Houston Texans Update Their Uniforms

 By John Turney 

The Houston Texans wore the original uniforms through 2023 ... 21 years. Sure, they added red to their combinations but the design elements were the same.

Now they have updated them and they look good. The navy "deep steel blue" and red is a nice color combination. The new ones are not "Nike out of control" types, like so many of the uniforms Nike designed in the mid-2010s.

This is a good, solid B+ or so -- in that range—

And added a pretty odd alternate uni and helmet. 

Here is the Texans' press release—

HOUSTON – Today, the Houston Texans revealed four new, fan-inspired uniforms for the first time since the team's inception in 2000. The four new uniforms – home, away, alternate and Color Rush – are a direct result of Texans Chair and CEO Cal McNair's charge to fearlessly evolve. Through more than 10,000 surveys and 30 focus groups, the uniforms are H-Town Made.

"Today, for the first time since 2000, we are so proud to reveal our new uniforms. They are even more special because they are inspired by and for our fans," Houston Texans Chair and CEO Cal McNair said. "Our fans asked us to be more H-Town and we delivered. They were with us every step of the way and there's truly something for everyone over the four uniforms."

The home uniform is classic, featuring the updated Deep Steel Blue color that matches the original Deep Steel Blue unveiled in 2000, along with a H-Town call out on the inside collar. The home helmet is Deep Steel Blue with blue-on-blue metallic flake paint. It includes the traditional bull logo on the sides with the new H secondary logo on the back. The away, Liberty White uniform is traditional with a modern edge, featuring the traditional sleeve stripe on the back and sides of the jersey that transforms into a bullhorn-inspired design from the front.

The alternate uniform is the bold Battle Red version of the away jersey. The alternate helmet is Battle Red with candy paint red flakes, a red metallic chrome facemask, new bullhorn-inspired helmet logo application and the Texans bullhead logo on the back. The Color Rush city-inspired uniform introduces H-Town Blue as the first new color introduced to the Texans brand in team history. The Texans are also the first team in NFL history to introduce a new logo on an alternate helmet and a two-logo system across all helmets.

 This is pretty gerish and it "borrows" Columbia blue from the old Houston Oilers. The "H" looks like it belongs on a MLB hat. To us it does not look like a football design. It looks like baseball. This gets a C- grade—

"Battle red" they call it. Interesting use of the horn on the lid. Similar to the Eagles' and Rams' concepts that have part of the animal on the helmet and/or sleeve in the case of the 1973-99 Rams unis. Call this a B- grade—

The white uniforms combine the old helmet and the horn concept on the sleeves This is a B.

These are fine, there are some good design elements and the colors are good. Other than the Color rush kits they get good solid B- (the Color rush being the grade down).