Bills uniform poll: should the throwbacks be permanent?
On Thursday night, the Buffalo Bills thrilled (the vast majority of) its fan base when the team unveiled its brand new, white throwback jersey. The general consensus this morning is that many, many Bills fans out there would like to see this uniform worn on a permanent basis.
While we wait for the Bills to take the field for their 2:25 afternoon practice (which we'll once again be covering live with the help of MattRichWarren), we thought a quick poll was in order. You get the general gist. Vote one, vote all.

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I like the uni and the standing Buffalo helment, but CBF had a good point about the current logo
Would the Bills need to keep that logo? Can anyone do the current logo on a white helment so we could see what it would look like?
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I need a few hrs to get to my comp but I have some descent photoshop skills I will try my best.
by ballinbills1315 on Jul 31, 2009 12:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
found this one

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Yeah, I was gonna say. No need for photoshop. The Bills have already had that helmet before.
If the glove don’t fit, it couldn’t be Whit...
I have to say that this helment
with the throwback unis would be freaking awesome!!!!!
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true
and like the chargers new unis, it would be the best of both worlds, and a sentiment to the past, and a testament to future success
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by killascript on Jul 31, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
My thoughts exactly. These would be awsome unies.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Aug 1, 2009 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
This is....
exactly where I was going… I like the charging buffalo a lot more than the standing one.
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by ForeignArrow on Jul 31, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
oh no
i dont think so, half the reason i like the throwback is because of the retro buffalo on the helmet. i think this helmet would make me want to keep the current uniform, it looks too 70’s and ooooooglllyyy
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by silverstreak3k on Jul 31, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for the recognition Joe. And for the research. To me this would be the helmet that I’d wear with the throwbacks. That would be my perfect Bills uniforms.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Aug 1, 2009 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Who voted no??
The 2 people who voted no must be blind.
Go w/ the throwback uniforms, but use the white helmet w/ the charging Buffalo. That would be sharp.
I actually think that idea is too much blue… make the charging Buffalo red, and give it a blue, um, horn streak.
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by Brian Galliford on Jul 31, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
That would be great too!!
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Or, maybe a red face mask?
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I like the gray facemasks on the current away helmets though.
What’s wrong with the standing buffalo?
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by Brian Galliford on Jul 31, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Nothing....I like that as well
CBF made the point about having the current logo on the helmet….you know from a marketing stand point, the Bills might need to use the current logo as their regular helmet.
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thank you!
standing buffalo all the way…..and yea blue or red facemasks look stupid, grey or black
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by silverstreak3k on Jul 31, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Theres nothing wrong with the standing one. I like both. I just like the charging buffalo better. But I think your righ on the keeping the grey mask thing.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Aug 1, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't see that the Bills have ever had a red face mask.
Would that color be to much of a distraction for some of the players, like the WRs?
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I can't find a single pic
of the Bills using a red face mask, but the 49ers did.
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Actually, those facemasks were blue.
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by Brian Galliford on Jul 31, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, they were
The Pats have used red face masks too. I have decided I don’t like the grey with the white unis :-)
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Now tell me that wouldn't look great with a red, white, or blue face mask

