nybatt Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 just tuned in to tonight's game and to my surprise the packers are wearing black cleats!! what a huge upgrade! I also believe they wore white in preseason this august.is this a surprise opening night switcheroo??that only leaves the raiders and steelers as two of the more out-of-place, white-cleated teams.three cheers from a football giants fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraw28 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 The Steelers wore black cleats back in 1998 and didn't why they switched back to white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardname Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Looks like half the Raiders D is wearing black, and half is white. It's weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooropean Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 just tuned in to tonight's game and to my surprise the packers are wearing black cleats!! what a huge upgrade! I also believe they wore white in preseason this august.is this a surprise opening night switcheroo??that only leaves the raiders and steelers as two of the more out-of-place, white-cleated teams.three cheers from a football giants fan.I mentioned this Pack's black cleats in another thread, but it's about time! I had a weird feeling that the Packers would do this sometime during the Rodgers' era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter23 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Looks like half the Raiders D is wearing black, and half is white. It's weird.quick glance looks like the secondary is wearing black cleats, the rest of the defense is wearing whiteblack cleats look pretty cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooropean Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Yes the Raiders look better in black cleats as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daschuck77 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Looks like half the Raiders D is wearing black, and half is white. It's weird.quick glance looks like the secondary is wearing black cleats, the rest of the defense is wearing whiteblack cleats look pretty coolIsn't that going to be a $5,000 fine for each offense? Please visit: www.SabresNotSlugs.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraw28 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Looks like half the Raiders D is wearing black, and half is white. It's weird.quick glance looks like the secondary is wearing black cleats, the rest of the defense is wearing whiteblack cleats look pretty coolIsn't that going to be a $5,000 fine for each offense? uh, afraid so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennisbergan Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Looks like half the Raiders D is wearing black, and half is white. It's weird.quick glance looks like the secondary is wearing black cleats, the rest of the defense is wearing whiteblack cleats look pretty coolIsn't that going to be a $5,000 fine for each offense?The way that secondary played, they should have donated their checks to charity anyway.The Raiders like being out-of-touch, so they will continue wearing white shoes, as long as Al Davis is still alive.The Pack, BTW, looked very good with the black shoes. Paul Hornung, Jim Taylor, Bart Starr and Willie Davis would have liked the look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nation Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 The raiders secondary looked extremely badass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraw28 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 the solid black socks and the black shoes look like the lions throwbacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I got waaaay too geeked when I saw the Packers in black shoes on Monday. It's been "cool" for quite awhile now... I don't know why the Packers weren't one of the first teams to jump on the bandwagon. Of course I'd love to see them go all the way and bring back the Lombardi-era unis from the Thanksgiving game a few years ago.As far as the Steelers... I prefer them in white. They look good in black, but their glory years were around the time when most teams were switching to white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraw28 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I got waaaay too geeked when I saw the Packers in black shoes on Monday. It's been "cool" for quite awhile now... I don't know why the Packers weren't one of the first teams to jump on the bandwagon. Of course I'd love to see them go all the way and bring back the Lombardi-era unis from the Thanksgiving game a few years ago.As far as the Steelers... I prefer them in white. They look good in black, but their glory years were around the time when most teams were switching to white.with the color scheme the black shoes on the unis would look meaner on the steelers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I got waaaay too geeked when I saw the Packers in black shoes on Monday. It's been "cool" for quite awhile now... I don't know why the Packers weren't one of the first teams to jump on the bandwagon. Of course I'd love to see them go all the way and bring back the Lombardi-era unis from the Thanksgiving game a few years ago.The road uniforms? They darn well ought to bring them back - the jerseys were superior in every way to the current roads. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 The pants were just as superior to the current ones.Just make a green version of those jerseys (with the sock striping on the sleeves) and call it a night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I'm not a big fan of striped socks on the Packers - makes the uniform too busy. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I'm on the fence about the actual socks myself, but they're still part of the original Lombardi uniform. My problem is if you go with solid green socks, where do you stop making "improvements?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Well, you start by removing the Forrest Gregg neck stripes. That'd be an improvement. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothieX Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 the solid black socks and the black shoes look like the lions throwbacksAlso known as the greatest uniforms of all time. I am so pumped they are back this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Apollo Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Has the league relaxed it rules as to shoe color? I'm noticing players on "Black shoe" teams wearing shoes with a lot of white on them. And vise versa. For instance John Kitna was wearing white shoe with a little bit of black on them. Anybody know anything about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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