drinkTHEkoolaid Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 well that seals the (already decided) deal. the throwbacks should be our fulltime uniforms. theyre unbelievably better looking than our "modern" uniforms so true. if only bills management would agree... helll russ brandon should know better right? afterall he is supposed to be a marketing guru... give the people what they want!
bdelma Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 I must be the only one, but I don't really like these. We never had striping that looked like this. To me it's a small step up from the red helmet with the white standing buffalo we wore in '95, but it's not right. Why not do it right? The blue throwbacks we have are much better. The Pants appear to be different
Lori Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 The Pants appear to be different The pants actually look more like original Patriots gear, don't they?
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 The Pants appear to be different Pants and jersey stripes are both very different. We had the over the shoulder stripes until '66, then went to the classic red & blue sleeve stripes (which were NOT the ones on these jerseys). We had a single red stripe on the pants until '69, then went to the classic blue & red (with no white in between). What kills me is they got it pretty much bang on with the Blue ones - why go cheesy with these white ones?
TheBuffaloBills Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Wow, here are some new pictures of the jersey. They look pretty good in these pics. http://garylandphotography.squarespace.com/billsthrowbacks
Lori Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Hate to disagree, Sir Rubeo, but my '65 Topps cards have the bottom-of-sleeve stripes, not the UCLA-style ones. And the pics of the '64 team on this page look like the current "throwbacks" (except for the numbers on the shoulders instead of the sleeves, of course).
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Hate to disagree, Sir Rubeo, but my '65 Topps cards have the bottom-of-sleeve stripes, not the UCLA-style ones. And the pics of the '64 team on this page look like the current "throwbacks" (except for the numbers on the shoulders instead of the sleeves, of course). 64... that's what I meant...
Lori Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Personally, I always thought those shoulder stripes were sweet. The helmets were a little too plain until they added the blue, though ... As for thinking those pants looked like the old Pats, the design is close, but the colors are reversed: http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/fall05/bro...e/patriots.html http://web.archive.org/web/20050126015003/...0/Buffalo64.gif http://web.archive.org/web/20050126013624/...60/Boston61.gif
bbb Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 I made the observation a few years ago that the best looking uniforms to me are the ones that haven't ever really changed - Raiders, Steelers, Packers. Why can't we just go back to the 60s uniforms full time, like the Jets have.....Those are so sweet.
Alaska Darin Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 I made the observation a few years ago that the best looking uniforms to me are the ones that haven't ever really changed - Raiders, Steelers, Packers. Why can't we just go back to the 60s uniforms full time, like the Jets have.....Those are so sweet. Wholeheartedly agree.
Chandler#81 Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 64... that's what I meant... '63 was the last year with the shoulder stripes. '65 brought the 2 blue stripes on the helmet.
Lori Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 AFL shoot 2 Scroll down to check out the Broncos throwbacks. Yes -- complete with the brown-and-yellow striped socks!
FluffHead Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 AFL shoot 2 Scroll down to check out the Broncos throwbacks. Yes -- complete with the brown-and-yellow striped socks! haha, looks like that might be the only time Brandon Marshall ever wears those uniforms!!
bobblehead Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 I must be the only one, but I don't really like these. We never had striping that looked like this. To me it's a small step up from the red helmet with the white standing buffalo we wore in '95, but it's not right. Why not do it right? The blue throwbacks we have are much better. its not so much that the striping is "wrong" as much as they are "incomplete". the sleeve stripes are lacking border stripes. The pants are wrong, but also unnecessary. There are already decent white throwback pants that would work just fine with these shirts. Either whomever decides these things at OBD is not the most meticulous person in the world, or Reebok is having trouble matching the stripes , which i suspect is the right play here. bottom line, though: this outfit is so so so so so so so so so much better than clown outfits they wear now. Someone HAS to get to these people at OBD, somehow, to make th entire throwback set permanent.
Dan Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 ...bottom line, though: this outfit is so so so so so so so so so much better than clown outfits they wear now. Someone HAS to get to these people at OBD, somehow, to make th entire throwback set permanent. You'd think that with all the people around here that have sources deep within the organization, that it would be easy to talk to someone at OBD about this.
Ned Flanders Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 Either whomever decides these things at OBD is not the most meticulous person in the world, or Reebok is having trouble matching the stripes , which i suspect is the right play here. I was saying the same thing in an earlier post about the white throwbacks...somebody got lazy here. And if it was Reebok, someone at OBD has to make the call and make it right. Somebody, either at Reebok or at OBD, had to see the prototype...and that person(s) most likely wasn't even born when the throwbacks were around and when handed a set of the 2009 version, probably said something like, "No big deal, no one will notice the stripe trim." Jeeziz, just get it right. Look at the detail in the San Diego throwbacks...the Bills jerseys need to be as accurate as possible.
BufflaloBeastMode23 Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 I wonder why they didnt use marshawn instead of brian no offense to brian *no pun intended* but it would have been 3 backs wit leon and fred.... and marshawn is the best player we have...id say t.o.but he haasnt played as a bill yet so technically he not...LOL...
Cookiemonster Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 Wow, here are some new pictures of the jersey. They look pretty good in these pics. http://garylandphotography.squarespace.com/billsthrowbacks Good One! I love that friggin song, always wondered who sang it!
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