Bill hates the all blue uniforms

[Spiral]

Add red pants and silver pants. Lots of possible combinations.

 

[TheRainMaker]

not a fan of the all blue home unis

the first iteration of the all-blues came in 2002... worn only once, vs the donks

Close. They also wore them a week prior (before bye week) against the Packers and got their aces kicked. So they lost two consecutive weeks in those uniforms.

 

[Ross12]

• Keep the road unis.
• Swap the home navy pants with a straight white (still with red/blue stripes)
• Consider switching the silver helmet to straight white

While I like this a lot in a vacuum... in reality it's just way too close to the Bills uniforms... IMO the silver helmet has to stay, with some exceptions for the random red-jersey throwback day.

 

[Ian]

LOL, off-topic, but I just read that entire Athletic article where the original quotes came from and, man, Bill's pretty funny:

"Mesko: He’s really good at situational coaching.

Rich Ohrnberger, offensive lineman: Pizza Friday was what we called Friday practices. It was supposed to be an easy, breezy practice. You’re running through the offense, running through the defense and on special teams we would have a “replacement” drill.

Marc Edwards, fullback: He’d be like, “Matt Light was taking a s**t in pregame and pulled his abdomen so he’s out. Who’s the backup field-goal guard?”

Ohrnberger: And he’d blow the whistle and then all of the sudden the right guard who was on the field would be sprinting off the field. So you had to study the depth chart and know if somebody got hurt that you were the next guy in. And God forbid if you f**king messed that up. He’d be like, “Noooo, it’s OK. We’ll wait on you. I’m sure it will be f**king fiiiine if we’re missing our right f**king guard on field goal protection. OK? We’ll just go ahead and block their 11 with our 10 and we’ll see how it goes. OK?”

LOL, another:

Josh Miller: "The Super Bowl for me is my all-time. Here’s the best coach in the world. Hands down. And we had such a funny moment. In Jacksonville, in 2004. The night before, I’m not religious, but I prayed to god. “Listen God, I don’t even care if we lose, just don’t make me be the reason. Just get me a decent game. And if we win, fantastic, but if not, I understand, just don’t let me be the thing that people see for the next 20 years.” So here I am, with 20 seconds left on the field, and there’s timeout after timeout after timeout. I’m sitting there on the field like: “Jesus, this is not where I want to be right now.” So it was a long timeout, Belichick says, “Miller, come here.” I’m like, “What’s up, Coach?” He’s like, “Listen, just get rid of the ball. I don’t care where it goes.” I’m like, “OK, fantastic, easy enough, I’ll do that.” I’m running back onto the field. He’s like, “Miller, come here. If you can get it inside the 10, that’s obviously what we’re looking for.” I’m like, “OK.” And as I’m running out, he’s like, “Forget it, listen, just get rid of the effing ball, please. Josh, don’t drop it.” I’m like, “Don’t drop it? That’s what you tell me?” He was like, “Yeah, that was dumb.”'

That article goes on for a while but there's a ton of hilarious stuff in there. If you have a subscription, it's definitely worth the read:

'It's fun — at gunpoint': The comedy stylings of Bill Belichick

Bill Belichick has been called many things during his 22 seasons as the Patriots coach: a genius, a grouch, the GOAT. But funny?

theathletic.com

 

[denverpatsfan]

It's a fecking atrocity. Kraft needs to retire

 

[Skyflarie]

Can we go to the reds? Just to shake things up

 

[Pape]

Close. They also wore them a week prior (before bye week) against the Packers and got their aces kicked. So they lost two consecutive weeks in those uniforms.

thanks

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

Can we go to the reds? Just to shake things up

The Pats should have listened to Morpheus and took the red pill.

 

[Clonamery]

Blues Stink (obviously J Geils Band)

You love Red
But she loves White
And he loves some other combo
You just can't win
And so it goes
Till the day you die
This thing they call Uni's
It's gonna make you cry
I've had the blues
The reds and the whites
One thing for sure
Blues stinks yeah yeah
(Blues stinks)
Blues stinks yeah yeah
(Blues stinks)
Blues stinks yeah yeah
(Blues stinks)
Blues stinks yeah yeah
White helmet or silver pants
Red's gonna find you yes it is
You just can't hide
You'll hear it call
Actual Patsfan will rise
Then he will fly
It's gonna win
I don't care for any all blue thing
All I can say is
(Blues stinks)
Blues stinks bring red
(Blues stinks)
Blues stinks Silver pants
(Blues stinks)
Blue stinks Where's Pat
(Blues stinks)
Blues stinks White gloves
I've been through the catalog
I've been through fanatics
I've been through it all
Blues stinks yeah yeah...

 

[archstanton543]

Too bad we're stuck with them for at least another three years.

And I'm still not sure why the New England Patriots have the Peruvian flag on the shoulders of their home uniforms.

 

[Water Boy]

We've more or less sucked by modern day Patriot's standards since going to the new uni's. They are terrible. I hate them.

 

[Tunescribe]

Kraft knew the Pats lost more than won in these uniforms, yet made them the primary for 2020. So the question remains, why did Bob think this was a good idea? And I don’t recall any fans caring for the all blue look or the tweak to the jersey they introduced in 2019. Also, it looks like Bill had zero say in these abomination they call uniforms. There’s an east fix to this right now. Bring back the silver pants.

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This is being misinterpreted. BB isn't dissing the all-blue uniforms, he's teasing the players for putting too much emphasis on wanting them. It's the PLAYERS who make this choice, not Kraft. Personally, I think they look cool (and they make the team look faster on the field), I don't understand why some fans here don't like them.

