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Are the Texans helmets not bad ass???

But the Texans did score well in a ballot that didn’t count toward the results. Our lead correspondent on this project, Bill Williamson, talked with a former “Project Runway” contestant, who put Houston sixth and Indianapolis ninth.

Perhaps the Texans can make mention of that prestigious standing in their media guide.
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Oh man, this is the worst off-season ever...
 
I don't think the Texans uniforms, helmets, logo are badasses. I don't think they're bad, but they're not memorable either. I like the simple helmet designs like the Colts, Steelers, Packers, etc. I'm not even big fan of the name "Texans". All I really care about is the team and whether or not they are any good.
 
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Personally, I think the Chiefs and Cowboys have the best helmet designs.
The Titans, without question have the worst.

I do like the Texans helmets though and I could not care less where "they" rank us.
 
Instead of "Top NFL helmets", this piece could have been called "Oldest NFL helmets."

I like the Texans helmets. I dont care for the name.

I think the Packers, Raiders, Broncos and Patriots helmets are the best.
 
Helmets are ok, uniforms are kinda lame though.

Definitely better than the Jags, who somehow received a vote.

Also notice the Titans got zero votes as well.
 
I dig our helmets and logo. But I still think we should have been the Houston Toros.
 
Can't stand our name, but our logo is pretty solid and original.

As for this list, we can't compete with historical franchises, so there's no point in even worrying about where we fall.
 
This is how I would rank the helmets:

1.Raiders
2.Giants
3.49ers
4.Packers
5.Chargers
6.Lions
7.Patriots
8.Bears
9.Broncos
10.Cowboys
11.Vikings
12.Ravens
13.Texans
14.Buccaneers
15.Steelers
16.Chiefs
17.Jaguars
18.Eagles
19.Rams
20.Falcons
21.Saints
22.Seahawks
23.Redskins
24.Browns
25.Colts
26.Bengals
27.Bills
28.Cardinals
29.Jets
30.Dolphins
31.Panthers
32.Titans

Obviously I'm a little biased, but I think its fair to say most people would put the Raiders helmet in their top 5. How would you guys rank the helmets?
 
IDEXAN said:
My wife calls them cartoonish, and I agree.
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I've said this in many threads over the years. I think the helmets look cartoonish and "expansion" like. I think some of the combo unis are cool and all but the helmet..not so much.

Chargers and Cowboys have been my favorites since I was a kid. Raiders is cool and I like the old but recent Jets helmet.

But none are as good as the USFL Michigan Panthers



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HoustonFrog said:
I've said this in many threads over the years. I think the helmets look cartoonish and "expansion" like. I think some of the combo unis are cool and all but the helmet..not so much.

Chargers and Cowboys have been my favorites since I was a kid. Raiders is cool and I like the old but recent Jets helmet.

But none are as good as the USFL Michigan Panthers



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Eh. Grew up going to Michigan Panther games. Didn't really pay attention to their helmets then, but I'm not that impressed with them now.
 
I think our helmets are decent, I would prefer if the used this bull instead with three pin strips: two red with a white down the middle.
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Thorn said:
I like the Texans helmet logo.
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I like it too. I just don't think it's anything special or memorable. The Texans colors and uniform design feels like something that a series of focus groups concluded was least likely to alienate any one part of their targeted demographic. Their logo feels to me like something calculated to appeal to fans and says nothing about them, or us, or anything really.

They're bulls but nobody can be "The Bulls" because Chicago already owns that name so much that it's considered taken in any other major sport. We might have been Toros if some focus group somewhere hadn't come back with alarming numbers indicating that a significant number of white Houstonians might take offense to anything that sounded too Mexican.

So we're Texans and incredibly that somehow adds nothing to our identity at all. Maybe that's because we all know that the team settled on that name to try and appeal to as many people in the state as possible.

It's no wonder we rarely do well in things like this. We've only been around a decade and spent most of that sucking and (thankfully) not being televised much outside of our own market.

We were Oilers. We should have stayed Oilers. Update the colors if you want. Update the logo too but the name should have never been allowed to leave this city. We screwed that up bigtime.
 
Double Barrel said:
Yeah, I am. Should have said the Texas Toros! :D
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I always feel like we lost the "HOUSTON Oilers" and came back six years later with the "houston TEXAS" (spelled just like a couple of announcers every year say it).

All the emphasis on appealing to the entire start from the Texans at the beginning rubbed me the wrong way. I understand it but at the same time Cowboys fans aren't going to care what McNair's team in Houston does and UT fans aren't interested in them either.
 
I have always thought that the Bengals helmets were the most creative and looked the best out of the entire NFL.
 
