By John Turney
In the last couple of days, the Washington Commanders unveiled a new set of uniforms, two of which are patterned after the old Washington Redskins uniforms introduced in 1979 -- uniforms beloved by Washington fans.
And now they are back, sans the helmet. Plus a black over black kit with a similar logo, but with a spear through ti that has drawn some ire online, but in this day and age, you have to take the good with the bad.
At least the black uniform follows the same striping as the burgundy and white.
These are the old uniforms, the ones the franchise had great success wearing. As you can can see, except for the helmet, they are almost exact duplicates.
So, the trend back to the middle continues. For a long time Nike went to extremes, with uniforms far outside the NFL mainstream and now the pendulum is swinging back. That is good for the aesthetics of football. No, it can never be the same; the design of the helmets and jerseys, how the sleeves are, the fit, all that does not allow for the same, exact thing to be had. But the trend gets these things as close as they can, given the circumstances and that's a good thing.
Grade: B+
ahhhh, I HATE all this pc correctness.....the arrow through the W is a wonderful homage to the original team tradition.....people griping about this are just......I really have no response......it harkens back to the helmets of the mid-60s (anyubody remember 72-41 in 1966?).......2 points from this curmudgeon: 1. "Commanders" is about as dumb a "revisionist" name as that of the Cleveland baseball team....2. would love to debate anybody on PFJ but the BEST 2 helmet designs of all-time are the Rams (original yellow and blue) and the (formerly named) DC team's late-50s "feather in the back" lids.....those were EPIC
ReplyDeleteI prefer the spear helmet, especially the dark one of the mid-1960s, the maroon, color and also, I think maybe the best Rams was the blue with white horn. But I may be in the minority there.
ReplyDeleteEven the Native Americans didn’t want them to change, instead they cower to affluent socially retarded white academia. Serves them right that they are the laughingstock of the league.
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