The Jaguars add glitter to their helmets
by Brad Wells on Apr 23, 2009 9:28 AM EDT
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PrintNothing against the Jacksonville Jaguars (though, I'm sure some silly Jags fan will take this as yet another rip by BBS on the team), but they have one of the worst uniforms in football. Teal and yellow do not make you look "tough" or "cool." I don't care what combination you put them in. They make you look like a bottle of Aqua Velva, not an intimidating football player.
So, when I heard yesterday that the Jags were unveiling their new uniforms and logo, I thought FINALLY! For a team that prides itself on being "tough," those old uniforms sure didn't help them convey that "toughness."
Well, turns out that the powers that be in Spotted Kitty Land are still married to the teal. Most of the yellow is gone from the uniform scheme, replaced by... sorry, I had to pause because I am seriously not making this up... replaced by glitter [emphasis mine]:
The two most interesting elements of this:
The primary black on the helmets now includes flecks of silver.
"First time ever for any NFL helmet, bar none, we're adding an optical element to the helmet that is in the form of a chromatic pigment that gives it its light glitter and mirror-like effect," said Rick Salomone of JDSU, the company that made it work. "This is something that was born out of the automotive industry when designers and color engineers were working on it.
"And the challenge for us wasn't could we create that look but how do we shape these little micron-size flakes in such a way that it would stand the durability and the impact over and over again in a long grueling season? Through our partners at Riddell, Schutt Sports and Athletic Decals, we've been able to introduce this product called SpectroFlare, bright silver, into the helmet, the facemask and the ink in the decal. So it's a striking new effect."
And the non-white uniform jerseys and pants won't draw heat in the same way they have previously.
From a functional standpoint, the uniforms weigh less and do not absorb as much of the hot Florida sun. So, in that regard, they are a good step in the right direction.
What? No pimp hat, David?
Image: Jaguars.com
The glitter (and yes, it's glitter; that's what "flakes of silver" look like) on the helmets is pretty silly, and the insistence on teal as a trademark team color still makes me question the sanity of Jags owner Wayne Weaver. Then again, Weaver's sanity has always been in question ever since he hired Jack Del Rio to run his football team.
You can check out the uniform unveiling pic gallery here.
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Well, they had to do something to keep the crowd entertained in place of that horrible excuse for a football team they field.
This line will remain in my signature until the Colts draft Rashad Jennings in 2009.
Oh and I write words and stuff for Stampede Blue.
Ugh
Added Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio: "Last year was disappointing. Last year is in the past. We start today with a new uniform. There may not be a lot of hype for the kind of team we’re going to field this year. We’ll see come fall."
This is why I hate Del Rio: those last two lines show that yet again he’s going to play the “we are ignored and disrespected” card. Can’t he think of any other way to coach? You know why you are ignored and disrespected? YOU HAVEN"T DONE ANYTHING! Won the Superbowl? Won the AFC? Won the division? Remained consistently competitive? Hmmmm…
Keep puttin’ glitter on your helmets and whining about being disrespected. Next, please.
Glitter sure is purty...
kinda like pink jerseys…
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Apr 23, 2009 10:26 AM EDT reply actions
Good stuff BBS
“They make you look like a bottle of Aqua Velva.”
I’ll never be able to look at a Jags jersey again with out snickering.
Defense if more important then breathing.
Is it a coincidence that both of those teams suck?
This line will remain in my signature until the Colts draft Rashad Jennings in 2009.
Oh and I write words and stuff for Stampede Blue.
by KingRichard on Apr 23, 2009 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
The Jaguars
I had completely forgotten that the jaguars were a football team before you posted this.
by FreeneyWillEatYourBaby on Apr 23, 2009 11:47 AM EDT reply actions
big cat country.....
patrons seem to like the new design. minus one guy whos not diggin the colors either..
sparkles
now they will look like tricked-up bass-fishing boats
White helmets are the best
It’s a fact.
