A look at the New Jets Uniforms by Chris Scott
Thursday night I waited up
and watched the New York Jets new uniform and logo unveiling. The show started
at 0:30 our time and, after a full 30 minutes of bad stand up by J.B. Smoove, a
musical performance by Max (no, me neither) and speeches in which a team who
play in New Jersey tried to tell us the incapsulate everything it is to be from
New York, the Jets new look was finally revealed…again…because we’d all already
seen it after it was leaked on twitter the day before.
So,
let’s take a look at this new “identity”, as Nike like to call it, piece by
piece.
LOGO
That took 5 years. Look, it’s
not that I don’t like the logo, It’s just hard to get excited when the only
real change is the word ‘New York’ replacing the letters ‘NY’. It’s ok I guess,
it could have been much, much worse.
HELMET
This is my favourite part of
the new look. I like the way they’ve managed to combine the two classic Jets
look. The green shell with black face mask and white text harkens back to the
teams of the 80’s and 90’s while the font used for ‘Jets’ and the football
underneath comes from the uniforms of the 60’s and 70’s, as well as the most
recent version. I’m also happy, as a fan of an AFC East team, that division
will no longer be 75% white helmeted teams and a little variety has been added.
GOTHAM GREEN
That’s right folks, it’s not
just green…it’s Gotham Green. Edward Nigma would be proud. Again, this very
much reminds me of the uniforms worn in the 80’s and 90’s. The lighter green
than the one the team has been using for the last 20 years is definitely an
improvement. Can’t say I’m a fan of the white wing things on the shoulders and
the large “New York” above the numbers does give the feeling of a college or
high school team. I’m also not sold on the combination with green pants that
was modelled on Thursday, it’s a little too much green for my taste. Some
people will say it’s a little bland but to be honest, I’d rather have a bland
design than let Nike go overboard like they did for Cleveland and Jacksonville
(when they had the two tone helmet). Overall, I like this look.
SPOTLIGHT WHITE
Nike can’t even make a white
jersey without giving it a silly name. It’s pretty much the Green Jersey with
the colours swapped…and that’s fine. I actually don’t mind the wing things as
much on this one, the splash of green breaks up the white nicely. The green
pants combined with green socks will have the horrible side effect (as seen
with the Saints and Ravens black pants) of making the players look like they’re
wearing leggings. I’m not a fan of when teams do that. Much like the green
jersey’s, I can’t complain.
STEALTH BLACK
Having a ‘Stealth’ uniform
will come in handy if they ever try this play again http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/0ap3000000417624/New-York-Jets-epic-trick-play-fail.
This will be the first time in their history
that the Jets have worn a black uniform and, whilst I may be in the minority, I
think it goes well with the green. Again, it’s the same design with a change of
colours so not much I can say about this that I haven’t said already.
CONCLUSION
Good times.
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