NIKE NFL Uniforms

[guest23]

One thing that I don't believe anyone has picked up on is that the manufacturer's mark and the NFL logo on the pants have appeared to swap sides.

that long shot makes the texans' collar look even more ridiculous.

[Fresno St. Alum]

So does anyone know when the Vapor Jet gloves will go on sale?

Asking this again.

They're up on eastbay

http://www.eastbay.com/product/model:177606/sku:60093001/nike-vapor-jet-2.0-receiver-glove-mens/black/white/?cm=searchfootballgloves#sku=60093801

[aawagner011]

Interesting tweet from Chad Johnson

I'm wearing last years reebok uniform regardless RT @Vic13NYY: Bro how does Reebok feel about you wearing those Nike jerseys @ochocinco

https://twitter.com/#!/ochocinco/status/193474008845529089

[Billy B]

Interesting tweet from Chad Johnson

I'm wearing last years reebok uniform regardless RT @Vic13NYY: Bro how does Reebok feel about you wearing those Nike jerseys @ochocinco

https://twitter.com/#!/ochocinco/status/193474008845529089

Yeah, that's not gonna happen.

[Gothamite]

Brett Favre continued to wear his Nike cold-weather jersey for the first couple years of the Reebok contract, they just covered up the swoosh. Something tells me that's not going to work these days.

[BRice16]

Brett Favre continued to wear his Nike cold-weather jersey for the first couple years of the Reebok contract, they just covered up the swoosh. Something tells me that's not going to work these days.

Ripon made him a new one with the proper logos, but he felt the old one was lucky, so they patched it. Ochocinco, or whatever he'll call himself by then, won't have an option.

[dissident93]

One thing that I don't believe anyone has picked up on is that the manufacturer's mark and the NFL logo on the pants have appeared to swap sides.

I saw them when they were first unveiled. In fact, I thought the designs that people do here had them all on the wrong side, but it seems that's how Nike did for the college squads.

[Midway]

I have a feeling the Nike unveiling was awkward for a lot of teams. Like the 49ers could've looked at how much better the Bears triple striping turned out and realized how bad they missed the mark. Or those teams that went with the half colored flywire collars could've been looking around at the better collar translations and thinking "dammit I thought everyone else would do it too, now we look pretty stupid." And then there's the Texans etc. etc.

My point is, as time progresses, these failed design differences will become more and more apparent. So hopefully these certain organizations will own up and we'll find that some tweaks are in order to salvage what could've been.

[Chawls]

So does anyone know when the Vapor Jet gloves will go on sale?

Asking this again.

They're up on eastbay

http://www.eastbay.com/product/model:177606/sku:60093001/nike-vapor-jet-2.0-receiver-glove-mens/black/white/?cm=searchfootballgloves#sku=60093801

I was referring to the team-specific gloves.

[Bouj]

I have a feeling the Nike unveiling was awkward for a lot of teams. Like the 49ers could've looked at how much better the Bears triple striping turned out and realized how bad they missed the mark. Or those teams that went with the half colored flywire collars could've been looking around at the better collar translations and thinking "dammit I thought everyone else would do it too, now we look pretty stupid." And then there's the Texans etc. etc.

My point is, as time progresses, these failed design differences will become more and more apparent. So hopefully these certain organizations will own up and we'll find that some tweaks are in order to salvage what could've been.

I mentioned this in the other Nike jersey thread, but I am pretty certain that the "failure to fix stripes" issue with SF/IND/whoever else is only viewed as a "problem" by us. Teams just don't care. If the teams wanted them "fixed", they'd have gotten "fixed". If five teams can opt to wear the old template, then Nike would have fixed a sleeve stripe problem.

I guarantee you Irsay doesn't give a crap about the Indy sleeve stripe, or the Niners owner isn't thinking, "Why are the sleeve stripes wrong?!" They don't consider it a problem because they don't consider it at all.

[andrewharrington]

I have a feeling the Nike unveiling was awkward for a lot of teams. Like the 49ers could've looked at how much better the Bears triple striping turned out and realized how bad they missed the mark. Or those teams that went with the half colored flywire collars could've been looking around at the better collar translations and thinking "dammit I thought everyone else would do it too, now we look pretty stupid." And then there's the Texans etc. etc.

My point is, as time progresses, these failed design differences will become more and more apparent. So hopefully these certain organizations will own up and we'll find that some tweaks are in order to salvage what could've been.

I mentioned this in the other Nike jersey thread, but I am pretty certain that the "failure to fix stripes" issue with SF/IND/whoever else is only viewed as a "problem" by us. Teams just don't care. If the teams wanted them "fixed", they'd have gotten "fixed". If five teams can opt to wear the old template, then Nike would have fixed a sleeve stripe problem.

I guarantee you Irsay doesn't give a crap about the Indy sleeve stripe, or the Niners owner isn't thinking, "Why are the sleeve stripes wrong?!" They don't consider it a problem because they don't consider it at all.

