No More Whiteouts again ever in Buffalo Bills history

[Billsfanatic8989]

I had a weird feeling about it from the start. It seemed "off". 

[BarleyNY]

2 hours ago, Another Fan said:

Yes, while that may seem like a silly statement.....   another one of the most EPIC fails IMO in somewhat recent Bills history was a White Out game as well.

 

 

Week 8 Jets vs Bills 2011.  The Bills were 5-2 and trying to make a statement to be a solid 1st place team with half the season left.  Instead they got their butts kicked by the Jets and only won one more game that whole season.  Rex then put together a game plan that shut down the Bills offense other teams followed.  And yeah that game I remember being a white out at the stadium.

 

 

So yeah that loss was on whose ever brilliant idea it was to try this again.  Bad Karma 

It was the team/league looking to sell some cold front jerseys. Gotta get those incremental sales. 

Incidentally Penn State also had a whiteout and lost, which isn’t unusual. They have a lot of whiteout games and their record in those games is not impressive. 

Personally, I think it’s a stupid look. White flags are for surrendering. They are the polar opposite of intimidating. 

 

[JAMIEBUF12]

first thing the announcers said when the game started was they couldn't read the players numbers on the jerseys

[LittleSammy]

1 hour ago, gjv said:

We looked and played like Penn State.

And McDermott coached exactly like James Franklin does. 

[The Wiz]

59 minutes ago, Process said:

Is that true? I thought (or I guess assumed) they were a one time thing

 

57 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said:

Didnt realize that.   I guess Ill be seeing them again. 

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After their on-field debut, the Rivalries uniforms will be included in their team's uniform lineup for three years, in addition to existing alternate uniforms. Additional Rivalries uniforms will debut during the 2026, 2027 and 2028 seasons.

https://www.nfl.com/news/rivalries-uniforms-revealed-unique-jerseys-afc-east-nfc-west

 

What I'm not sure about is it they can be used as away uniforms also but I'm assuming the bills will want to use them at home to promote sales.

Edited 7 hours ago by The Wiz

[Chandler#81]

Anybody wanna buy a never worn Rivalry Whiteout jersey? CHEAP!

[Augie]

It’s cute for high school and maybe even college. It was a cheap money grab. I promise I would have worn blue to that game. 

13 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

Anybody wanna buy a never worn Rivalry Whiteout jersey? CHEAP!

 

I’m not buying, but I’ll send you a match if you need one. 

[CirclnWagons]

Forget whiteout! Anyone who didn’t want to get blackout after this one wasn’t watching close enough 

[stevewin]

Didnt affect us losing, but I have to say as someone who has uniform blindness and doesn't GAF about color combinations or uniform minutiae - when I saw the uniforms under the lights with it reflecting off the logo and numbers and sparkly sleeves I said to my son "It looks like what some theater group would wear in a musical about a football team" .  I'm on the side the whole thing was amateurish.  The money grab to sell merchandise is one thing - but the double down white out thing was unnecessary at best for a serious fanbase which is one of the best in the NFL  IMO

Edited 4 hours ago by stevewin

[Jauronimo]

3 hours ago, gjv said:

We looked and played like Penn State.

Hopefully we respond better than they did.  Its been a tough football weekend.

[davefan66]

Uniforms are good looking. I suspect if we’d have won, people would call for them to be the full time uni’s. Ie: Sabres goat head jerseys that people hated when they were our uniforms back in the day.

 

I will say this, saw a little on tv and they looked decent. From the upper deck, had trouble distinguishing player numbers and honestly the the buffalo on the helmets was tough to see.

[LABILLBACKER]

4 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

When they first made the announcement about this whiteout game the first thing I thought about was that debacle in 2011

 

History repeats itself 

It looked cool on the broadcast but it was also nothing more than a money grab. This uniform is nowhere near the identity of this team or it's fans.  They looked flat and disinterested last night on national tv.  Lose the white out....lose Mr Briteside, Knox's wedding is over.  Get back to the core of this team.

7 minutes ago, davefan66 said:

Uniforms are good looking. I suspect if we’d have won, people would call for them to be the full time uni’s. Ie: Sabres goat head jerseys that people hated when they were our uniforms back in the day.

 

I will say this, saw a little on tv and they looked decent. From the upper deck, had trouble distinguishing player numbers and honestly the the buffalo on the helmets was tough to see.

The white blended in with the grey numbers. In the game you couldn't make out anything. The helmet logo was impossible to see. It just didn't work for me.

 

Edited 5 hours ago by LABILLBACKER

[goldenboy81]

Whoever came up with the cowboy jerseys for our team needs to be fired while they are being burned

[billsfan714]

4 hours ago, LittleSammy said:

And McDermott coached exactly like James Franklin does. 

Thats James "Big Game" Franklin.   As someone around happy valley I told a friend PSU is a slightly better Iowa, can beat the cupcakes and the lower echelon of the big 10 but rarely the big boys.  

Edited 2 hours ago by billsfan714

[TBBills Fan]

7 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Well, that and that they played Mr. Brightside if you read the posts here this morning. I think this is a good week to take a break from this site for me. 

But why, clearly the uniforms and me bright side are the reason we lost 

 

Bahahah

 

Don't worry Billy, some of us have not lost our damn minds over this week's loss

[Gregg]

The Bills will be wearing white for one more home game this year. The throwbacks vs Tampa Bay.

 

 

https://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/controller/controller.php?action=teams-season&team_id=BUF&year=2025

[oldmanfan]

Those unis looked God awful to me.  Kind of reminded me of the 1960 ones when they had blue and silver in them since Ralph was from Detroit.

[LABILLBACKER]

5 hours ago, Chicharito said:

I can’t find the stat but isn’t an all white uniform combo our worst look as far as winning percentage? Unfortunately we have to see these uniforms once for the next 3 seasons. These jerseys are not very fan friendly either. I couldn’t see the numbers of the players on the field last night. Did anyone else have an issue with this?

Couldn't see player numbers. Our logo on the helmet was invisible. And yes we have a losing record with white tops.  Not a fan of these money grab unis.

[Mango]

5 hours ago, JAMIEBUF12 said:

first thing the announcers said when the game started was they couldn't read the players numbers on the jerseys

 

It was nearly impossible from the stands. Absolutely brutal. I am cool with the "rivals" concept and adding a special jersey or two, but I coudn't tell who was who presnap, or post snap. Guys had to be perfectly perpindicular to me. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

8 minutes ago, Gregg said:

The Bills will be wearing white for one more home game this year. The throwbacks vs Tampa Bay.

 

 

https://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/controller/controller.php?action=teams-season&team_id=BUF&year=2025

Darn. I was hoping the bmBucs would wear their creamsicles for that one. But I am looking forward to the Falcons and their throwbacks against us this week.

 

I swear the uniforms for the 80s and early 90s were so much crisper. Of course, that may just be me liking the old uniforms from teams from when I grew up. Like the Seahawks yesterday. So much better looking.

10 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said:

But why, clearly the uniforms and me bright side are the reason we lost 

 

Bahahah

 

Don't worry Billy, some of us have not lost our damn minds over this week's loss

Yeah, I should know better and just take the next few days away from here. The doom and gloomers win the week. But even in the loss there are positives that will go unnoticed. Third down D was good. Pass Russ was better with some aggressive blitz looks. Stopped the run and a mobile QB. And heck, Kincaid had a great night. Stuff to improve, sure. But stuff to build on as well