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  • Sugar
    Hall of Famer
    • Oct 2008
    • 3700
    #1

    "New" Steelers Uniforms

    [URL]http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/steelers/new-nike-uniforms-to-retain-steelers-look-629788/[/URL]

    I'm a bit disappointed that the Steelers uni's are staying just about entirely the same. My hope was that they would have done a real refresh on the intimidating black & gold. Maybe using a matte black or carbon fiber or something cool. Nike has done such a good job with Oregon, it bums me out that the Steelers are still with the same old look. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike the Steelers uni's. I just thought that this would be a chance to do something really cool. Alas...

    The only potentially good news is that the throwbacks are going away. Hopefully, the new ones will be better than the crap they've been sporting the past few years.
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    • focosteeler
      Starter
      • May 2010
      • 760
      #2
      Dont forget they still havent released the alternates yet
      1. CB – Marcus Peters – Washington – 6/190
      2. OG – Josue Matias – Florida State – 6-6/320
      3. OLB – Geneo Grissom – Oklahoma – 6-4/250
      4. DL – Ellis McCarthy – UCLA – 6-5/330
      5. TE – Jeff Heurman – Ohio State – 6-5/255
      6. FS – Adrian Amos – Penn State – 6/200
      7. DT – Terry Williams – East Carolina – 6-1/340

      UDFA
      DB – Justin Cox – Mississippi St. – 6-2/190
      OLB – Davis Tull – Chattanooga – 6-2/242

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        • SteelBucks
          Legend
          • Aug 2008
          • 8075
          #3
          Originally posted by Sugar
          [URL]http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/steelers/new-nike-uniforms-to-retain-steelers-look-629788/[/URL]

          I'm a bit disappointed that the Steelers uni's are staying just about entirely the same. My hope was that they would have done a real refresh on the intimidating black & gold. Maybe using a matte black or carbon fiber or something cool. Nike has done such a good job with Oregon, it bums me out that the Steelers are still with the same old look. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike the Steelers uni's. I just thought that this would be a chance to do something really cool. Alas...

          The only potentially good news is that the throwbacks are going away. Hopefully, the new ones will be better than the crap they've been sporting the past few years.
          DON'T MESS WITH PERFECTION! What's next, adding the logo to the left side of the helmet? I wouldn't have been upset though if they would have brought back the block numbers, but I gave up that fight years ago.

          Most of the jersey's pretty much stayed the same. Seattle added neon green to their uniforms....ugly. Carolina changed the look of their Panther, so their helmet changed.

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            • focosteeler
              Starter
              • May 2010
              • 760
              #4
              Originally posted by SteelBucks
              DON'T MESS WITH PERFECTION! What's next, adding the logo to the left side of the helmet? I wouldn't have been upset though if they would have brought back the block numbers, but I gave up that fight years ago.
              Im not upset that they didnt change I like the way they look. Although I am interested to see what Nike wouldve done if they had changed
              1. CB – Marcus Peters – Washington – 6/190
              2. OG – Josue Matias – Florida State – 6-6/320
              3. OLB – Geneo Grissom – Oklahoma – 6-4/250
              4. DL – Ellis McCarthy – UCLA – 6-5/330
              5. TE – Jeff Heurman – Ohio State – 6-5/255
              6. FS – Adrian Amos – Penn State – 6/200
              7. DT – Terry Williams – East Carolina – 6-1/340

              UDFA
              DB – Justin Cox – Mississippi St. – 6-2/190
              OLB – Davis Tull – Chattanooga – 6-2/242

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                • Sugar
                  Hall of Famer
                  • Oct 2008
                  • 3700
                  #5
                  This just seemed like a great opportunity to refresh the B&G in a powerful way. The uni's are cool, but not perfect. There are so many cool ideas that could have been used, but instead they just settled.

                  For the record, the block numbers were great... in the 1970's.

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                    • hawaiiansteel
                      Legend
                      • May 2008
                      • 35649
                      #6
                      I wish we would get new throwback unis, definitely not a fan of the current ones we have.

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                        • birtikidis
                          Hall of Famer
                          • May 2008
                          • 4628
                          #7
                          The only change I would have liked is the block numbers. We have the best uniform in the nfl, I would have been extremely ticked if they changed it

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                            • SteelBucks
                              Legend
                              • Aug 2008
                              • 8075
                              #8
                              Originally posted by hawaiiansteel
                              I wish we would get new throwback unis, definitely not a fan of the current ones we have.
                              You're getting your wish. The Steelers are changing up their throwbacks this season.

