Which throwbacks are best throwbacks?

[purple haze]

7 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

The Chargers who aren't even listed in the poll.

 

/thread

The powder blues are sweet.  

 

 

I was thinking the Oilers unis with the light blue helmets from the mid 60s.  The Titans were them several years ago.  They looked really good.

Edited July 1, 2018 by purple haze

[Mark Vader]

6 hours ago, Happy Gilmore said:

 

These?

 

 

I always liked the Fouts era Electric Blue uniforms

[Happy]

2 hours ago, May Day 10 said:

Their modern design (pre gigantic helmet logo) also aren't bad uniforms and a good color scheme 

 

The Bucs helmet designs are ok.  It's the shirts I don't like - looks like the countdown clock in the scene from Predator where the predator blows himself up.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

5 hours ago, Augie said:

 

Somebody should be punished for this. 

The Pittsburgh Steelers are...they've got an airplane hangar full of these jerseys unsold to fans.  Soon we'll be seeing kids in the third world wearing them, as the Steelers go for the humanitarian / tax write off play around the right side.

[Chandler#81]

Best? Our Blue Jersey TB’s with the standing red buffalo on white helmet. (‘65 era)

 

 

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

How do you make this list and not put the chargers on it?

[/dev/null]

Steeler Bumblebees are like Hawaiian shirt Fridays

 

Everybody knows those things are such an eyesore it makes them awesome

[Jay_Fixit]

7 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

 

I think it was their primary 25 years ago but today the powder blue is their alternate unless they just changed recently 

 

you might be right that it was their real jersey back in the day

You’re correct.

 

They wear their modern powder blues as their alternates twice a year. Primary dark uniforms are the navy blues and they have a color rush option with yellow numbers.

[4merper4mer]

Seattle Mariners throwforwards.  Worse than bumblebees.

[BillsCelticsAngelsBama]

1980 Buffalo Bills

[SouthNYfan]

Why does the OP always put an asterisk next to the Pat's name?

Is he trying to say because they cheat that their name should always have an asterisk?

 

 

Also:

-powder blue chargers

-bright blue/yellow Rams

-red/white standing Buffalo Bills

-old school dolphins

-falcons 

-broncos

[/dev/null]

7 minutes ago, SouthNYfan said:

Why does the OP always put an asterisk next to the Pat's name?

Is he trying to say because they cheat that their name should always have an asterisk?

 

Yes, and has been the custom on TSW since Spygate

[SouthNYfan]

Just now, /dev/null said:

Yes, and has been the custom on TSW since Spygate

 

That's what I was thinking.

I haven't been here since spygate so I was just guessing.

I chuckled when I figured it out though.

[Hellcamino]

18 hours ago, blacklabel said:

 

Would definitely like to see Buffalo put together 90s era throwbacks but the NFL has that (*^*&%^$^#rule that doesn't allow teams to use more than one helmet per season. 

how do the *Pats do it?  their throwbacks are white, regular helmets are silver?

[mrags]

I feel dirty but I do love the throwback Pats jerseys. 

 

On topic tho, I wish the Bills would wear the 90s one of these days instead of the white standing buffalo. Miss the red helms and light blue. 

[26CornerBlitz]

Related.

 

[Roundybout]

2 hours ago, SouthNYfan said:

 

That's what I was thinking.

I haven't been here since spygate so I was just guessing.

I chuckled when I figured it out though.

 

basically autocorrect at this point. 

[blacklabel]

4 hours ago, Hellcamino said:

how do the *Pats do it?  their throwbacks are white, regular helmets are silver?

 

Fair question. Turns out the Pats haven't worn the white helmets in a while due to the rule change in 2013.

 

Here's an article from March 2017 about throwbacks and whatnot. Apparently the Eagles proposed a rule change to allow different colored helmets during the season. I'm not sure what came of that proposal but I assume it got shot down since we haven't seen any teams don their throwbacks with a different colored helmet. 

[Big Gun]

Chargers and Raiders throwbacks are my favs.

