Nike's 2012 NFL uniforms

Im not sure but I just realized the feathers on the Eagles shoulder pads and the diamond plate on the Steelees helmets. Pretty awesome.

How unofficial are they?

Some of them are good, some of them are terrible.

Edit: Find them in slideshow format here. Try to ignore the overwrought commentary.

Cribbs. lol

Grumpicus wrote:

November 19, 2010

Good because some of them are straight up hideous.

TempestBlayze wrote:

Im not sure but I just realized the feathers on the Eagles shoulder pads and the diamond plate on the Steelees helmets. Pretty awesome.

Just like Oregon.

Well the Nike changes begin:

http://www.underconsideration.com/br...

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I prefer the altered version, but I like what they've done.

Tampa's in that link are utterly godawful.

TempestBlayze wrote:

These were in house renderings and will not look like this. It's just a direction they were looking at.

TB, I don't want to be a dick but, from everything I've read, "they" were never looking at anything like those uniforms. Most every story about those renderings from 11/19/10 on, say they were fake, a hoax, the work of "just some guy" and not in any way associated with the NFL or Nike (other than the fact that the joker stole the base picture from Nike's college uniform renderings). The text I have quoted, is, in my humble opinion, misleading.

Moving on to more interesting topics, here are all 32 logos as they were on the gloves at the Pro Bowl. You'll note that the new Panthers logo is visible. I don't know if any others were tweaked.

...and here are the cleats.

I can't speak for any of the other logos (especially since logos don't speak), but Carolina has indeed revamped its logo.

It's the first tweak to the logo since '95. I had to look at the old one and new one side by side to figure out what the differences are. They don't exactly stand out, y'know?

Jaguars switching to black uniforms starting 2013.

*Legion* wrote:

Jaguars switching to black uniforms starting 2013.

:?

Well, clearly they don't plan on playing in Jacksonville.

garion333 wrote:
*Legion* wrote:

Jaguars switching to black uniforms starting 2013.

:?

Well, clearly they don't plan on playing in Jacksonville.

My thought wasn't as apocalyptic but it did have something to do with "Florida sun" and "August/September/October." You may be on to something, though. That being said, fan reaction in the comments of the various stories seems to be positive so maybe this move was "by popular demand."

Grumpicus wrote:
garion333 wrote:
*Legion* wrote:

Jaguars switching to black uniforms starting 2013.

:?

Well, clearly they don't plan on playing in Jacksonville.

My thought wasn't as apocalyptic but it did have something to do with "Florida sun" and "August/September/October." You may be on to something, though. That being said, fan reaction in the comments of the various stories seems to be positive so maybe this move was "by popular demand."

Jacksonville has elected to wear their white jerseys for early season home games on multiple occasions in the past. I imagine that will continue.

I am NOT a fan of the old black jerseys. Hopefully the new ones will be better, but I'm still not thrilled about going with black as the color. The point of the jersey redesign a couple of years ago was to create a single uniform identity for the team and use only it going forward, as the team had a crazy number of uniform tweaks over their short history. And now, they're hitting the Reset button again. Pick ONE and stick with it.

The Bears uniform frankly looks stupid. You don't mess with what was already perfect.

These are pretty amusing. Im sure some of you will love them:

http://daveartlocker.blogspot.com/20...

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I think the New England Patriots one sort of looks like the Captain Freedom uniform from Running Man.

The new Nike stuff is set to be shown off today. I am prepared to be underwhelmed as my expectations are probably too high.

“The new NFL uniforms thru Nike are going to be crazy . . . Innovation at its finest!,” tweeted Eagles QB Michael Vick Monday night as per Tom Mahon of the Philadelphia Daily News.
“We think that Nike will reinvigorate the NFL franchise,” Foot Locker Chief Executive Ken Hicks told analysts in a March 2 conference call. “And we’ve seen the merchandise. It looks very, very good and very exciting.”

Jersey sales dropped last season “because so many people knew that this change was happening,” Dick’s Chief Executive Ed Stack told analysts March 8.

“We think it’s going to be great for the NFL,” Stack said. He expects retailers to really jump on the licensed-apparel bandwagon around draft day, “and it will get to be a little bit more aggressive around training camp and we’ll be full-blown into this with the start of the NFL season in September.”

So what will the stuff look like?

“Every team is going to have a different uniform than they had last year,” Stack said in his conference call.

Oh, the real thing's happening. Cool.

You can see the updates here

Seahawks redesign
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More shots of the new Seahawks uniforms can be found here; I would suggest waiting at least a half-hour after eating before viewing.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeew.

I don't think the Seahawks look that bad. They don't exactly look good, but ...

Hrmph it actually looks better in the blurry pic than on the official site. Although, I do like the helmets.

Well, they all seem pretty much the same aside from a very small variations. Im glad they went Bronco orange.

Most of the changes are in light fabric, waterproofing pants and new padding.

Closer look at the Giants

Video

They're all posted on Nike Inc. (e.g. http://nikeinc.com/nike-football/new...) if only they could keep the server up.

A lot of them look pretty much the same. Like the Colts one I didn't see much difference, but I didn't compare them side by side. Also thought this was interesting from the ESPN article:

At the risk of providing a buzzkill, it's worth noting that Nike can't unilaterally force a team to change its look. It's ultimately the team's call, and it's hard to imagine time-honored franchises like the Packers, Bears, Steelers, or Giants making significant changes. There are also several teams that can't make major design revisions because the NFL doesn't permit uniform redesigns more often than once every five years. So the reality -- for better or worse, depending on your point of view -- is that most of the league may end up looking exactly the same as last year.

In that Giants video I posted above, the guy did say something was coming in 2013.

Seahawks helmet
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The Panthers uniforms have a tribute to Sam Mills sewn into the trim along the neck:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...

Thats pretty awesome