 

[TheRainMaker]

This is being misinterpreted. BB isn't dissing the all-blue uniforms, he's teasing the players for putting too much emphasis on wanting them. It's the PLAYERS who make this choice, not Kraft. Personally, I think they look cool (and they make the team look faster on the field), I don't understand why some fans here don't like them.

Coaches/players are very superstitious and knew they had a losing record in those uniforms. I highly doubt the players went to Bob and said “let’s make those all blue uniforms our primaries”. Case in point, Eldeman tweeted a picture of him in Bledsoe’s jersey when revealing the Pats were getting new jersey’s. And I highly doubt Bob would’ve complied to what the players wanted.

Don’t know about other fans, but monochromatic uniforms just look awful. They look like pajamas.

 

[Ian]

This is being misinterpreted. BB isn't dissing the all-blue uniforms, he's teasing the players for putting too much emphasis on wanting them. It's the PLAYERS who make this choice, not Kraft. Personally, I think they look cool (and they make the team look faster on the field), I don't understand why some fans here don't like them.

If they had won that first game with them, people would probably feel differently about them. But it seems like they've been deemed "bad luck" since that first outing and it's kind of stuck with them ever since. Kind of like the red hoodie during the SB in 2007/08

 

[Tunescribe]

Coaches/players are very superstitious and knew they had a losing record in those uniforms. I highly doubt the players went to Bob and said “let’s make those all blue uniforms our primaries”. Case in point, Eldeman tweeted a picture of him in Bledsoe’s jersey when revealing the Pats were getting new jersey’s. And I highly doubt Bob would’ve complied to what the players wanted.

The process needs to be clarified but I'm guessing this is something the players determine via team vote vs. owner's decision unilaterally. I don't recall who it was specifically (I think Lawyer Milloy or Ty Law) who first lobbied for the all-blue look years ago. It's pretty common league wide these days.

Don’t know about other fans, but monochromatic uniforms just look awful. They look like pajamas.

To each his own, I like 'em. I think they look imposing and fast.

 

[Bill Lee]

Just to trigger some people here:

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

LOL, off-topic, but I just read that entire Athletic article where the original quotes came from and, man, Bill's pretty funny:

"Mesko: He’s really good at situational coaching.

Rich Ohrnberger, offensive lineman: Pizza Friday was what we called Friday practices. It was supposed to be an easy, breezy practice. You’re running through the offense, running through the defense and on special teams we would have a “replacement” drill.

Marc Edwards, fullback: He’d be like, “Matt Light was taking a s**t in pregame and pulled his abdomen so he’s out. Who’s the backup field-goal guard?”

Ohrnberger: And he’d blow the whistle and then all of the sudden the right guard who was on the field would be sprinting off the field. So you had to study the depth chart and know if somebody got hurt that you were the next guy in. And God forbid if you f**king messed that up. He’d be like, “Noooo, it’s OK. We’ll wait on you. I’m sure it will be f**king fiiiine if we’re missing our right f**king guard on field goal protection. OK? We’ll just go ahead and block their 11 with our 10 and we’ll see how it goes. OK?”

LOL, another:

Josh Miller: "The Super Bowl for me is my all-time. Here’s the best coach in the world. Hands down. And we had such a funny moment. In Jacksonville, in 2004. The night before, I’m not religious, but I prayed to god. “Listen God, I don’t even care if we lose, just don’t make me be the reason. Just get me a decent game. And if we win, fantastic, but if not, I understand, just don’t let me be the thing that people see for the next 20 years.” So here I am, with 20 seconds left on the field, and there’s timeout after timeout after timeout. I’m sitting there on the field like: “Jesus, this is not where I want to be right now.” So it was a long timeout, Belichick says, “Miller, come here.” I’m like, “What’s up, Coach?” He’s like, “Listen, just get rid of the ball. I don’t care where it goes.” I’m like, “OK, fantastic, easy enough, I’ll do that.” I’m running back onto the field. He’s like, “Miller, come here. If you can get it inside the 10, that’s obviously what we’re looking for.” I’m like, “OK.” And as I’m running out, he’s like, “Forget it, listen, just get rid of the effing ball, please. Josh, don’t drop it.” I’m like, “Don’t drop it? That’s what you tell me?” He was like, “Yeah, that was dumb.”'

That article goes on for a while but there's a ton of hilarious stuff in there. If you have a subscription, it's definitely worth the read:

'It's fun — at gunpoint': The comedy stylings of Bill Belichick

Bill Belichick has been called many things during his 22 seasons as the Patriots coach: a genius, a grouch, the GOAT. But funny?

theathletic.com

I'm telling you, if Bill hadn't coached football he could have been a comedian

He's smart - and funny

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

Bill's pretty funny

"I would be remiss in my duty if I did not tell you that the idea of football and the fact of your strong young players attired in the withered, dreary, dull, bland, lifeless blue jerseys, Lions/Cowboys/Panthers colored enemy silver pants and Major Mudd, enemy stripeless silver helmets with that disgusting, grotesque image of a sick, sad, diseased decaying corpse with tattered remnants of a rotted flag, makes me want to vomit."

 

[Pape]

Just to trigger some people here:

Man, Gino sure looks different these days...

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

If they had won that first game with them, people would probably feel differently about them. But it seems like they've been deemed "bad luck" since that first outing and it's kind of stuck with them ever since. Kind of like the red hoodie during the SB in 2007/08

Patriots aren't the only ones to inexplicably ruin everything.

Bruins had the best, most iconic uniforms in hockey. In 1974.


That fall, they destroyed themselves. They look stupid to this very day.

The other five Original Six have it right today.