Rams helmet

[Krona]

i dont recall the original paint job (the first in the nfl) looking like this...can anyone shed some light?

[Gothamite]

Yes.

They wore it one year - 1949. I think you can be excused for not remembering it.

Better pictures here:

http://www.helmethut.com/rams49.html

I actually prefer it to the horns they currently wear. More visually interesting, and I like them curling over the ear hole.

[Spearhead]

Frankly, I like this version better than the one used now. Looks tougher and more accurate. I'm not sure but I believe Angelo State uses this version:

Also North Carolina wore these in the 1950s:

[Gothamite]

That white helmet looks goofy in the B&W photos - looks like he's wearing a jester cap or something.

Still, I love those horns. They were a stock pattern for a while, but they're still all class and worlds better than the nondescript swooshes St. Louis wears.

[Krona]

I dont know. a few different things run through my head before horns when i see these.....tootsie rolls? small intestines? cat poop?

[STL FANATIC]

I prefer the smooth horns myself. It's not like either one looks especially life like, and I find the indentions distracting.

I could go either way on where the curve wraps around, but I think how it is now is nice.

[The_Admiral]

Yeah, I'm not sold. The Los Angeles Rams had the best helmets, before the post-SB dark-n-fade in St. Louis.

[cranium]

I kind of like it going under the earhole. The '49 helmet looks like Devil's horns in the player pictures. They lack "heft".

[Chazberg]

The current design is way better; that thing looks like a giant turd.

[BlueSky]

The current ones look better IMO but they desperately need a thin white outline on the horns. That would look great.

[tBBP]

The current ones look better IMO but they desperately need a thin white outline on the horns.  That would look great.

Well you've already seen my St. Louis Rams concept; how's that work for you?

[leedsunited]

The current design is way better; that thing looks like a giant turd.

Well, that visual just ruined it for me.

[powersurge]

looks like a big yellow elephant penis....

...so much for the visual

[rock55choc]

CSU Ram Head Logo

This is a bit off topic, yet still somewhat related to the original post ... if the NFL's Rams use the two-color horns logo on their helmets, why is it that Colorado State is allowed to also use the exact same design on their helmets, only changing the colors. I would think the pro team would have the helmet design trademarked. This has always bothered me. Further, I really think if CSU would use the Ram head shown in the above link on their helmets, then @ least they could set themselves apart and be unique.

[winghaz]

If you've ever seen a bighorn ram, then you'd notice the similarity between that and the current Rams helmet design.

[Gothamite]

I have, actually. Magnificent animal. And his horns weren't perfectly smooth.