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How bout this look on Sanchez? Not short sleeves, not long sleeves... ladies and germs welcome to the shong sleeve underhirt. It has a relative in the baseball sanitary shirt pictured below.

but this style shirt has sleeves that end mid forearm. I haven't seen the "down to the elbow" look Sanchez is sporting before and I salute it. The rook has managed to innovate even within the clastrophobic confines of the NFL uniform code. This bodes well.

Came across this following snippet of text on NFL.com (below in italics)

So Favre took a position he rarely does, on the sideline, helmet off and a khaki-colored baseball hat covering his thinning, gray hair. His faded red baseball cap clashed with his new uni. He watched intently, sometimes by himself, but mostly with one-time possible starter now afterthought Rosenfels at his side.

Well, well, well... the good writers at the NFL.com have started becoming a little more fashion conscious. It's catching. Kinda like the swine flu.

 

A Plethora of patching pics

This took me by surprise I must admit. Every AFC team in on the big 50th anniversary throwback dillio has it's own commemorative patch. Here's the Chiefs version. The big A patch on the right is a permanent addition and should be ok on it's own but together with the other on it's just too much right?

 

 

 

Now we see the Bills offering. I can live with it... but again, reebock patches on each shoulder, a league patch on the collar yoke and the 50th. C'mon, it's just too much of a good thing. I love breasts but I don't want my girlfriend to have five, ya know whud ah mean?

And the Raiders. This one I like. It's classic solid, terse, cogent. And since the Raiders uni is one of the best, boasting simplicity, classic beauty while still exuding a savage and menacing vibe... this patch compliments the uni instead of overloading it. Bravo.

I've always loved their "Commitment to Excellence" motto but it seems embarassingly out of date these days considering the quality of the teams they've been fielding.

Next up Chargers. What a freakin' mess. Those white patches under the shoulder bolts totally crowd the chest of the jersey. Heap the yoke league logo and the word mark and then put the patch in the middle of that chaos and my heart just breaks for the beautiful uniform that should be but isn't. When my evil plan for ultimate world domination finally comes to fruition I will hunt down and bitch slap the guy who did this to San Diego. The 50th patch itself I rank above Buffalo and Kansas city but below Oakland.

Now for a word from our sponsors. Ok not our sponsors... just cheerleaders

I liked this Raven-ette uniform and the logo placement on the bra strap back. Well done ladies.

 

Check out this one below. The Titan's cheerleaders have a uni second to none. They are instantly identifiable with the team they represent and the way they incorporate the team uni elements into an outfit with aobut one 30th the surface area of a football uniform is an achievment to be saluted indeed. And the Nancy Sinatra "these boots were made for walkin'" boots work like a charm. I'm not sure what the armband is about but I like that too. It's reminiscent of a garter but manages to sidestep the in your face saloon whore look that an actual garter would give off. The Tennesse tail takes a back seat to none.

 

 

Back to the patches... Here's a pic I just found of the lot of them.

They're some nice work, I must admit. I lke the Denver example using the football shape. The Charger shield shape works as does the stylized Jet version. I even like the classic circle and bannering of the Pats patch. The Titans and Chiefs are the weak sisters of the group.

So this brings up an interesting point. Should cheerleaders have patches? Shouldn't they commemorate anniversaries and cheerleading milestones in history?

The teams have equipment managers. Do the cheerleading squads have the same? Well I think it's time someone found out and we're just the guys to do it. So I pledge to you dear readers that with God as my witness, I will find a Cheerleader equipment manager to interview.

Either that or I'll just forget about it after a while and it'll wind up like one of those dead end plot lines like the russian in the woods on the Sopranos.

Either way you now know more about these patches than someone who didn't read this column. I think thats something we can all be proud of.

Till next time, let's all revel in the delicious anticipation of another glorious season about to begin. The power the glory the blood and gussets. God help me, I love it.

Ken

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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