Kulluminatii said:
This is how I would rank the helmets:

1.Raiders
2.Giants
3.49ers
4.Packers
5.Chargers
6.Lions
7.Patriots
8.Bears
9.Broncos
10.Cowboys
11.Vikings
12.Ravens
13.Texans
14.Buccaneers
15.Steelers
16.Chiefs
17.Jaguars
18.Eagles
19.Rams
20.Falcons
21.Saints
22.Seahawks
23.Redskins
24.Browns
25.Colts
26.Bengals
27.Bills
28.Cardinals
29.Jets
30.Dolphins
31.Panthers
32.Titans

Obviously I'm a little biased, but I think its fair to say most people would put the Raiders helmet in their top 5. How would you guys rank the helmets?
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Really? It's not even a logo. It's just a color.
 
I submitted the name "Apollos" in the name the team contest.

My idea for the helmet logo were the following:

a.) Cool looking astronaut helmet
b.) Saturn V rocket blasting off

and my favorite,
c.) Neil Armstrong's boot print from the first step on the moon.
 
That whole, "we suck because our team name and colors are generic" argument is trite and almost as tired as the sunshine crew.
 
gwallaia said:
I submitted the name "Apollos" in the name the team contest.

My idea for the helmet logo were the following:

a.) Cool looking astronaut helmet
b.) Saturn V rocket blasting off

and my favorite,
c.) Neil Armstrong's boot print from the first step on the moon.
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Apollos was my favorite of the finalists. It makes too much sense.

I also love to green/yellow scheme that's been floated.

Alas, it is what it is.
 
Hervoyel said:
I always feel like we lost the "HOUSTON Oilers" and came back six years later with the "houston TEXAS" (spelled just like a couple of announcers every year say it).

All the emphasis on appealing to the entire start from the Texans at the beginning rubbed me the wrong way. I understand it but at the same time Cowboys fans aren't going to care what McNair's team in Houston does and UT fans aren't interested in them either.
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yep, I agree. And we see eye-to-eye about the corporate gloss that covers all things Houston Texans. Everything has that focus-group-tested feel about it to mass appeal from the beginning in order to sell merchandise and tickets. I honestly think the business partnership with the Houston Rodeo influenced the idea of the bull logo, which then limited the options for names.

As far as appealing state wide, winning would have achieved that regardless of the logo, name, or colors. But that's much harder than picking colors, name, and logo, of course.
 
Hervoyel said:
While also managing to be true at the same time.
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There's really no way to test that, either way. It's unfalsifiable. I think it's silly and baseless, myself.

But, I understand that the performance of the organization has thus far justified such cynicism and conspiracies. So, have at it.
 
Everything's grown on me. I hated the name Texans at first but now...wouldn't have it any other way.

I've always used the name "Venom" for all my franchises when playing video games. I know Venom really doesn't depict or describe our heritage/history/culture....but many other teams in their respective city don't either. So why not look and sound cool and have a more menacing aura to your team? That's not to say "Venom" would be the best but with some creativity....wonderful things could have came about.

What to associate the name "Venom" with? I've always immediately used the snake family. Given that there are so many types of snakes, varying from many sizes and colors...the possibilities would be endless. You can literally use any color scheme and it would have fit the bill.

Instead...we use generally the same color scheme or look very similar to uniforms of the Patriots, Bills, somewhat like the Broncos, Bears. I would have like a totally different color combination not seen in the league. But oh well.

With that said however, I'd like to again state that for the record...I love my Texans, uni, helmet, name and all.....now.
 
TEXANRED said:
Really? It's not even a logo. It's just a color.
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I change my opinion quite often about the Browns' helmet, sometimes I hate it and sometimes I love the "classic" look it has. I honestly think the helmets would look a lot better if they changed up their uniforms, they look terrible. If I'm not mistaken in their early years the Browns used to wear #'s on one side of the helmet, I think that might look pretty cool if they modernized it a bit.
 
Ok, I get that they're big on tenure and all, but the BROWNS??? Seriously??

Can anyone honestly make a passionate argument for the BROWNS helmet??
for one thing there is no logo just colors, and the colors are typically regarded as, well... ugly. I know to each his own, but seriously how do you justify the BROWNS?

Edit: let me add I'm not saying a logo is a must, because I've always loved Penn State uni's, but I think their color scheme offers way more to vote for than the Browns.. shrugs..
 
Kulluminatii said:
I change my opinion quite often about the Browns' helmet, sometimes I hate it and sometimes I love the "classic" look it has. I honestly think the helmets would look a lot better if they changed up their uniforms, they look terrible. If I'm not mistaken in their early years the Browns used to wear #'s on one side of the helmet, I think that might look pretty cool if they modernized it a bit.
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IMO the color they use for their helmet looks like someones baby had diarrhea and they took the diaper to home depot to match the color.

And yes I am saying the Brown colors look like baby sh@t brown.
 
TEXANRED said:
IMO the color they use for their helmet looks like someones baby had diarrhea and they took the diaper to home depot to match the color.

And yes I am saying the Brown colors look like baby sh@t brown.
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They are the browns, wtf kind of color of brown doesn't look like poop?
 
Didn't like the name at first.

Liked the colors - close to Texas colors.

