Nike: Outfitters for the NFL and your Houston Texans

[Premier]

Originally Posted by Naiirb

Andre close up

had the texans gone with the flywire collar, this is how the jerseys would have looked..



the collar is starting to grow on me, it stands out more.. we are the only team with the solid collar with the secondary color.. the packers & pats have a striped collar... every other team has the collar cut with the flywire...

[Premier]

Originally Posted by Goatcheese

Ugh, the amount of chest hair we're going to see poking up out of that V-neck on Texans fans is going to be ugly. UGLY!

a couple of things...

1) the retail jerseys will not have the same cut, they will have a more generic football jersey cut.. almost shirt like..

2) do you not wear undershirts with your team jerseys..?

[NitroGSXR]

Originally Posted by Naiirb

Andre close up

Man... he don't look right without his C patch.

[majestrate]

Originally Posted by Premier

had the texans gone with the flywire collar, this is how the jerseys would have looked..



the collar is starting to crow on me, it stands out more.. we are the only team with the solid collar with the secondary color.. the packers & pats have a striped collar... every other team has the collar cut with the flywire...

I like the flywire collar, have since first seeing it today. But I think it would be a lot better if we could get steel blue and battle red to alternate with the flywire collar (battle red on the raised "stripes", steel blue on the lowered ones)

Also, note that not all the teams have switched to the new design. The Raiders are sticking with Reebok, at least for this year. There are a few more teams, I believe, that are doing the same.

[macho grande]

Originally Posted by Premier

2) do you not wear undershirts with your team jerseys..?

Lmao. My thoughts also.

[Premier]

Originally Posted by majestrate

The Raiders are sticking with Reebok, at least for this year. There are a few more teams, I believe, that are doing the same.

theyre definitely not staying with reebok, they've rejected the "elite 51" designs, but nike is still making their uniforms...

[majestrate]

Edit:
Nevermind, I failed reading comprehension. Removed quote and link

Thanks for the correction!

Why can't we delete posts if no one has posted after us?

[nero THE zero]

I didn't initially like the Texans jersey, but it doesn't look bad in comparison (still like Denver and Seattle's better from this group):

[Texanmike02]

Why is Dikembe modeling our jerseys?

http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/?l=shop,houston_texans

Mike

[brakos82]

Originally Posted by GP

I think their area of the country is so progressive and artsy/creative that the fan base doesn't care. In fact, the fans probably love it. It's COOL! It's like the spring line of clothing that comes out onto the runway every year..."What are the Seahawks doing this year? Oh my! I love it! It's bold, it's lime, it's almost like an acid trip!"

You sure hit that nail on the head. At a grocery store in Seattle there's a rack full of various neon green Seahawks gear. It's painful to look at even for a colorblind person. LOL

[welsh texan]

Originally Posted by GP

It was innovative, for sure, but it was perhaps THE only thing Coca-Cola has done that was avant-garde.

That and creating Santa Clause

I've got to say, on reflection, I like the new Texans gear a lot, it looks like its fitted a lot better than the Reebok stuff.

Can I just ask, with all this stuff about the different levels of jersey you can get, all the ones I've got have the holes punched through a printed number, yet when I see the players wearing them, the numbers look solid and sewn on. Can anyone advise what jersey I need to buy to get this? All the stuff I get is official stuff, but I've found the numbers begin to wear off within a year (the only guy repping the Texans round Llandudno lol).

[BIG TORO]

Originally Posted by welsh texan

That and creating Santa Clause

I've got to say, on reflection, I like the new Texans gear a lot, it looks like its fitted a lot better than the Reebok stuff.

Can I just ask, with all this stuff about the different levels of jersey you can get, all the ones I've got have the holes punched through a printed number, yet when I see the players wearing them, the numbers look solid and sewn on. Can anyone advise what jersey I need to buy to get this? All the stuff I get is official stuff, but I've found the numbers begin to wear off within a year (the only guy repping the Texans round Llandudno lol).

In the early pictures I thought that the uniforms as a whole fitted funny, but there growing on me and I think the Texans Uni is one of the best looking ones if not the best.

The Replica have the holes through the numbers. The premier and authentic have the numbers sewn on. Although I don't know if those names translate to Nike.

[Goatcheese]

Originally Posted by Premier

a couple of things...

1) the retail jerseys will not have the same cut, they will have a more generic football jersey cut.. almost shirt like..

2) do you not wear undershirts with your team jerseys..?

1) That's good to hear.
2) I do, but I've seen an unfortunate number of dudes who don't.

[False Start]

Originally Posted by GP

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.

My thoughts exactly.

I want the Texans to be like the Packers, Steelers, Bears etc. You KNOW right away who it is when you see them. A tweak here and there maybe, but no drastic overhauls.

[aussie_texan]

any news about the away and alternate jerseys

[Naiirb]

Originally Posted by aussie_texan

any news about the away and alternate jerseys

Quote from this article http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story/...t-nfl-uniforms

There's one big caveat, however: No alternate jerseys were shown Tuesday. Word through the grapevine is that several of them are in the works, including one for the Redskins. No word yet on when we'll see these (maybe at the draft?), but it might be that Nike and the NFL have decided to stick with conventional primary uniforms and push the envelope with the alternates.

Maybe we'll get something cool for the battle red jerseys

[ObsiWan]

Originally Posted by Topher

Pretty badass.



http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/?l=shop,houston_texans

I must admit this one is pretty cool. I mean it pretty much screams "Battle Red"

[False Start]

Now that I've had time to look at them all day, I like them. The solid secondary colored collar really does make them unique. The slight change, is cool.

[Premier]

looks like the panthers managed to have a solid color collar that isnt massive as the texans.. they are one of the teams who turned down the "elite 51" uniforms..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/6551670...n/photostream/

the eagles as well...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65516705@N00/7042412445/

[ObsiWan]

Originally Posted by BattleRedRock

I actually like the new uniforms considering the fact that they are customized to each individual on the team.. from what ive heard, Jacoby jones gloves and jersey are equipped with a sticky like adhesive so that he can catch the ball and not drop it. Matt schaubs new uniform is designed with a light metal alloy that is strong and durable so his shell like body can take a hit without getting hurt every five minutes.. so all in all, i think we're gonna be okay...

Now see... you know you ain't right.