Minnesota Vikings new helmet and new uniforms!!!!

[SmileyBoy]

Check them out:

New helmet logo (slightly altered). Old on the left, new on the right.



New unis:



















I really like them. They remind me of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers uniforms from two years ago. And all you purists out there can EAT ME. They look a HELL of a lot better than the old ones, which were as plain and boring as hell.

[long_green]

1. I liked your post fine until...

you stole my CFL thunder.

The Vikings used to have great unis, now they have these. Now I shall eat you.

[SmileyBoy]

3. Our unis have always SUCKED.

Especially the bold tri-striped purple and yellow band around the shoulders for the away uniforms.

That, and the fact that they wore ALL WHITE when on the road. I have NEVER been a fan of all white unis on the road.

The home jerseys were not much better.

The logo was a relic of the early 60's. Good for its time, but not worthy of being "traditional" nowadays, or anything like that. They needed to modernize it a bit.

[Left Is Write]

5. As long as they never change this guy:

[SmileyBoy]

6. They won't.

That logo will always look good.:)

[Left Is Write]

14. My dad has a wood carving of him that my grampa made...

more than thirty years ago.

[long_green]

8. That's Jesus, right?

jutting jaw, long blond hair, am I right?

[alarimer]

2. Not bad

Not a radical change, thankfully. And no matter what, they will never be as ugly as the uniforms of the Cincinnati Bengals.

[SmileyBoy]

4. You got that right.

Those are really ugly.

[long_green]

7. For ridiculously plain, nothing could top the Bengals' old

uniforms.

If I could force any team back into an old style, it would the Forty-Niners, who I'd love to see back in their classic '80's uniform.

[SmileyBoy]

9. Oh man, I LOVED those old ones!!

Especially the shinier, more golden helmets.

[long_green]

11. LOL! When I saw this, I thought you were talking

about the old Paul Brown era Bengals unis. I was going to tell you to stay put and wait for the men in the white coats. Thank God I read on...

[LeftyMom]

19. I miss those too

:(

[maxsolomon]

10. hey now! Bengals Fever!

there's worse. i think.

Classic Astros is pretty bad.

[Bombtrack]

12. too similarly awful to the old ones for me to see a difference

not that the realm of football jerseys are anything I claim to be an authority on. Just seems like it would be a pretty ugly color scheme on anything other than maybe a bar sign in a darkly lit alley way near a beach boardwalk.

[rateyes]

13. Love it!!!

Like the helmet, too! Go Vikes! SKOL!

[Ryano42]

15. Whew!

Not as bad as I feared!!!

But it is STILL missing...CONDENSATION from a FROZEN OUTDOOR STADIUM!!!! :)

[SmileyBoy]

17. Amen.

I can't wait for the day we play outside again. In a 65,000-seat outdoor stadium in Blaine, Minnesota. I can't wait...

[mduffy31]

16. Weakest part of that whole thing

I that the pictures of the players were obviously taken somewhere else other than the Dome.

[SmileyBoy]

18. It looks like they were taken at Giants Stadium.

I wonder why...

[long_green]

20. Perhaps it's related to the draft. The team probably thought that

now, when everyone is paying attention to the NFL, was a good time to unveil the new look.

[Archae]

21. And yet...

They still suck! :P

As much as the Packers do, having Brett (wheeze) Favre toddle out in his walker one more season. ;-)