reddogblitz Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 Totally agree. I remember wearing my dark Lee Evans jersey a few years back to a high school football game in Maryland. People came by and said, "cool Patriots jersey"..or "nice Broncos"..Titans or whatever. If you live in WNY, then obviously everyone knows the Bills. When you live outside of WNY, it's a pretty anonymous jersey because their are no markings on it. It's my opinion, that the only teams that don't need any logo or words on their jersey are teams that never ever changed (i.e. Packers, Colts, Steelers, Raiders, Cowboys). A team like BUffalo that has changed dramatically needs something. I'm hoping that BILLS is under the shirt collar in our standard font. I'd be happy with that. The reason a lot of people don't know what the Bills uniforms look like has less to do with the uniforms themselves, and more with the lack of winning. If you are a football fan who doesn't go to games and don't have NFL Ticket and only watch the nationally televised games, you've probably only seen the Bills a handful of time over the last 4 or 5 years. If this continues, no one will know what team the new uniforms are either. The Kelly era jerseys were just like the Giants at the time, except one had a V-Neck and the other had round neck. Those are the ones people sometimes think are Giants jerseys when I sport my Flutie or Rob Johnson or Quinn Early jersey(s). I don't have any of the current dark jerseys just because they are so freakin' ugly.
UConn James Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 (edited) Minor nitpicks on them... A) Blue socks paired with blue pants (shown on Chris Kelsay in the middle of this picture of the screencaps) looks terrible. If they are dead set on blue pants, they ought to at least make a corresponding white sock set, as they used in the OJ era. It's too much white-top, blue-bottom. Should be more balanced. It would look even better to just go with white-on-white, as they've done the majority of time, even with the '02 set. Maybe only break out the blue pants for divisional away games. And for chrissake, don't even mention blue monochrome --- that might've been something with a red helmet, but with a white helmet, it'd look like complete crap. 2) Do the stripes on the pants match the stripes on the helmet? No clear image of the helmet. All in all, this is something you'd expect from a 96-year-old owner. Basically, getting things down from the attic, using some scissors here and there. Won't have to buy different sets of helmets, facemasks, stickers, stadium signage etc. But even for that, this is a decent set. Easily went from worst unis to top 10, if they use the right combinations. 2. Now that it is leaked, do you think the Bills will expedite the "unveiling" of the new ones before Western New York is full of people wearing bootleg jerseys? Or will they still wait for a new CBA so players can be at the unveiling? 5. Does anything go right for this organization? You know they didn't want this leaked, they wanted to make a big deal about it and turn it into some sort of money making event. Well, according to what some players and teams were saying they'd be doing today after the ruling, I don't see why they'd need to wait for a new CBA, unless there is an injunction to continue the lockout until it's appealed. This may not have been entirely accidental. Sometimes, teams float a weather balloon. Take, for example, that new Wonder Woman show's promo pics --- the designers made several changes once the consensus online was that the initial set looked too much like a streetwalker with the light blue vinyl pants, and the absence of the trademark stars --- and the subsequent changes were very good. It can really help designers avoid that kind of off-putting/de-railing criticism before it's too late to make small changes on things they hadn't noticed were either there or missing. Edited April 26, 2011 by UConn James
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 damn it I missed it. the video was removed
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 what else is google good for http://www.buffalorising.com/2010/11/rumor-alert-new-bills-uniforms-zomg.html
DrDawkinstein Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 (edited) Why god did I have to miss this video, why ??? The linked pics in this thread show it better than the video. It was just a quick, small blurb in the video. you didnt miss anything. http://i54.tinypic.com/aweteb.jpg Edited April 26, 2011 by DrDankenstein
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 (edited) Real or faked? http://jockpost.com/nfl-nike-uniforms-2012-real-fake/ the Putz uni is a bit over the top and the Deak Skins... OMG here's one that looks similar http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk238/GWScherer/33310new.jpg here's one that doesn't match http://www.pigskinbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bills-new-uniform-leak.png Edited April 26, 2011 by BillsFan-4-Ever
UConn James Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 (edited) Real or faked? http://jockpost.com/nfl-nike-uniforms-2012-real-fake/ the Putz uni is a bit over the top and the Deak Skins... OMG here's one that looks similar http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk238/GWScherer/33310new.jpg here's one that doesn't match http://www.pigskinbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bills-new-uniform-leak.png The Nike sets were confirmed at the time to be stylized sets and nothing more. Nike has little or no influence over teams' individual trademarks. The most they'll determine is some treatment of striping, etc. given the seams in the so-called "Pro Combat" jerseys. The last set was fan-created/-posted (one can tell it's not a professional imaging) on the Chris Creamer logo discussion site, based on the verbal descriptors from the Bills' press release, and judging by the screen caps, has turned out to be very nearly accurate (there appear to be several striping differences). It was not a leak, per se, no matter its level of accuracy. In fact, the poster added in the navy striping in a re-do after several of that board's users mentioned it. In retrospect, not adding the navy stripes, it would have been almost dead-on. Edited April 26, 2011 by UConn James
zow2 Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 I wish people would stop posting the Nike uniforms. Those are never going Live (at least not in the next 10 years or so). They were created to show what the NFL uniforms could be someday. Many teams have so much history tied into their current uni's, they would never change.
UConn James Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 (edited) I wish people would stop posting the Nike uniforms. Those are never going Live (at least not in the next 10 years or so). They were created to show what the NFL uniforms could be someday. Many teams have so much history tied into their current uni's, they would never change. To be accurate, they have a 0 percent chance of ever being used. Edited April 26, 2011 by UConn James
xsoldier54 Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 13 seconds in for the home jersey, 21 seconds in, inside the "P" is the road uni. youtube.com/watch?v=NezsN5AxHH4&feature=youtu.be Let's hope they don't wear these ones blue on blue and white on white like the old ones. That was the biggest problem with the old uni's. They never were intended to be worn that way and they looked like crap. Even the current uni's were supposed to be blue pants with white jerseys and white pants with the blue jerseys. For some unexplained reason, they never wore them that way after the unveiling.
JPicc2114 Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 I would crack up if they turned out to be completely different than this.
Dorkington Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 I liked being the only team with dark helmets in the division. But other than that, I like...
JPicc2114 Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 Maybe the video was pulled because they spelled subscribe wrong. : /
The Wiz Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 I like red helmets. I don't like white helmets. I like turtles. Now we just need some studs to fill into those fine lookin uniforms.
zow2 Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 Let's hope they don't wear these ones blue on blue and white on white like the old ones. That was the biggest problem with the old uni's. They never were intended to be worn that way and they looked like crap. Even the current uni's were supposed to be blue pants with white jerseys and white pants with the blue jerseys. For some unexplained reason, they never wore them that way after the unveiling. I agree. Sometime during the Donahoe era...Bledsoe, Fletcher and a few other players decided it would look cool to wear the blue on blue for a game. They happened to win that game and players being the superstitious nature that they are kept wearing them. I kept expecting the team executives to put an end to those ridiculous looking track suits (with striping that did not line up)....and make them wear the white pants with the dark jersey like it was intended. It looks so much more professional. Anyway, if anyone ever dares to suggest they wear the new blue pants at home with the blue jersey they should be shot. That was a bad looking combination imo.
Smiley Dear Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 I don't think everyone agrees but I'm with you on this one. The new uni's are OK but give me the superbowl uni's any day with the red helmet. +1
billsfan72 Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 I bet the leak via Madden is a brilliant marketing move by Russ. Yeah, now they can have them out Thursday for the draft.
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