Another Alternate Uniform — Another 'Meh' Grade: Vikings

 By John Turney

Today the Minnesota Vikings announced their "Winter Warrior" uniforms -- following the trend of white helmets and uniforms  -- kind of the opposite of the alternate black uniforms some teams were donning in the fairly recent past.

These are just okay. Call them a C-. It's the same striping and similar, though not exact, numeral set as their usual uniforms but with the accent color now silver rather than gold/yellow.

The numerals lack the "sail" which is one the second number of two-digit numbers. These are clean -- and have a silver outline. But the font appears to be the same.

If you are into the "icy" look, you'll like them. If you are not in the white for white's sake thing, you'll think they are bland. And the single silver stripe down the middle of the helmet ... why? It's odd.

One thing is fur sure, a lof of folks at Nike have forgotten that contrast is a design element. Here, only the purple numbers will be visible from the stands. Fans will not be able to see the Viking horn on the helmet unless they are very close to the field. Same thing for even HD television. It will mostly look like a white helmet with no design.

To us, this is an average uniform as it is and the white makes it worse. 

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