It’s “The Big Game” Sunday (I don’t think I can legally say $up*r bowl because I don’t pay the NFL millions of dollars to be the official, poorly written, blog, so we’re going with the safe alternative.), and our two favorite teams are playing! The Sand Frand 49ers and the KC Chefs! I have no personal connections to either team so I couldn’t care less who wins. Although…I just bought a new Subaru this week so the liberal in me wants San Francisco to win, but the best baked beans I’ve ever had were from KC, so…who knows!
If there is one thing I’ve learned from being on Twitter for 10+ years (humble brag), it’s that no one cares about my sports opinions. So I’m going to keep my predictions short and sweet. Niners go up 17-0 in the first quarter, KC comes back and wins 34-27! Let’s see if I’m right! I probably won’t be. 😦
Ok, let’s move on to my real passion, not sports! (I’ve been hitting the exclamation points hard this post. We all know that’s not me. I’m sorry, I’ll be better) I’ve probably only watched a total of 10 quarters of professional football this year. As I’m growing older and more mature (which in itself is debatable-Editor’s comment), I’m losing my passion for juvenile things like sports. Although I do not watch the games, I still follow sports media semi-closely so I know what’s going on, but I just don’t care. (Big time Ryen Russilo fan, huge man crush. I used promocode RYEN with the hotel tonight app so I’m really a good listener.) Ok, this paragraph is getting long, and I still haven’t gotten to my point. Today, we are going to talk about NFL jerseys and how the Chiefs and the Niners are both “A1 credit, got that filet mignon.”
So I’ve got some hot takes when it comes to jerseys, and I don’t want to give away all my secrets because I’ve got at least one more NFL jersey blog post and one college jersey blog post. But here is a little taste.
Let’s start with the Chiefs: Red tops, white numbers, yellow trim, bicep stripes. White pants, stripe on the side of the leg. What’s so great about these? Nothing. That’s what makes them great. When it comes to uniforms, it’s best to follow the “keep it simple stupid” mantra. The jerseys aren’t too busy, just nice big block numbers with a tertiary color trim. The Chiefs have mainly kept the same jersey for as long as I can remember. A true thing of beauty.
Ric Review: 👍👍
Now, let’s move on to San Francisco: A storied franchise that should have had the same jerseys for their whole franchise history, but when they benched the greatest quarterback in NFL history for a left handed Mormon, they had to change their uniforms to let the fans know that they were in a new era. Sometime in the 2010s they switched back to the 80’s jerseys, and they look good.
The Niners jerseys are even simpler than KC’s. Gold pants, white tops with red letters. Amazing! I know that describing things I have pictures of is not good content, but here is what makes an elite football uniform elite. The PANTS. Yellow/gold/any tertiary color pants really puts your uniform over the top. White-on-white, bad. Color-on-the same color, bad, Color-on-yellow, fantastic!
Rics Review: 👍👍
So to my knowledge, these are the jerseys the Niners wanted to wear, but the NFL put the kibosh on them because they don’t enjoy fun. It’s just a slight black shading on the numbers, and it looks so good! They might be my favorite uni’s of all time. You pair this with the gold trousers, and that’s a better combo than Taco Bell tacos and Busch Light.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk, that’s it, that’s the blog post, bla, bla, bla. Have fun and be safe tonight. Go sports!
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