Comments on: Steelers breaking out new throwbacks this week

By: mostlombardisintheleague

mostlombardisintheleague — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:26:14 +0000

Look at the pants – no stripes and that color, looks like stomach acid. Did the socks need to have stripes also ? – aren’t the jersey stripes enough to kill someone ?

By: rex1979

rex1979 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:30:28 +0000

The Steelers want to make Roethlisberger feel at home in prison where he belongs

By: lionglass

lionglass — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:49:00 +0000

Only thing missing is a Uncle Scrooge McDuck outfit to complement the Beagle (“Bee”gle?) Boys look. Remember the Steagles? This could work on many levels… Steagle Boys hmmm….

By: quizguy66

quizguy66 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:19:56 +0000

The best part is that the numbers make it look like they are wearing the scoreboard.
-QG

By: quizguy66

quizguy66 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:19:07 +0000

So what are they going to do to celebrate a touchdown, break rocks on the sideline?

-QG

By: oldirtyman

oldirtyman — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 23:34:05 +0000

Keep talking about r old defense, that is 2nd in the league in yards per game

By: bobgriffinforthewin

bobgriffinforthewin — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:41:45 +0000

Ugly unis to go with an ugly home loss…

By: endzone

endzone — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:47:58 +0000

Hey get a mental picture of Big Ben as a Big Bee or a Big Confict–you choose. It’s a win regardless of who actually wins for Skins fans just to get to laugh hilariously when Rothlisberger takes the field dressed like that. Add all the pink stuff to the costume….Man thanks NFL for lifting our economy blues.

By: endzone

endzone — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:30:03 +0000

Hey the Steelers players’ moms worked hard sewing them bee costumes for Halloween. And who’s to say: if it works and they sting the Redskins defense like a swarm of African bees, then like the Bud commercial says: If it works, it’s not Weird.

By: holeinone09

holeinone09 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:26:53 +0000

Yes these uniforms are awful looking, last years throwback was much better. But trust me, these uniforms won’t affect the outcome of the game. Good luck Steelers!

By: bobzilla1001

bobzilla1001 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:08:41 +0000

The Terrible Towel has been replaced by The Terrible Jersey.
This is a bad omen. I see nothing good coming from this.

By: vincentbojackson

vincentbojackson — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:55:49 +0000

The jersey design was chosen by the Rooney’s from an old 1934 team photo. Nike had no input as this story suggests.

I agree they are terrible, but the Rooney family cares more about honoring the team’s history than designing and selling cool looking throwback jerseys.

By: kurly00

kurly00 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:09:27 +0000

The 70′s teams should of worn these prison rags.

By: originalsteelcurtain

originalsteelcurtain — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:52:50 +0000

Is Roger Goodell responsible for this travesty as well?

What a joke of a Commish.

By: blitzburgh43

blitzburgh43 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:04:09 +0000

Just win the damn game and nobody will care.

By: ialwayswantedtobeabanker

ialwayswantedtobeabanker — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:52:54 +0000

I cannot believe enough people in positions of governing authority thought this was a good idea on any level. To get to this stage here, it required a strong level of proactivity and presumably passage of layers of clearance and signoff.

Wow.

Glad these decision-makers weren’t in place during the Cuban Missile Crisis. They make Curtis LeMay seem sane.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:45:48 +0000

I’ve been complaining for the last few years about our poopy brown throwback jerseys with the banana helmets.

The moral is … never complain.

But, hey, what can you do? At least these are good for a laugh … assuming we will never see them again after this year and that they don’t have any impact on how the team performs.

By: skinsaneasylum

skinsaneasylum — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:17:18 +0000

It also happens to be the Redskins 80th Anniversary Season as well as the Steelers. The Skins have a 1934 throwback jersey combo for this season that I was told would be see twice this season.

I heard Bruce Allen say we would wear them once at home in November, but is it possible the Skins go with their throwbacks in this game as well?

By: joewilliesshnoz

joewilliesshnoz — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:15:32 +0000

Nike has more power than the U.S. government !

By: steelerdynasty2010

steelerdynasty2010 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:11:00 +0000

please fire whoever’s idea this was.

By: torturedraiderfan

torturedraiderfan — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:33:51 +0000

What in the name of Mean Joe Green is going on here? Sometimes you gotta say “its not about the money, its about dignity”. Hope the NFL and the individual teams stop trying to sell more jerseys and focus more on their respective images. Does a team like the Steelers with a long history of winning Super Bowls really need to dress like this to sell merchandise?

By: johnnybgood19

johnnybgood19 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:31:19 +0000

What most folks aren’t considering is how nice this jersey will look with all those PINK shoes and gloves….

By: mostlombardisintheleague

mostlombardisintheleague — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:31:02 +0000

On the positive side, Ben will have no trouble finding his receivers (all 10 of them) with those glaring stripes and will cut up the the Redskins sorry secondary like a ripe cantelope.

By: abengalfan

abengalfan — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:22:52 +0000

I always thought throwback unis where a way to increase merchandise sales.
You can’t tell me someone would actually buy one of those jerseys.

By: gdive

gdive — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:13:40 +0000

these are throw ups….not throw backs.

By: kilo0986

kilo0986 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:12:40 +0000

I guess I’m the only one looking forward to seeing these….

By: cbass59

cbass59 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:09:37 +0000

It gets worse: the pants are tan.

This Steeler fan wishes they’d celebrate 80 years with a patch.

I now hate Nike and their push to constantly use different uniforms (NFL and NCAA).

By: opinion157983

opinion157983 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:08:45 +0000

“Apart from the Steve Grogan neck roll look that has been grafted onto many teams’ jerseys”

I’m glad I’m not alone on this, I was thinking it looks like neck rolls too. So terrible looking.

By: alewatcher

alewatcher — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:00:01 +0000

I’m just glad they aren’t playing the Broncos in their old throwback unis – the ones with the vertically striped socks they wore a few seasons back. That would be really painful to watch.

By: mazblast

mazblast — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:57:11 +0000

I’m a Steelers fan of 50 years’ experience. I know my team has had some truly bad uniforms over the years, just as we had some truly bad teams pre-1970s (heck, they were almost all truly bad teams).

However, out of all those bad uniforms, did they have to pick the WORST as the “throwup” uniforms? No one deserves to see such hideousness. Not even Dallas fans.

I was planning to watch this game if it is on in my area. Now, I’m not sure my eyes and brain could stand it.