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

Rams with the bright yellow instead of the more muted (am I using that correctly) Gold. Even worse will be when they get rid of the yellow/gold altogether from their color scheme and just go blue and white. 

I have this theory that sports teams in the mid 90s-2000s or so purposfully went with ugly jerseys/logos/color schemes, so that when they brought them back, fans would love it and merch sales would increase. Just to name a few off the top of my head:

 

• Sabres
• Bills
• Astros
• Penguins
• Capitals
• Blue Jays
• Orioles

[cage]

I think that both the Bills and Chargers throwbacks are better than those listed in the poll

[Roundybout]

50 minutes ago, cage said:

I think that both the Bills and Chargers throwbacks are better than those listed in the poll

 

Which is why I said that this poll was for teams BESIDES the Bills. 

[nucci]

On 7/1/2018 at 11:47 AM, Maynard said:

Hate to say it, but The Pats throw backs are pretty slick.  Next I gotta go with The Bucs. I miss that helmet and orange. Tampa should go back, I hate their newer uniforms in both color and design. 

especially compared to what they have now. Bucs currents have to be the worst color combo in the league

[Mark Vader]

On 7/1/2018 at 8:39 AM, Buffalo86 said:

That pirate hasn't been on the Bucs' helmet since '96.  Asked to explain their hot 5-0 start in '97, Tony Dungy explained "Obviously it's the new uniforms."  

The Buccaneers have worn them as throwbacks since then.

[Fadingpain]

The only true "throwback uniforms" of the bunch are Green Bay and Pittsburgh.  They are from a totally different world and I love both of them.

 

Among the other "throwback logo" options, I love old Patriots, Dolphins, and Buccaneers.

 

Here is perhaps a better poll idea: can you name a single uniform or logo that was improved with its more modern iteration?

 

I can't think of any off-hand.

 

 

 

 

 

9 hours ago, SouthNYfan said:

 

That's what I was thinking.

I haven't been here since spygate so I was just guessing.

I chuckled when I figured it out though.

Yeah, he's not the only one doing it but the concept is kind of half-witted in IMO.

 

The name of the team isn't in question, so why the asterisk?  He is trying to suggest their Superbowl championships are in question (some or all of them?) but the asterisk next to the name of the team doesn't make sense for that.

 

Would make a lot more sense if used in the context of a reference to them being Superbowl champions in a given year.  

 

 

[Buffalo86]

4 hours ago, Mark Vader said:

The Buccaneers have worn them as throwbacks since then.

 

I didn't know the 1 helmet per team rule was introduced in 2013, and that the Bucs were the first team affected by it.

 

https://uni-watch.com/an-faq-for-the-nfls-helmet-rule/

[Roundybout]

18 hours ago, Fadingpain said:

The only true "throwback uniforms" of the bunch are Green Bay and Pittsburgh.  They are from a totally different world and I love both of them.

 

Among the other "throwback logo" options, I love old Patriots, Dolphins, and Buccaneers.

 

Here is perhaps a better poll idea: can you name a single uniform or logo that was improved with its more modern iteration?

 

I can't think of any off-hand.

 

 

 

I can name one. Lions. I really like what Nike did with them deleting the black piping and cleaning up the look. 

[HOUSE]

If I played for the Steelers, I stay in the locker room

[nickrage]

The jets, god how it pains me to say this, but their titans unis are fricken awesome.

But our throwbacks are top notch.

20 hours ago, nucci said:

especially compared to what they have now. Bucs currents have to be the worst color combo in the league

yes. Both of their previous looks were classic.

[Irv]

Zay refuses to wear throwbacks.  Prefers ricochet-offs and slip-throughs. 

[Jay_Fixit]

On 7/2/2018 at 4:31 AM, Hellcamino said:

how do the *Pats do it?  their throwbacks are white, regular helmets are silver?

*Pats haven’t worn throwbacks since 2013.

 

Their alternates are the color rush version of their current blue set.

[frostbitmic]

Outside of the Bills standing Buffalo helmet, all throwbacks should be thrown away permanently.

 

I voted for the Steelers bumblebee/convict uniforms because they are what's truly bad in throwbacks.