Alternate NFL Helmet Designs

[Nuncha]

20 hours ago, Logic said:

Can anyone tell me what the story is with the helmet below? I swear I've seen it in action in actual Bills games from either the late 70s or early 80s, but it wasn't worn often or for very long. Am I taking crazy pills?

This was a sad attempt at the "retro" Bills helmet back in the early 90s when the league started doing them.  Of course we had the red background back then and they didn't bother to change the background to white so they stuck a white standing buffalo logo on the red helmet.  I remember thinking how bad/lame this looked back in the day.  Other teams had exact retro replicas and we had this POS....I think they wore it for one game...maybe two at the most.

Edited April 13, 2020 by Azucho98

[BillsfaninSB]

1 minute ago, Azucho98 said:

This was a sad attempt at the "retro" Bills helmet back in the early 90s when the league started doing them.  Of course we had the red background back then and they didn't bother to change the background to white so they stuck a white standing buffalo logo on the red helmet.  I remember thinking how bad/lame this looked back in the day.  Other teams had exact retro replicas and we had this POS....

Agree 100%.   I thought to myself what a waste of time when I saw that. 

[Taro T]

4 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

I vote Yes, you do!

I hated that look, which unfortunately was a nationally televised game. Then, one of the Football Trading Card company did a complete series on this game/uni.

 

I get the no helmet color change rule in effect at the time, but everything short of a closeup looks like pigeons and geese were flying overhead for a couple days straight..

 

That one wasn't due to the 'no 2nd helmet's rule.  That 1 was due to Levy not wanting to make the players break in 2nd helmets.

 

Other teams went to alternate helmets that year - e.g. Houston went with the powder blues when they played Buffalo in the Bill's road throwback game that year.  The Bills could've, they just didn't want to.

[Boatdrinks]

I like 1 and find 3 appealing for some reason. 

[Nuncha]

15 hours ago, thenorthremembers said:

Lol.  Thats the one.   Pretty bad

They actually wore those from 62-64.  I agree they are bad.  

[Buffalo Barbarian]

On 4/12/2020 at 9:05 PM, Azucho98 said:

See a lot of these alternate helmet designs lately.  The red one here looks pretty good.

 

Here is the source if you want to look at the other teams....

 

https://www.culturehook.com/artist-unveils-crazy-new-helmet-ideas-for-the-nfl/13?utm_medium=TAB&utm_source=TAB-DES-ALL&utm_campaign=TAB-NFLHelmets-T1-V1-D0-S0-DES-ALL-USA-4203254&utm_content=TAB-NFLHelmets-2890711677&utm_term=TAB-NFLHelmets-1047944-msn-defaulthomepage

 

not a fan of 3 and 4, especially 3 looks like the giants.

 

Theses would be cool

 

 

 

 

 

[Buffalo Barbarian]

On 4/12/2020 at 10:06 PM, The Firebaugh Kid said:

1994 I believe. 

I dig the charcoal/black bills helmet. Lemme see if I can find it. 

This guy here rules. 

Of course....youd need totally different uniforms as well. 

 

love the black, got just the uniform for ya.

 

 

 

 

[Buffalo Barbarian]

13 hours ago, Mr Wild said:

I know Im in the minority but I really do not like the standing buffalo

 

me too, its lame.

 

 

[NoHuddleKelly12]

18 hours ago, Mr Wild said:

I know Im in the minority but I really do not like the standing buffalo

I hear that—but still beats a lot of other teams’ retro stuff. 

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

I’m not going to make it here but I have always wanted to see our white helmet, standing buffalo but it’s blue instead of red, blue face mask and no helmet stripe. And standing blue buffalo is outlined in black like the way the lions sharpened theirs up 

Edited April 14, 2020 by Brianmoorman4jesus