The fallout from last week’s ESPN column about Robert Griffin III’s RNOB and a brief history of nickNOBs continued over the weekend. One thing at a time: • Reader James …
Category: NFL
A Story Tailor-Made for Uni Watch
. I got a great submission the other day from reader Andrew Rader, as follows: I went to a tailor’s shop in Philadelphia [shown above ”” PL] to get some …
Sons of Washington – Vote! Vote! Vote!
By Phil Hecken We’ve been treated to three days worth of submissions for the Washington Football Redesign Contest, and now it’s time to vote. To be as democratic as possible …
Have You Hailed Your Washington Football Club Today?
By Phil Hecken This fine Saturday we’re down to the third set (of 3) of the Redesign the Washington Football contestants. If you missed Part 1, you can check out …
NFL’s Next Stop: Pad-dington Station
Interesting news yesterday from the NFL, where knee and thigh pads will be mandatory starting in 2013. As most of you know, those pads are mandatory in college football but …
Redesigning for Old D.C.
By Phil Hecken We’re back today with Part 2 (of 3) of the Redesign the Washington Football contest. If you missed Part 1, you can check out the first 11 …
Bury My Heart at FedEx Field
By Phil Hecken Having now finished with the rename & redesign the Cleveland Baseball team contest, we move on to our next redesign contest — this one to redesign the …
Uni Watch Arts and Crafts Project: NFL Cubees
Click images to enlarge What you see at the top of the page is a set of little Packers toy figures. Underneath it is the template from which one of …
Now Just Change the Racist Team Name and We’re Good to Go
What you see above is the helmet for the Redskins’ new alternate uniform, which was unveiled last night. I don’t know who’s responsible for it — the team? Nike? Riddell? …
When Databases Grow Up
By Phil Hecken By now, most of you are well aware of the “Gridiron Uniform Database,” the joint project between Tim Brulia, Bill Schafer, and Rob Holecko which is, as …
If You’re Gonna Throw Back, You Might as Well Throw All the Way Back
. I told you it’d be a doozy. It’s not exactly a secret that I love stripes, so it’s probably no surprise to most of you that I totally dig …
Unfinished Business from Last Week
Okay, time to deal with the new Seahawks uniform. Here are my primary thoughts: • I’m fine with the new helmet. The pattern on the crown doesn’t bother me, and …
The Day After
Jeez, what a fuss over nothing. Okay, it wasn’t completely nothing, since the Seahawks revealed a significant redesign. So let’s just call yesterday’s Nike/NFL event the most overblown single-team uniform …
The Day You’ve All Been Waiting For (or dreading, as the case might be)
. Today the world as we know it will come to a screeching halt. Or, things will be pretty much the same as they’ve always been. Or, most likely, something …
Whole Lot of Nothin’ Goin’ On?
By Phil Hecken So… this was what I stayed up all evening for: And this? (Notice there are only 31 teams). Yup. There was absolutely nothing to be found surrounding …