tj4eck Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 off topic but the lions looked pretty good in throwbacks todayno they dont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 off topic but the lions looked pretty good in throwbacks todayAre you saying their appearence was great? Agreed, but as a rule, the Lions never 'look great".Know what's funny? The throwbacks are a huge deal here in Detroit... LOVED by a lot of fans. And, of course, the game was blacked out. http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraw28 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 off topic but the lions looked pretty good in throwbacks todayAre you saying their appearence was great? Agreed, but as a rule, the Lions never 'look great".Know what's funny? The throwbacks are a huge deal here in Detroit... LOVED by a lot of fans. And, of course, the game was blacked out.They don't look good, they look FABOLOUS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Are they still going to wear those for Thanksgiving?I like them once a year, but honestly, those aren't viable modern uniforms. All they have to do is go back to what they had before the black was added. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Don't understand what people like about those uniforms. They look like High School football practice uniforms.They could build on that look and have something good, but that, as it is, is not a good look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 They're basically Browns + Raiders + blue, so there's something to like for people. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Hold up...have the Lions' throwback helmets had black facemasks in the past?If not...that's a big-time incongruency somebody need to fix before they wear these next time.(What'd they do...strip off the Lion decal and the stripes from the players' current helmets or something?) *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Cunningham Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Hold up...have the Lions' throwback helmets had black facemasks in the past?(What'd they do...strip off the Lion decal and the stripes from the players' current helmets or something?)I believe they have. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought with this look they'd always just taken the decals off the current helmets. Didn't these debut in the Honolulu-blue facemask era? I remember thinking that it didn't look truly 'throwback' because the facemask was still blue (albeit they looked good) as opposed to grey. Is this look supposed to be pre-hardshell helmet too (akin to the look the Cardinals, Bears and Steelers sported in 1994)? When a team's look predates helmets they usually just wear the current helmet minus the logos. That'd be my guess as to why they kept the black facemasks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsLuvver Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Why use 1950s (or earlier. Not sure what year these are supposed to represent) throwbacks against a team that didn't exist then? It just looks stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Well, if the other team isn't wearing matching throwbacks from the era, why does it matter? It's not about trying to re-create a specific period game in history, just an alternate set of uniforms for one club.It's pretty rare that the NFL has played a throwback game in which the two teams were wearing uniforms from the same season. I can think of 2001, when the Packers wore their 1939 uniform and the Lions wore a 1934-1960 uniform. I can't think of many others, with the possible exception of the psuedo-1960s-ish vague throwbacks worn by teams such as the Jets and Bills. It's usually one team throwing back to a specific year and the other team throwing back to a different specific year. This isn't baseball. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 They're basically Browns + Raiders + blue, so there's something to like for people.Where do you see Browns in this? http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrdevil Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 They're basically Browns + Raiders + blue, so there's something to like for people.Where do you see Browns in this?Probably due to the logoless helmet, although that has more to do with tem being uniforms from the pre-helmet or leather helmet days. Put a simple blue and white Lions logo on the helmet and change the facemask back to blue and you have a solid uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Yeah, I meant the logoless helmet and general austerity of the whole set. The silver numbers on a plain color shirt with silver pants are Raideresque, and the shirts are blue. Put a simple blue and white Lions logo on the helmet and change the facemask back to blue and you have a solid uniform.I'm not sure. By introducing white into the helmet, don't you have to introduce it elsewhere, like around the numbers? The other problem with these uniforms, and this is more of an abstract one, is that in the grand scheme of things, isn't it kind of an aesthetic mixed metaphor to wear Old-Timey Grid-Iron uniforms in an astroturfed climate-controlled state-of-the-art athletic facility like Ford Field? Yes, I know there's exposed brick, but that's not enough to change my point. It's mildly disingenuous to conjure up the images of so-called Golden Age football for a team that's on its second dome. While I advocate turning back to the Barry Sanders uniforms, that's different than trying to rekindle the 1930s Lions. We're always most nostalgic for the past we never knew. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival79 Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Hold up...have the Lions' throwback helmets had black facemasks in the past?November 25, 2004: "If things have gone wrong, I'm talking to myself, and you've got a wet towel wrapped around your head." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Yeah, I meant the logoless helmet and general austerity of the whole set. The silver numbers on a plain color shirt with silver pants are Raideresque, and the shirts are blue. Put a simple blue and white Lions logo on the helmet and change the facemask back to blue and you have a solid uniform.I'm not sure. By introducing white into the helmet, don't you have to introduce it elsewhere, like around the numbers? The other problem with these uniforms, and this is more of an abstract one, is that in the grand scheme of things, isn't it kind of an aesthetic mixed metaphor to wear Old-Timey Grid-Iron uniforms in an astroturfed climate-controlled state-of-the-art athletic facility like Ford Field? Yes, I know there's exposed brick, but that's not enough to change my point. It's mildly disingenuous to conjure up the images of so-called Golden Age football for a team that's on its second dome. While I advocate turning back to the Barry Sanders uniforms, that's different than trying to rekindle the 1930s Lions. We're always most nostalgic for the past we never knew.raiders have white around their logo. http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Hold up...have the Lions' throwback helmets had black facemasks in the past?November 25, 2004:Cory Scheslinger? (if that's how it's spelled)I miss that guy. *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proc Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Well, if the other team isn't wearing matching throwbacks from the era, why does it matter? It's not about trying to re-create a specific period game in history, just an alternate set of uniforms for one club.It's pretty rare that the NFL has played a throwback game in which the two teams were wearing uniforms from the same season. I can think of 2001, when the Packers wore their 1939 uniform and the Lions wore a 1934-1960 uniform. I can't think of many others, with the possible exception of the psuedo-1960s-ish vague throwbacks worn by teams such as the Jets and Bills. It's usually one team throwing back to a specific year and the other team throwing back to a different specific year. This isn't baseball.The Lions and Colts (horseshoes on the back of the helmet) both wore throwbacks a few Thanksgivings ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proc Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I've said it before and I'll say it again, the early 80s Billy Sims era were my favorite (silver, not white numbers): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santoleri3 Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Scraw gets my vote for best sig. Courtesy chapeeko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival79 Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Cory Scheslinger? (if that's how it's spelled)I miss that guy.Yup, that's Cory Schlesinger. "If things have gone wrong, I'm talking to myself, and you've got a wet towel wrapped around your head." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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