wasn't a fan of the Color Rush uniforms from last year, but maybe they can figure out a better way to add a third color. Or at least they could develop a non-blue jersey. Having three royal blue jerseys doesn't make sense to me.

 

Or just get rid of black entirely. They don't need a third color.

 

3 hours ago, Brian in Boston said:

I suppose I should have anticipated this day coming. Recognized that interests wax and wane and - sometimes, for one reason or another - completely peter out. It would appear that my passion for all things sports branding-related has reached that point.

The sheer, unadulterated excess of primary marks, secondary marks, tertiary marks and wordmarks... home uniforms, road uniforms, alternate uniforms, and throwback uniforms... City Connect this, Color Rush that, City Edition the other thing, and Reverse Retro who the f*** gives a s***... they've cumulatively overwhelmed me.

The cycle between the introduction of any new logo, uniform, or other brand identity component by a team and the roll-out of its next new design element seems to have sped up. For example, the Detroit Lions last introduced new uniforms less than a decade ago...  seven years to be specific. It would seem that "timeless" design has given away to "you're on the clock". Combine that with the fact that the introduction of new creative elements by clubs across all leagues is taking place at the same heightened pace and the reveal  of such elements have been stripped of their individual "WOW" factor. The result is that these so-called "events" on the part of teams and leagues have become commonplace to the point of meaninglessness. It has gotten to where I picture the team owner, coach, and players who are involved in these unveilings walking off stage only to be immediately ushered into meeting rooms where brainstorming sessions and focus groups with graphic designers, uniform manufacturers, marketing executives, and fans get underway in order to facilitate the rollout of the inevitable next team brand-related unveiling.

Finally, it doesn't help that the branding elements that are produced by these design initiatives seem increasingly underwhelming. How could they not be?  Creativity is the slave of commodification. Restraint is a rarity, excess the rule of the day. Artistry with the potential to surprise, delight, and inspire has been replaced by dreck.

To much of a good thing can be - indeed, often is - a bad thing.

 

Poetic, but we all know what it's all about to them: 

[JustABallCoach]

another look at the all white 

[DCarp1231]

19 minutes ago, VDizzle12 said:

 

The rule hasn't changed. No team has an alternate jersey or helmet color that isn't present on a primary uniform or used by the team in the past. Houston's use of lighter blue is just an accent color so it was never against the rules. The Colts and Commanders are close. But they added black to their white jerseys to get around the rule. 

C’mon now. It’s nowhere to be found on the other three uniforms. It’s hardly an accent color. Especially when confined to one uniform. We all know why that lighter blue was randomly added.
 

They definitely wanted a full light blue jersey/uniform, were told no by the league because it wasn’t historical to the franchise, they went all Veruca Salt on ‘em, and to shut them up the league bent the rules.

[BBTV]

5 hours ago, Froob said:

I think they should be.  I like when the numbers are the same color as the primary jersey.

 

Falcons with red numbers > Falcons with black numbers