04-14-2021, 01:54 AM
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, taste is subjective.
That said, in my opinon, these changes strike me as low effort and unimaginitive. Boring is the word that comes to mind when I look at the design.
They're not classic, as they're nothing like our original uniforms. There's nothing historic about them that is a callback to the late 60's, and the 70's. And I suppose that is ok, but I've seen people say they're classic when they're really not.
What we basically have is retaining our same helmet from the 80's, which I know a lot of people dig. That's fine. That's unchanged. From there they went with a simplified number design, "Bengals" written above the numbers, and the most basic possible pattern you could use on the shoulderpads.
That's it. That's the whole design. Simple number + Bengals written in small letters above number + basic 80's stripes.
I mean, I gotta be honest here. Whoever got paid to work these up should have legitimately been paid less than $1,000 total. There's absolutely nothing to the design. I feel like pretty much anyone with even a semblance of design skill could have worked that up.
Personally, I figured with as much as these were hyped up from the initial social media blitz, and with the fact that "change" seems to be on the team's agenda, that these would be a little more different. Creative. Inspired. I'm not getting any of those vibes from this.
Like i said earlier, I won't knock anyone's opinion and this is simply mine.
That said, in my opinon, these changes strike me as low effort and unimaginitive. Boring is the word that comes to mind when I look at the design.
They're not classic, as they're nothing like our original uniforms. There's nothing historic about them that is a callback to the late 60's, and the 70's. And I suppose that is ok, but I've seen people say they're classic when they're really not.
What we basically have is retaining our same helmet from the 80's, which I know a lot of people dig. That's fine. That's unchanged. From there they went with a simplified number design, "Bengals" written above the numbers, and the most basic possible pattern you could use on the shoulderpads.
That's it. That's the whole design. Simple number + Bengals written in small letters above number + basic 80's stripes.
I mean, I gotta be honest here. Whoever got paid to work these up should have legitimately been paid less than $1,000 total. There's absolutely nothing to the design. I feel like pretty much anyone with even a semblance of design skill could have worked that up.
Personally, I figured with as much as these were hyped up from the initial social media blitz, and with the fact that "change" seems to be on the team's agenda, that these would be a little more different. Creative. Inspired. I'm not getting any of those vibes from this.
Like i said earlier, I won't knock anyone's opinion and this is simply mine.
