Bold, yet minimalistic is what's in, so no surprise on the wordmark change. I'll get used to it.

Wonder how much jersey sales get affected between now and 2024. I'd guess not that much, but no way I'd buy a jersey until then unless it's an Eagles legend.

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Old logo sucked

Looks like something a 12 year old pro wrestling fan would sketch on the front of their school binder. 

2 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Pollard, arguably the cowpads #1 RB is 6’ 209.  So Scott at 5’6” and 203 is stouter and more solid.  The commies #2, McKissic is 5’10” and 195.  The giants number 2, Brieda is 5’10” and 190.  That’s Huntley sized, 5’9” and 193.  Bryan Westbrook was 5’10” and 203.  Really, except bulling it at the goal line, size doesn’t matter as much as quickness, agility and balance in a RB.  But the strongest asset a RB can have is sight.  Seeing the hole and getting small through it.  (The next greatest trait is ball control.). Take Holyfield.  He busted because he was too slow getting to the hole and too big to get through it. No doubt he was strong but strength and size doesn’t get through the hole.  In contrast, Blount was much bigger, as strong but great burst to the hole and real good inside sight. 

What I don’t like about Huntley is his vision.  Like most speed backs, he thinks he can get to the corner.  Gainwell showed pretty good sight and good inside vision.  Quick through the hole and willing to take what is there, something Sanders failed on last year way too much.  Gainwell’s pass pro is what hurts him. That kept Scott ahead of him when the Eagles went to the running game.  But both Gainwell and Scott play through contact.  BTW, that rookie UDFA showed good sight at OU.  Biggest knock on him is no second gear.  That lack of burst. Frankly, I am not convinced the final roster back is on the team at this point.

Second gear is more important for WRs than RBs. The burst through the hole is key, I'd rather a guy who consistently gets me five yards than one who every so often breaks one for 20 yards.

Eagle 5 you have bogies at your 6 do you copy pssh

Commander 6 I copy and have engaged bogie, threat eliminated pssh

Giant 7 = 💥  💀 💥 

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I wonder if they are going to change the Endzones too. That would be an equally awful decision. 

If that new wordmark takes the place of the old one then I would think the endzones are going to be the new one.  They also have the wordmark on the front of the jerseys at the neckline.  

Prior to today, the Eagles logo, wordmark, colors and uniforms all scream mid-90s.  When they overhauled everything in 1995, they did so to the current trends which only makes a uniform and such easier to become dated.  They've done it again with the new wordmark.  Minimalistic is in so that's what they did.  They went with the trend.

It looks especially bad when paired with the logo.  You have the Eagle head with multiple shades and lots of jaggedness and then you have all white, lazy designed words.  

If you're going to update, do a full update.

 

12 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

Old logo sucked

Looks like something a 12 year old pro wrestling fan would sketch on the front of their school binder. 

I made the new logo in paint. Hire me Eagles.

 

 

Although I couldn't nail the "5" at the end

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

I made the new logo in paint. Hire me Eagles.

 

 

Although I couldn't nail the "5" at the end

Forgot to hit the Italics button. Amateur 

22 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Pollard, arguably the cowpads #1 RB is 6’ 209.  So Scott at 5’6” and 203 is stouter and more solid.  The commies #2, McKissic is 5’10” and 195.  The giants number 2, Brieda is 5’10” and 190.  That’s Huntley sized, 5’9” and 193.  Bryan Westbrook was 5’10” and 203.  Really, except bulling it at the goal line, size doesn’t matter as much as quickness, agility and balance in a RB.  But the strongest asset a RB can have is sight.  Seeing the hole and getting small through it.  (The next greatest trait is ball control.). Take Holyfield.  He busted because he was too slow getting to the hole and too big to get through it. No doubt he was strong but strength and size doesn’t get through the hole.  In contrast, Blount was much bigger, as strong but great burst to the hole and real good inside sight. 