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That would not look great with a red or blue facemask. It would look average.
Indy’s got the gray facemasks, and I love their uniforms.
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by Brian Galliford on Jul 31, 2009 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
the grey is not bad, but to me it doesn't match as well as it could....hard to explain.
Where is my wife when I need her :-)
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I dislike the grey on white.
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by thefourwinds on Jul 31, 2009 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
See I like the grey and think that it should be kept with the charging Buffalo on the helmet. The grey facemask brings that undeniable retro feeling that I love so much about the electric blue unies.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Aug 1, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone notice that the buffalo’s eye is really low on it’s face? kinda freaks me out.
I love this helmet regardless.
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by NeverendingOptimism on Jul 31, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it would look great with a red facemask. And I’m all for the throwbacks. I like the standing buffalo so much more than the charging one. It’s classy and shows Buffalo fans don’t need and aren’t wowed by flashiness.
by Dr. Brackish Okun on Jul 31, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know, I actually like the grey facemask. it keeps the retro feel, know what I mean?
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by CanadianBillsFan on Aug 1, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Everyone that votes “No” should be outed so they can be publicly shamed.
If the glove don’t fit, it couldn’t be Whit...
I voted no, because in the picture of the white unis shown, the pale blue numbers make it look like the old Oilers uniforms. The blue needs to be darker. I would also rather see the charging buffalo on either the white helmet with blue facemask or the current red helmet with white facemask.
But the throwbacks, as is, looks too much like Oilers unis.
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by thefourwinds on Jul 31, 2009 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmmm….interesting. I notice that now, but that’s not what the photo shoot uniforms look like and I don’t remember them looking that pale last night either.
If the glove don’t fit, it couldn’t be Whit...
it could be glare on the blue (like sunlight) making it look too pale.
I’d be fine with it as long as it had the current helmet or the current logo on the old white helment (blue face mask).
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by thefourwinds on Jul 31, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah it must be sunglare or something. But, I disagree with everyone on the charging buffalo. I just love the standing buffalo.
If the glove don’t fit, it couldn’t be Whit...
I think it’s the flashes of the cameras taking the picture. Look at the shadows from Trent’s facemask.
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by NeverendingOptimism on Jul 31, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
It was a night practice...
all the lights were on at the stadium too.
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by MattRichWarren on Aug 1, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
That is a glare. They are the dark blue.
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by MattRichWarren on Aug 1, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Go old school
The current uni’s look like something out of the CFL – terrible! Go old school like the Jets and Giants did. And keep the standing buffalo.
Oh don’t get me started on the CFL unis. You guys are unjustly harsh on them. Right now the only ugly CFL unies are the Montreal Allouette’s, the rest look pretty sick. Some of them (Calgary’s, Hamilton’s and BC’s) even look better then most NFL unis.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Aug 1, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
The current uniforms are awful. The Bills made the change when just about every team in the NFL was making their colors darker. Philly, for example, darkened their green to just about black. My personal favorite Bills uniform was worn in the glory days of the early 90s. I’ll take the plain away unis then over the armpit red streak away unis now any day.
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LOL where are all these no voters coming from? Y’all can speak up, you know – it’s just a uniform. We’re not gonna rip your head off for that.
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by Brian Galliford on Jul 31, 2009 12:40 PM EDT reply actions
So far no one has replied to my reasoning for saying no.
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by thefourwinds on Jul 31, 2009 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok, now someone has… :-)
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by thefourwinds on Jul 31, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Red helmets should stay, with throwback uni's
The white helmets make us look too much like the old Oilers uniforms. I think the red helmet would look great with both the white and blue throwbacks.
oilers are ancient history
i dont really think anyone is gonna look at our old school uni’s and think its an oiler uniform
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by silverstreak3k on Jul 31, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Why the heck not? If anyone remembers the throwback days, they’re surely going to remember the Oilers and their unis.
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by thefourwinds on Jul 31, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I voted no
I love the white away throwbacks. I am just not a fan of the blue home throwbacks. Although they are kinda growing on me…..
the blue home throwbacks
look incredible when you’re at the game. they are soooo much better then the current home uni’s.
sharp!
if i got final choice – i’d pick the late 70’s versions with the blue pants and white jersey, white helmet, charging buffalo.
but, these throwbacks are sharp. current uni’s are ghastly. especiallly the road whites.
I feel you with the blue pants and white jerseys, but the all-whites are growing on me too. Theres no reason why we can’t have a blue pants option on the aways, lots of teams have alternets (non-throwbacks) for their unies.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Aug 1, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I love em.
Who was wearing the black socks last night…the throwbacks with black socks look awesome.
Think it was Josh Reed.
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by thefourwinds on Jul 31, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Do people realize the modern/current uniforms are a product of the Tom Donahoe era?
Let’s do the right thing, and have them all burned. I don’t like the charging buffalo as well as the standing one, and I think it would look even worse if applied to a white helmet. The grey of the faceguard is in homage to the very first uniforms of the Bills. They wore grey helmets with numbers on them (and I believe, grey/silver pants).
Insanity that the team hasn’t just changed to these throwbacks. Look at what sells from their Pro Shop: throwback merchandise. You see it everywhere, and more times than not, it’s what’s out of stock on the website, and in force at the game.
The time is ripe. Those silly current uniforms are ripe, and they may be part of the near-decade long playoff curse the team has endured.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Jul 31, 2009 2:36 PM EDT reply actions
This year only
Because it is there 50th year i beleave that they should wear there old uniforms in respect for the older players all year besides the toronto game they show where the powder blue jeresy and for the game in toronto they should where the 1990’s jersey in respect for the superbowl teams and when they make the playoffs where the 90’s jerseys also.
What do you guys think?
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I dunno why they wouldn’t just stick with the throwback jerseys. The current ones are just so bad. SO BAD. Anything would be better, but the white throwback does remind me too much of the white Miami uniform. The blue one is sweet though.
I just keep reminding myself that at least I don’t have to look at the Bengals uniforms. They clash so badly. I love the color orange, but they really got things wrong there. The Redskins are really horrible too, as are the Rams and Ravens.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Jul 31, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey Brian
Can’t you run those poll results by Chris Brown or something… and maybe he can show some the absolute idiots on the Bills marketing squad that everybody hates the current friggin uniforms. I can’t think of a team in the NFL (other than the Bucs, maybe) with uglier unis than the Bills.
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Please refer to the Bengals, for evidence that it could be worse. I think the Bucs have great uniforms.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Jul 31, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah the current Bucs are fantastic, but the old Bucs uniforms are probably the worst the NFL has ever seen.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Aug 1, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I did these REALLY quickly, so don't laugh too hard, but I don't think other color facemasks work:



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by TheAfghanTwilight on Aug 1, 2009 9:08 AM EDT reply actions
Blue does better than white or red, and blue has worked in the past.
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by thefourwinds on Aug 1, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I like the blue...
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by MattRichWarren on Aug 1, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I like the blue best out of these three, but for some reason i still prefer the grey mask over all of these.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Aug 1, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the blue looks best too
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I think the red looks most like the early 90’s version of the Patriots helmets. I like grey the best, and probably because it’s in homage to the original uniforms.
Of the above, I think the white would be best, and would look better here if I could have matched the color of the helmet better.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Aug 2, 2009 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions
I think the grey mask should be saved for special occasions, not used on every Sunday
If we change to the throwback unis, what do we wear on throwback day? The the original greys or the 90s unis?
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That would give the marketing folks the opportunity to re-make the original uniforms. You know it’s coming – just a matter of when.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Aug 2, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
You know what, I’d out my vote in for the original grey’s. I’m just not that big on the 90’s unis.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Aug 3, 2009 4:17 AM EDT up reply actions
The throwbacks they currently employ aren’t derived from the 90’s uniforms.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Aug 3, 2009 7:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I ment if we adopted our current throwbacks as our permanent unies then I’d like for our 60’s grey’s to be our throwbacks because i’m not big on the 90’s unis.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Aug 4, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Why do we need to have a throwback day?
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by Brian Galliford on Aug 3, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
For the record… everything I have bought recently is the standing buffalo. With my history series I really dig the old stuff plus with the anniversary all the new clothes are vintage and sick.
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