beansdooma Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 that thing is gaudy as sin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNCane4288 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 From what I understand, every player will wear the patch for week one, except the Raiders who will wear it all season. Players can continue to honor him with a helmet sticker, which I'm guessing looks exactly like the awfully large patch, if they choose to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GottaDeal Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 that patch is going to annoy me the entire season. no reason for it to be that big, no reason to wear it more than one week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meetthemets Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I can see everybody wearing it for the first game, but the entire season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezus_Ghoti Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I am NOT looking forward to seeing that eyesore for the next 17 weeks. If that makes me insensitive, so be it. Upshaw seems like a great guy, but that patch is unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz615 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I am NOT looking forward to seeing that eyesore for the next 17 weeks. If that makes me insensitive, so be it. Upshaw seems like a great guy, but that patch is unnecessary.no ****,and the fact that Titans have the 10th anniversary patch this year,it's too damn much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erlovepuck Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Wow that thing is big. Here's what it looks like along with a captain's patch. Looking forward to seeing what the Jets captains look like on Sunday since they wear their logo patch where the Upshaw patch is being worn by the Giants and Skins. i don't even want to think about when the Jets wear their Super Bowl III 40th anniversary patches later this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Patch is HUGE!!!!We've gotta look at this patch all year long?? I'm sorry, but Gene Upshaw wasn't that important to the game. Hell, half the players wanted him ousted as NFLPA head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Helmet decal would have sufficed.Also, how about reserving the area above the name plate for these memorial patches? The team logos don't look great there anyway. If the patch is for your player / owner, then put it wherever you want. If it's a league-wide thing, then put it on the back above the nameplate. "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...
LEWJ Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Where did the Redskins put their captain patches when this was going on last year, | BROWNS | BUCKEYES | CAVALIERS | INDIANS | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman077 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Anyone got a pic of the field stenciling? Sig courtesy of LEWJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wman Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 It's way too big.And for 16 weeks?What happens if the commissioner (god forbid) would pass? Black uniforms for everyone? Bring back the Whale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 It's way too big.And for 16 weeks?What happens if the commissioner (god forbid) would pass? Black uniforms for everyone?An equestrian statue, draped in black, would be erected at the middle of the 50 yard line of every NFL stadium.Needless to say, playing on the field might be a little harder with the new obstacle. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGWB Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Anyone got a pic of the field stenciling?Takes up about 8 yards in width. A whole season? Get over it NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvTheNats Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Where did the Redskins put their captain patches when this was going on last year,Skins did not utilize the captains patch last year. This year is the first for use by the Redskins. Gibbs would name different captains prior to game time each week.....making it impossible to attach a patch to those players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelayedPenalty Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Anyone got a pic of the field stenciling?Takes up about 8 yards in width. A whole season? Get over it NFL. Wow, good work on that 6. A fitting tribute to GU... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleujayone Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 When former NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle died in December 1996, it was just before Super Bowl XXXI. All players on both the Packers and Patriots wore small decall on the back of their helmets to mark the passing. It was an NFL shield with the name "Pete" written across it. It was subtle. it was simple, it was for one game, and it was to the point. Now Rozelle did a hell of a lot more for the game of football and the NFL than Upshaw could ever had hoped for. Personally, I still cannot understand why Upshaw was allowed to continue his job because quite frankly I think he did an extremely poor job throughout. I can site numerous examples as I'm sure many of you could. This doesn't mean he was a bad person, but I really don't see what all this pomp and circumstance is for someone whose career legacy was questionable at best. I figure if Rozelle's tribute was good enough for him, then Upshaw's tribute should be about the same to be fair. It seems nowadays whenever someone accomplishes something or in this case passes on, they seem to be bound and determined to outdo themselves in tribute, and honestly it's getting out of hand. Hell at this size for the patch and the field mark they could have put his whole name, life span and position on it and people would still have been able to read it. Upshaw might have been a nice in guy in real life, but in any event whether you agree with me or believe he did an outstanding job, nobody deserves this kind of attention. We all have our little faults. Mine's in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korbyn Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothieX Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 You could read those things from the blimp shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranium Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I didn't even know what the patch was for while watching the game. I had the sound off. On a side note about the captain's patches, the NFL polled me about the captain's patches via email. The tone was like do you know what this patch stands for, and what the stars stand for? Maybe they are thinking of dumping it. But, disturbingly they asked if fans should vote on who wears the captain's patch. Odd. How many people really care who the captains of an NFL team are each year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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