Fans petition Eagles to bring back kelly green uniforms
Do you want the Eagles to bring back those bodacious kelly green jerseys? Well, you're not the only one. Cranekicker, the local twitter personality and Zoo With Roy contributor, has written a letter to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie petitioning that the Birds bring back the old jerseys.
Fans petition Eagles to bring back kelly green uniforms
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Do you want the Eagles to bring back those bodacious kelly green jerseys? Well, you're not the only one. Cranekicker, the hilarious local twitterer and Zoo With Roy contributor, has written a letter to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie petitioning that the Birds bring back the old jerseys.
Already sold? Sign the petition here.
If you still need some convincing, hop on over to Zoo With Roy and read the letter. READ IT!
Cranekicker makes some pretty logical points, besides the obvious one that the new Eagles coach is named Chip Kelly. That isn't the main reason for the petition but Cranekicker, who wishes to remain anonymous, told Philly.com that it was just "a bonus to help kick start the process."
"Basically, I don't like the Eagles uniforms. I think they're ugly," Cranekicker said. "I'm not a fan of new uniforms in general. I like the traditional football look with the block letters, kind of like what they did with the Pro Bowl uniforms this season."
But will the petition work?
When asked if he thought it would ever reach Lurie's desk, Cranekicker said, "I'm sure that if it builds enough steam it will. I'm also pretty sure he knows how Philly fans feel about that color, but he probably doesn't care."
Come on, the last Birds championship came in 1960 when they wore those swaggerific jerseys.
As CK writes, "Welllll 1960 was the last title ... we still have no Super Bowl and that’s the ultimate barometer of success so give the fans what we want."
Please do not bring back the kelly green. The midnight green is far better.— MattPSU- Kelly green reminds me of the green stuff they threw on vomit back in grade school. Keep the midnight green.— zeke128
- I have to tell you, the only thing Kelly green reminds me of is the bad old days when this team was a perennial bottom feeder. They made it to the super bowl under Vermiel. Other than that, they did squat in those uniforms. They have done far more winning in the current uniform than they ever did in Kelly green.— Hemingway
- slow day in Philly?— ox
- The Kelly green was a loser color from a losing era of football in this city. Can't understand the love affair with it. The midnight green looks great, and at least had has SOME success (although both have not produced super bowls)...— DaveMac
- I like Henry Hill's idea.— miker1128
- What was our record in the Kelly Green? Not good. Bring back the 1960 unis— Nezhy
- kelly green is the real eagles. kelly green and veteran stadium. ever since Lurie made the switch to midnight green, and moved to the linc, the eagles doesn't feel like the eagles any more. midnight green just ain't right. never felt right, and isn't getting any easier.— Ryan
- The current uniforms are very generic. Bring back the kelly green. This is also a factor of the NFL's contract with Nike (?) as well.— p-diddy
- It will not matter what color the players wear. They'll still suck next year!— peacefrog33756
- Whatever they do, how about bringing back the white helmets? It's supposed to be the American Eagle, right?— burholme
- burholme i'm with you, check out this link someone posted, this unifors i feel are perfect for our Eagles
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/486081_10151365212398205_285281393_n.jpg— MountAiry1303 - The Kelly green is much more distinctive. Retro is always in (and always comes back as implied in 'retro'). I even like the 'UCLA' blue and gold ones from the early days ...— petergou
- NO! --worse than even the Jets -- no team will ever win with such colors— warbiscuit
- NO WAY....THE NEW GREEN AND SILVER AND THE BLACK ARE TODAYS COLORS....NOBODY LIKES THE WOOSY GREEN EXCEPT OLD TIMERS WHO THINK THAT RICH KOTITE AND HIS GANG WERE GOOD COACHES....NO WAY— nuggett
