Nike: Outfitters for the NFL and your Houston Texans

[False Start]

Originally Posted by BIG TORO

So the Texans are using this new collar right?

No they decided not to.

[Rick_Moon]

I've looked at about half of the jerseys on Nike's website, and I noticed the Panthers says "Keep Pounding" inside of the collar where the tag usually is.

http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/?l=sh...olina_panthers

click on Elite Jersey

[le14]

Originally Posted by False Start

The Houston Texans have chosen to take full innovation minus Nike Flywire technology in the neckline in order to stay true to their design aesthetic. While the Texans look will stay true to years past, the new Nike Elite 51 Uniform was designed and engineered from the inside out, focusing on creating a system where the baselayer, padding, jersey and pant work in concert. A few of the new innovations include increasing sleeve articulation for better range of motion and integrating new four-way stretch fabrication to provide a streamlined shrink-wrap fit.

[Javi]

I wonder if the retail authentic (Elite) will use the Flywire collar.

[Hookem Horns]

I see they still want around $250 for authentics. That will keep the Asians very happy.

[nero THE zero]

How utterly disappointing.

[Premier]

ahh i get it now, if the texans would have went with the flywire, the red of the collar wouldnt have gone all the way around the collar.. with the red cutting off around the v part of the neck... should have done it..

[Rey]

I like the fat collar. I think it's going to stand out when they play...

I like the shoes too..

[DX-TEX]

Dammit! I wanted this!

[Goldensilence]

Originally Posted by DX-TEX

Dammit! I wanted this!

That would've been effing SICK!

[Hervoyel]

If they win 10+ games in it then I don't care what they're wearing. It looks fine.

[Naiirb]

JJ Watt

[Double Barrel]

Originally Posted by DX-TEX

Dammit! I wanted this!

The logo on the helmet is facing the wrong way.

[nero THE zero]

Originally Posted by Naiirb

JJ Watt

Looks like the Mexican food he had for lunch is catching up to him quicker than he'd expected.

[majestrate]

I want a sneaker version of the cleats, with maybe the logo integrated into the design somewhere

[GP]

The shoes for every team has the team colors incorporated into the shoe design.

I don't ever remember the NFL teams' shows being anything other than white or black. Well, on second thought, I think I remember the Dolphins having some blue and orange mixed into their shoes (in stripes or something).

[CretorFrigg]

I wish we went with the flywire. Our collar looks awful.

I was hoping for radical changes, much like Oregon's jerseys.

[majestrate]

Originally Posted by GP

The shoes for every team has the team colors incorporated into the shoe design.

I don't ever remember the NFL teams' shows being anything other than white or black. Well, on second thought, I think I remember the Dolphins having some blue and orange mixed into their shoes (in stripes or something).

I saw the shoes on the Nike website, and they'd be obvious as to what they are if you're wearing other Texans gear, but I wouldn't mind just being able to only rock the shoes and it be able to stand out from the custom Nikes you can design, or Nikes you can just get off the shelf.

[GP]

Originally Posted by CretorFrigg

I wish we went with the flywire. Our collar looks awful.

I was hoping for radical changes, much like Oregon's jerseys.

I hope we never change. If you change, it means you are doing nothing more than diverting from a long-term strategy of building your brand identity.

30 years from now, the Texans logo and jersey design should still be the same and something people associate with the Texans when they see it. The Packers, the Cowboys, the Giants, and most recently the Jets (who have gone back to their old Jet logo) have all understood that you stick with a logo and a look...you farm it for all it's worth. Switching it up every five years (like the Seahawks do) affirms that they are more concerned with their image, trying to be relevant, when they should be concerned with winning instead.

An owner makes fans mad, too, when they have 12 different looking jerseys and are always having the fans buy the newest design. Seems cool when you're a young fan...as you get older, you realize you just want everything to look the same. I know I do, at least. The broad red collar is as funky as McNair wanted to get, obviously. He's not the poster child for radical change, either, so you'll be waiting a long time for a re-design of our stuff.

[Blake]

Originally Posted by CretorFrigg

I wish we went with the flywire. Our collar looks awful.

I was hoping for radical changes, much like Oregon's jerseys.

Strange. I like the collar.