New Nike uniforms unveiled
The Philadelphia Daily News - Eagletarian
New Nike uniforms unveiled
Daily News staff
Amid gret fanfare today in Brooklyn, the NFL and Nike unveiled new uniforms for all 32 teams, except most of the new uniforms look remarkably similar to the old ones.
The Eagles will be wearing the same uniform, with the exception of the Nike insignia on the sleeve, replacing the Reebok logo. A team source said the new uniform reflects no change in the overall appearance.
The jerseys will go on presale April 15 and on sale April 26 and 27.
A new line of shirts, hats and other products was unveiled April 1 and have been on sale on the Eagles web site and elsewhere since April 1. What was once known as midnight green is now Nike green.
Each team had one player to model the uniforms during the ceremony. Michael Vick, a Nike rep, was there for the Eagles.
"The new NFL uniforms thru Nike are going to be crazy ... Innovation at its finest!," he tweeted Monday night.
The biggest change is the Seattle Seahawks, who are going to be the Oregon or Baylor of the NFL. The team has the No. 12 on its jerseys, representing the 12th man, and a new color scheme that includes a feather image, for the Seahawks.
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Some other notes:
* Expect the NFL preseason scheduled to be released tomorrow.
* Good news from Colt Anderson, whose season ended in surgery for a torn ACL. He tweeted: Ran for the first time on grass today with @proact and @BrentCelek. Felt good to be back on the fb field.
The twitter handle of @proatc is Eagles head athletic trainer Rick Burkholder.
Same ugly midnight teal that has defined the Lurie era. The Eagles colors are green and silver jeffrey not teal— UncleStosh- lol. that nike pic of hulk vick is so photoshopped he looks like he can take a season of hits and never even bruise.— bloodymess
- Hope the green pants are gone.
- McCoy really looks chiseled. He's in great shape.— AvoidSundanceVacations
- They need to go back to the white helmets and green Eagle wings!— kwasi2323
- How about they put the number 51 on the sleeve...daily reminder of how long without a championship!— jimmymack
- kelly green blows— SpeakPhilly.com
- Kelley Green please! I agree with farley, defense needs to wear pink until tackling improves.— chocolatethunder
- Having basically grown up watching only midnight green jerseys, I would like a change to the kelly green jerseys.— krh66
- Why change? We all know that if it weren't for the refs and the turnovers we would have won the Super Bowl last year.
Anyway, everthing about this franchise is milquetoast at this point...the uniforms, the dull stadium, the coaching staff, the roster...even the dopey mascot. Ugh.— guyguy4 - listen to all the crusty old people "we want kelly green" go take your metamucil and shutup the eagles uniforms are AWESOME— AlexSp
- What DaveMac said. We currently have one of the best unis in the league...why would we want to go back to the Jets color scheme (which is darn ugly)!— eaglesfan
- I know the players have to be standing thinking its the same as before.— Zeru
- Couldn't they at least get a white mannequin for Welker?
- I'd like a return to the Buddy Ryan era Kelly green with the Eagle in flight carrying a football logo on the sleeves. It honors past tradition while creating it's own. This current metallic dark green is just honoring Mrs Lurie's own personal taste and esthetic regarding a venerable old franchise.
On the other hand, changing to Kelly Green will not change current ownership, the current coaching staff and the overall attitude of these out of towners turned billionaires. Let those colors remain on standby until this bunch is gone or altered in a drastic way.— DelawareRiverRat