Really like the logo unless we can get the smoking version we had around here for a while.
 
The Browns are the antithesis of the Texans when you think about it.

They are named the "Browns" after Paul Brown, vice president, general manager and head coach of the team. Some say the nic "Brown Bombers" (the plural of boxer Joe Louis' nickname) influenced the public's decision, but regardless, it's a grassroots and location specific name connected to local history. And, of course, Paul Brown is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in NFL history, often referred to as the "father of the modern offense" for all the significant improvements he brought to the sport. The seeds of the modern NFL go back to Paul Brown. So the name of the team, along with the unassuming style of the bland helmet, actually mean something.

Then we have the Texans, whose entire history is deeply rooted in executive board room decisions heavily influence by modern corporate marketing strategies. While we look at the surface and see gloss and glitz, especially compared to the mundane look of the Browns helmet, the fact of the matter is that the Texans colors, name, and logo are shallow, while the Browns are deep in meaningful history of the league itself.

It is certainly ironic, and I have little doubt that all of this influenced those that made the decisions with this list, as well.
 
Hervoyel said:
I like it too. I just don't think it's anything special or memorable. The Texans colors and uniform design feels like something that a series of focus groups concluded was least likely to alienate any one part of their targeted demographic. Their logo feels to me like something calculated to appeal to fans and says nothing about them, or us, or anything really.

They're bulls but nobody can be "The Bulls" because Chicago already owns that name so much that it's considered taken in any other major sport. We might have been Toros if some focus group somewhere hadn't come back with alarming numbers indicating that a significant number of white Houstonians might take offense to anything that sounded too Mexican.

So we're Texans and incredibly that somehow adds nothing to our identity at all. Maybe that's because we all know that the team settled on that name to try and appeal to as many people in the state as possible.

It's no wonder we rarely do well in things like this. We've only been around a decade and spent most of that sucking and (thankfully) not being televised much outside of our own market.

We were Oilers. We should have stayed Oilers. Update the colors if you want. Update the logo too but the name should have never been allowed to leave this city. We screwed that up bigtime.
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LOL, I think some of y'all are reading way too much into their dicision making process. They simply took the Texas flag and colors and made a uniform design and logo. They took things that symbolized the state of Texas and combined it into a team name and uniform.


BTW, I love the team name, logo, and uniform. I just don't like the results, fix the results and then these uniform, logo, yada yada yada will suddenly become more "memorable". They're not memorable, because the Texans haven't done jack **** worth remembering. :)
 
Double Barrel said:
The Browns are the antithesis of the Texans when you think about it.

They are named the "Browns" after Paul Brown, vice president, general manager and head coach of the team. Some say the nic "Brown Bombers" (the plural of boxer Joe Louis' nickname) influenced the public's decision, but regardless, it's a grassroots and location specific name connected to local history. And, of course, Paul Brown is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in NFL history, often referred to as the "father of the modern offense" for all the significant improvements he brought to the sport. The seeds of the modern NFL go back to Paul Brown. So the name of the team, along with the unassuming style of the bland helmet, actually mean something.

Then we have the Texans, whose entire history is deeply rooted in executive board room decisions heavily influence by modern corporate marketing strategies. While we look at the surface and see gloss and glitz, especially compared to the mundane look of the Browns helmet, the fact of the matter is that the Texans colors, name, and logo are shallow, while the Browns are deep in meaningful history of the league itself.

It is certainly ironic, and I have little doubt that all of this influenced those that made the decisions with this list, as well.
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You don't find calling yourself a Brown bomber to be funniest in least?
 
Double Barrel said:
The Browns are the antithesis of the Texans when you think about it.

They are named the "Browns" after Paul Brown, vice president, general manager and head coach of the team. Some say the nic "Brown Bombers" (the plural of boxer Joe Louis' nickname) influenced the public's decision, but regardless, it's a grassroots and location specific name connected to local history. And, of course, Paul Brown is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in NFL history, often referred to as the "father of the modern offense" for all the significant improvements he brought to the sport. The seeds of the modern NFL go back to Paul Brown. So the name of the team, along with the unassuming style of the bland helmet, actually mean something.

Then we have the Texans, whose entire history is deeply rooted in executive board room decisions heavily influence by modern corporate marketing strategies. While we look at the surface and see gloss and glitz, especially compared to the mundane look of the Browns helmet, the fact of the matter is that the Texans colors, name, and logo are shallow, while the Browns are deep in meaningful history of the league itself.

It is certainly ironic, and I have little doubt that all of this influenced those that made the decisions with this list, as well.
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I'm confused - are you talking about the Browns that moved to Baltimore for financial reasons and became the Ravens, or the Browns that took their place and are one of the few teams to have a worse record during the years the Texans have been in the league?
 
I like the helmets, the name, and the unis. To me, the unis have a simple look to them, I like that. The newer unis that some teams wear kind of look a bit Arena League to me, like the Jags, Broncos, and Falcons just to name a few.
 
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