That's pretty accurate. It wouldn't be hard for an owner to say, "Give me some options on how to make these shoulder loops look better," and Nike would do some sketches, talk with its supplier, make a presentation showing the team 3-5 different ways they could execute shoulder loops, then the owner would pick his/her favorite and that'd be that.

You just need an team who cares enough, like the Packers and Raiders apparently do.

[oldschoolvikings]

I have a feeling the Nike unveiling was awkward for a lot of teams. Like the 49ers could've looked at how much better the Bears triple striping turned out and realized how bad they missed the mark. Or those teams that went with the half colored flywire collars could've been looking around at the better collar translations and thinking "dammit I thought everyone else would do it too, now we look pretty stupid." And then there's the Texans etc. etc.

My point is, as time progresses, these failed design differences will become more and more apparent. So hopefully these certain organizations will own up and we'll find that some tweaks are in order to salvage what could've been.

I mentioned this in the other Nike jersey thread, but I am pretty certain that the "failure to fix stripes" issue with SF/IND/whoever else is only viewed as a "problem" by us. Teams just don't care. If the teams wanted them "fixed", they'd have gotten "fixed". If five teams can opt to wear the old template, then Nike would have fixed a sleeve stripe problem.

I guarantee you Irsay doesn't give a crap about the Indy sleeve stripe, or the Niners owner isn't thinking, "Why are the sleeve stripes wrong?!" They don't consider it a problem because they don't consider it at all.

That's pretty accurate. It wouldn't be hard for an owner to say, "Give me some options on how to make these shoulder loops look better," and Nike would do some sketches, talk with its supplier, make a presentation showing the team 3-5 different ways they could execute shoulder loops, then the owner would pick his/her favorite and that'd be that.

You just need an team who cares enough, like the Packers and Raiders apparently do.

I would agree 100% in the case of the Colts, Jets, etc. They obviously don't think its an issue. But the 49ers are a weird case. They specifically came up with that strange "solution" of how to deal with the sleeve stripes because they WERE thinking about it. I remember reading about it from links on this site... they saw what they thought was a problem with the slanted look of the stripes on the previous throwback set, and came up with these cut off stripes to keep the look horizontal. I know its pretty much universally hated here, but I assume they must be very happy with it. Otherwise they probably would've done some adjustment... they've gone on record as saying they were looking for a solution to the problem of fitting an older look onto a new template.

[daschuck77]

Here is a comparison of the retail replica reebok jersery vs the new Nike ones.

I simply cannot wrap my brain around the blocked flywire collar. It's horrible. Why couldn't the Bills follow along with Detroit and just drop the collar all together?

After seeing the on field version with the serverely stretched out half collar, all those teams with the half collar are going to look pretty bad out there.

[Bouj]

Great comparison image. Thanks for finding that.

I spoke to the folks at the Houston Texans team store at Reliant. They said they'd have the new authentics in store on Thursday morning. I am planning on going to see them for myself. I'll report back on how they look & fit in person. I have a couple of the Reebok authentics, so I can relate them to each other.

[aawagner011]

Really liking the look of the Nike piece on a real person. Just comparing the two, the Reebok version looks like he is wearing some shapeless, oversized bed sheet. The Nike one actually looks like it has a shape and follows the form of the body. It's also a plus that it's a more "traditional" cut and normal sized. I'm also looking forward to Nike's sizing. I've seen options for smalls and mediums. If I recall, I think Reebok's smallest adult size was medium- but it still was an overly large shirt more fitting for a large.

[Gothamite]

Here is a comparison of the retail replica reebok jersery vs the new Nike ones.

Wow - that's great. The Nike version looks so much better. Where did you get that image?

[nash61]

Here is a comparison of the retail replica reebok jersery vs the new Nike ones.

I simply cannot wrap my brain around the blocked flywire collar. It's horrible. Why couldn't the Bills follow along with Detroit and just drop the collar all together?

After seeing the on field version with the serverely stretched out half collar, all those teams with the half collar are going to look pretty bad out there.

The picture on the left is distorted. Look at the length/width of his face and forearms.

[Claystation360]

Here is a comparison of the retail replica reebok jersery vs the new Nike ones.

Wow - that's great. The Nike version looks so much better. Where did you get that image?

Im wearing reebok ?, I'm wearing Nike !!! ?

[TheOldRoman]

The sleeve stripes loook much better on the Nike, but I think that Reebok is a defective jersey from Marshalls. The numbers are huge. those have got to be back numbers on the front of the jersey. Still, they shouldn't have been placed higher like the Nike one. As for the Nike, aside from the horrendous collars, they could have still taken 2-6 inches off of the sleeves.

[gdu]

One thing that I don't believe anyone has picked up on is that the manufacturer's mark and the NFL logo on the pants have appeared to swap sides.

I saw them when they were first unveiled. In fact, I thought the designs that people do here had them all on the wrong side, but it seems that's how Nike did for the college squads.

Different generations of pro combat pants (in college) have the swoosh on different sides. The newest (Speed Machine) pants have them on the players left hip (like the NFL ones).