We’ve known for awhile now that Nike and the Browns will be unveiling a redesigned uniform for the team for the 2015 season. We’ve also known for awhile now that as a condition of selling the team to Jimmy Haslam, one of Randy Lerner’s three requirements was that the team never have a logo on the helmet. (For those who remember, an oath to not move the team was another one. The third one remains a mystery.)
So going into the process, we have known there won’t be any major changes to the orange dome. Paul Lukas of Uni Watch, the foremost authority on these matters, dropped a little nugget in today’s entry that mentions two changes that will come to the helmets. They are super minor, but people care about these things.
Browns owner Jimmy Haslam has been saying all along that the team’s impending uniform makeover, due to be unveiled next spring, won’t include any changes to the helmet. BUT! A little birdie tells me there will be two — TWO! — changes to the helmet, as follows:1. The stripe will have some sort of “new texture.”
2. There will be a new shade of orange, which will be more like Oklahoma State’s or Oregon State’s color.
In short: The Browns’ helmet will look pretty much the same as before, except in the subtle ways it doesn’t.
Oklahoma State’s orange looks like this, and Oregon State’s like this, if you were wondering.
This article appears in Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2014.
That “color change” is NOT going to go over well if it’s that rusty metallic orange in the examples. None of the die hards will like that at all. Including me.
As a long time, “die hard” Browns fan I would welcome the change. It’s time to modernize our look, and a slightly different shade of orange would be welcome.
I agree. Rust is not orange….
I’m cool with it. Out with the old generation, in with the new.
The only color I care about is win. I don’t mind a subtle change to the orange.
It will look awful. What is this, Cyberball?
I hope they do not change colors in any way. Diehards will not like this including myself
I believe the 3rd condition was that Haslam not remove a bronze statue of Al Lerner at the team HQ in Berea: one of the several Kim Jung Un style tributes to his father that Randy commissioned while owner of the team. See also: renaming the street the stadium is on Alfred Lerner Way, the “AL” initials on the sleeve (like he was Paul Brown or something) that Haslam promptly dropped, and those videos they’d show 30 or 45 min before kickoff on gameday about Browns history that always ended with a still photo of Al Lerner and the VO “and then new leadership arrived to take the Browns into the next generation” like some goddamn propaganda video (these started popping up shortly after Lerner’s death).
LOL WHO CARES BROWNS SUCKS! ALWAYS HAVE ALWAYS WILL LOLOLOLOL CLOWNS!!!!
the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. That’s Cleveland, and especially the Browns, in a nutshell. Change is good. Change is needed. People will need to learn to adjust.
Nothing about the helmet should change it is the helmet of the browns and our logo. The perfect color of Orange
Unless the new helmets are structurally changed to prevent concussions…..who cares?
I like the Oregon St jersey. I can see an awesome looking browns jersey if you replace the black with brown and put white strip on the helmet and sleeve. Could look really sharp. Better than most mock ups I have seen. Hope we get the OSU treatment to the rivalry jerseys.
Orange to copper and brown to bronze?
need to change the color of the face mask to white
im all about it, bring on that bad arse chrome look, still down with that orange an brown. a modernized scheme is just what we need! u cant say those new tampa unis dont go hard cuz they do, and an all modern orange chromed out helmet is gonna be awsum cant wait, the old=no superbowls an no recent playoffs, new=change which may result in winning, an why not look cool while winning!
There is nothing wrong with the helmet. Fix the team…the helmet is fine.
Awesome this is what I wanted to see!!!! Welcome to the 21st century! yes!!!
That’s not drastic. I’m okay with it.
its time to make some changes the uniforms are boring the team is boring put in Johnny change the uniforms, get some cheerleaders get this team into the new millennium. Im 37 years old and all these old uniforms remind me of is losing cause that is all the Browns have done since I have been alive essentially. Change it up !! Lets go Browns!!
Texture change, ok. Messing with the Orange is risky business though. The Browns helmet is the reason Orange is my favorite color!
Love the idea of a new shade of orange. If that’s the way they’re going, I’ll be first in line to purchase a new custom jersey. I would purchase a jersey with a Browns player on it, but they always seem to leave as soon as I buy a jersey (Edwards, Winslow, Cribbs, Hillis, etc).
Stay with the old colors, the official colors of autumn.
Bring it on. I like that color. This old orange is boring, same old crap uniform. Everyone else has sharp looking uniforms and we have these big orange helmets lmao…horribly old school and I’m all for the Brownies but seriously, everything is supposed adapt to change and let’s do this. How could a little change in what their wearing make you like them any less. We could always wear throwbacks 😛
I think that the changes are small and make a good improvement to an old story.
I do not care if the new colors are Pink with yellow stripes, How about Wins and a Home playoff game Colors Pfffttt !!
Change it up! Change is good and this team needs change. New Browns era hopefully. I’m willing to leave the old orange in the past even though I do love it.
Hey, Pissburgh says they are Black & Gold, but that Gold is more like bright yellow…. hence the name Pissburgh
Ha HA I Know EXACTLY how the helmets will look!!!! As a longtime Browns fan I love em! Not much of a difference but the change is a modern one!
For years and years, the Browns’ helmets were pumpkin orange…along with the pumpkin orange pants of the 70’s and early 80’s. They were changed to a brighter orange for TV. It would be nice to go back to the original orange.
I think i know what they’re going to do!!! We all know last year the Minnesota Vikings kept the color purple but they Flattened it with a matte texture. This might be the trend, and look for the Browns to unveil a matte orange helmet to mimick the vikings new unis . Got it! ; )
The orange they’re referring to is not burnt orange. Okla St & Oregon St orange is deeper orange.
I’ve been a Browns fan since birth. My father and his father were Browns fans. Change is occurring every second of everyday. To change the look of the helmet/uniform would be good. Personally, I wish we would change our name to Cleveland Bulldogs. Even a major change such as the team name would not change the way we support our team. If we changed that and made our mascot a Bulldog we would get more respect. Dont we already have the dog pound? I’m tired of hearing “Brown Stain Browns”. Keep the colors the same because I do love the team color but something needs changed.