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                                • Sugar
                                  Hall of Famer
                                  • Oct 2008
                                  • 3700
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by hawaiiansteel
                                  I wish we would get new throwback unis, definitely not a fan of the current ones we have.
                                  Yeah, the ones they've worn the past few seasons are really terrible. Fortunately, they are changing those. Although, I'm not a big fan of having throwbacks in the first place.

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                                    • BackwoodsSteeler
                                      Backup
                                      • Mar 2011
                                      • 111
                                      #10
                                      Oregon's unis were/are horrid. I was worried about the new ones as everything Nike touches they screw up. Some of that crap they have been putting on the field the past few years is flat out putrid.

                                      No way should the Steelers unis be changed. The best unis in the league are the ones that don't change. Steelers, Colts, Packers to name a few.

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                                        • SteelBucks
                                          Legend
                                          • Aug 2008
                                          • 8075
                                          #11
                                          New Nike uniforms to retain Steelers 'look'

                                          April 4, 2012 12:14 pm

                                          Those who were looking for a radical change -- or even a slight one -- in the Steelers new uniform will be disappointed. Nike, which officially took over as providers for uniforms of all NFL teams, unveiled those uniforms in New York Tuesday.

                                          The Steelers uniform underwent one small change -- the Nike swoosh on the shoulder of the jersey and the front hip area of the pants.

                                          All the new Nike uniforms will be more form-fitting (read: tighter) and the players should like that, especially linemen on both sides who go through rituals to tighten their jerseys to make it more difficult for opponents to hold them.

                                          It likely will be more of a relief to most fans that the famous black and gold uniform has gone relatively unchanged, although those pining for a return to the block numbers from the 1970s will have to endure the Chicago Bears-like style on the team's uniforms again.

                                          Steelers president Art Rooney II had said there would be no change in his team's uniforms, other than in the material. He also said there will be a new throwback uniform this season, the 80th in team history. That uniform will be unveiled later.

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                                            • BackwoodsSteeler
                                              Backup
                                              • Mar 2011
                                              • 111
                                              #12
                                              From what I read, there were two teams (Steelers, Packers) who instructed Nike the only change to the uni would be the adding of their swoosh.

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                                                • RuthlessBurgher
                                                  Legend
                                                  • May 2008
                                                  • 33208
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by BackwoodsSteeler
                                                  Oregon's unis were/are horrid. I was worried about the new ones as everything Nike touches they screw up. Some of that crap they have been putting on the field the past few years is flat out putrid.

                                                  No way should the Steelers unis be changed. The best unis in the league are the ones that don't change. Steelers, Colts, Packers to name a few.
                                                  I agree re: Oregon football uniforms Those things are awful. How can you even call it a uniform if you have so many combinations that you never wear the same uni twice?

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                                                  Although I must admit that this one is pretty nice...

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                                                  Last edited by RuthlessBurgher; 04-05-2012, 03:30 PM.
                                                  Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.

                                                  Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.

                                                  We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.

                                                  We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.

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                                                    • fordfixer
                                                      Legend
                                                      • May 2008
                                                      • 10921
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by BackwoodsSteeler
                                                      Oregon's unis were/are horrid. I was worried about the new ones as everything Nike touches they screw up. Some of that crap they have been putting on the field the past few years is flat out putrid.

                                                      No way should the Steelers unis be changed. The best unis in the league are the ones that don't change. Steelers, Colts, Packers to name a few.
                                                      X2 I agree

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                                                        • Sugar
                                                          Hall of Famer
                                                          • Oct 2008
                                                          • 3700
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by BackwoodsSteeler
                                                          Oregon's unis were/are horrid. I was worried about the new ones as everything Nike touches they screw up. Some of that crap they have been putting on the field the past few years is flat out putrid.

                                                          No way should the Steelers unis be changed. The best unis in the league are the ones that don't change. Steelers, Colts, Packers to name a few.
                                                          I completely disagree. Oregon had some sweet looks. A few of them weren't as good as the others, but that happens when you have so many combinations. The Steelers would have only needed a few and would have had a standard helmet. Oregons numbers look very cool and they did the best that could be done with the color scheme they have to work with.

                                                          The Steelers uni's are cool, but I was just disappointed because they could have refreshed for something even cooler. Of course, if people actually think that the Pack and the Colts have good looking uniforms then I simply can't help your fashion sense.

                                                          At least the Steelers had something good to start with. Those teams have looked terrible for years and seem intent on continuing to do so.

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