"I saw a commercial on late night TV, it said,'Forget everything you know about slipcovers.' So I did. And it was a load off my mind. Then the commercial tried to sell me slipcovers, and I didn't know what the hell they were."
-Mitch Hedberg
I feel pretty, oh so pretty...
In my sparkly, teal-greeney, new threads….
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
Well done
Blue and white hos original. You are talking about Jerseys when you have the most boring colors and jerseys in the entire NFL. Your an idiot
I love it, love it, when someone calls someone else an idiot and uses the wrong version of “you’re.” haha
This line will remain in my signature until the Colts draft Rashad Jennings in 2009.
Oh and I write words and stuff for Stampede Blue.
+100
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Apr 23, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn't realize...
That exciting looking costumers were a main priority of NFL teams. If you ask me, our jerseys look like what professional football jerseys ought to look like. So… you can be exciting if you like, I have a couple of gay friends who probably would think your color scheme is cute. If that’s what you’re going for thumbs up.
*By the way, that is not a knock or an insult on gay people, I really think my gay friend Brad would think the sparkles and teal-green unis look good on the big studly football players.
you did it wrong
the * should be “not that there’s anything wrong with that”
I got Summer hatin' on me cuz I'm hotter than the sun. Spring hatin' on me cuz I ain't never sprung
Winter hatin' on me cuz I'm colder than Y'all. And I will never, I will never, I will never Fall.
-Lil Wayne, Mr. Carter
by shake n bake on Apr 23, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
One of the best Seinfelds ever.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Apr 23, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
All of those sparkles and that teal...
ready for Broadway, if you ask me.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Apr 23, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha
Aqua Velvet? Hilarious.
I’m not as anti-teal as many others are, though I agree it’s kind of girly. But the original Jags uniforms were fine. Simple, classy, easy to look at, even if you hate the color. There was absolutely nothing wrong with them. They lost their identity? Please. The reason that happened was because they started mesing around with stupid alternates and wearing different color combos every week like the Bengals do. All they had to do was cut all that garbage out and go back to the original setup.
This whole "Now you’ll always know what we’ll be wearing" thing is a red herring, a crock — they could just as easily have established a firm identity by sticking with the old wardrobe and using it the way it was meant to be used, instead of treating it like a Garanimals set.
But this is good for us. Surely it’s the mark of a top notch franchise to be preoccupied with glittery helmets and fashion shows the week of the draft. This new identity will surely have them at the top of the AFC South for years to come!
was waiting for this laugher column
it screams LA…the helmets. the glitter. WELCOME TO TINSELTOWN! this is a team with no identity (so why not add some freaking glitter) and looks like a bad college football team. to me the uniforms are just blah. I think it fits them perfect. its a blah team with now blah unis. it will be easy to change the name when they move to LA.
and the glitter turquoise in the helmet clashes with that lovely blah teal they are about to wear
it might bring the disco era back. instead of tackling, upon seeing them everybody will bust a move
I say change your nicknames before you move to LA, too. to the barbie dolls. putting the waffle house logo on the helmets would be too ghetto and the dollies are perfect.
if this is my favorite team Id be very upset because they look like a division two college team now.
good grief. the lions go fiercer and the jags go girlie. who is in charge here? I like that they resemble the ocean so when your team leaves just throw them in there and nobody will notice. like the votes in the 2000 election…throw it all in the ocean and nobody will ever remember
cant wait until lindsay lohan and paris hilton see their new team
lol
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Apr 23, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Dissenting opinion
IMO, the best NFL uniforms are the classics: the Colts, the Packers, the Giants. But, of the relatively new designs—say, post-1970—I like the Jags about as well as any except the Bucs. Sure the sparkling helmets are funny in the abstract, but the overall look is pleasing to me, though obviously not to a lot of you. BBS’ Aqua Velva line and purplehog’s comparison to bass boats are classics.
The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in the stars, but in ourselves.
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