What I don’t like about Huntley is his vision.  Like most speed backs, he thinks he can get to the corner.  Gainwell showed pretty good sight and good inside vision.  Quick through the hole and willing to take what is there, something Sanders failed on last year way too much.  Gainwell’s pass pro is what hurts him. That kept Scott ahead of him when the Eagles went to the running game.  But both Gainwell and Scott play through contact.  BTW, that rookie UDFA showed good sight at OU.  Biggest knock on him is no second gear.  That lack of burst. Frankly, I am not convinced the final roster back is on the team at this point.

I see a Jordan Howard signing coming if they can't find a power back. That's what I loved about Blount and Ajayi, the opposing defense just couldn't get a break.

Boston Scott has been very consistent, but we are talking about a career high of 374 yards. McKissic has less than 1,000 rushing yards and 4 TDs over 6 seasons. Brieda hasn't gone over 300 yards the last 2 seasons and only 1 TD.

There was only 2 RB's in the top 15 for rushing yards last year that were 200lbs, Elijah Mitchell (rookie) and Ekeler, both are listed as 5' 10''. The other 13 are at least 210lbs. We have a massive OL and one of the smaller RB rooms. I know size is a terrible metric most of the time, but at the RB position is so demanding you need that size to be durable. I feel that sweet spot for RB's is around 5'11'' 210lbs.

 

1 hour ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Thanks for posting this.  The first thing I thought of was the Lions new wordmark.  Then you have the Panthers, Rams, Falcons and Patriots who have gone the same direction.

It's a current trend and it's lazy. 

 

5 minutes ago, austinfan said:

Second gear is more important for WRs than RBs. The burst through the hole is key, I'd rather a guy who consistently gets me five yards than one who every so often breaks one for 20 yards.

Nah, you want a second gear like Westbrook had if you can find it Otherwise, no matter how good through the hole, the best you get is Duce.  And Brooks is much smaller than Duce was.  That’s why Brooks was available as an UDFA. Despite mediocre speed, Westbrook had that spurt that just made defenders miss him.  That’s what I mean by second gear.  

Hell, in a WR I want agility and at least fourth gear.  Folks don’t realize it wasn’t just his speed that made DJax dangerous. His third gear was as fast as most defenders were used to with receivers and lulled them so when DJax took that step and put it in overdrive, he separated.  Most speed receivers run at speed all the time (and don’t work on feints and jukes or route trees).

BTW, eternal optimist that folks believe you to be, I am curious about your thoughts on Strong.

Just now, bpac55 said:

Thanks for posting this.  The first thing I thought of was the Lions new wordmark.  Then you have the Panthers, Rams, Falcons and Patriots who have gone the same direction.

It's a current trend and it's lazy. 

 

I guess it’s the same group of overpaid Millennials they go to for every "redesign” now.

If they even bothered to pay the actual artist at all.

1 hour ago, Texas Eagle said:

Is this a (very poor) attempt to move the wordmark closer to the kelly greens?

Just going back to this would have been a clear win.  It's unique to the team and could timeless.  You can tell it was made for the Eagles.  It wasn't made to match any trends.  Bold, mean cartoon for the 90s.  Plain and minimalistic for 2020s. 

5 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

I see a Jordan Howard signing coming if they can't find a power back. That's what I loved about Blount and Ajayi, the opposing defense just couldn't get a break.

Boston Scott has been very consistent, but we are talking about a career high of 374 yards. McKissic has less than 1,000 rushing yards and 4 TDs over 6 seasons. Brieda hasn't gone over 300 yards the last 2 seasons and only 1 TD.

There was only 2 RB's in the top 15 for rushing yards last year that were 200lbs, Elijah Mitchell (rookie) and Ekeler, both are listed as 5' 10''. The other 13 are at least 210lbs. We have a massive OL and one of the smaller RB rooms. I know size is a terrible metric most of the time, but at the RB position is so demanding you need that size to be durable. I feel that sweet spot for RB's is around 5'11'' 210lbs.

 

Gross

I heard this is the craziest wordmark in the last 30 years. Per sources.

 

3 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Just going back to this would have been a clear win.  It's unique to the team and could timeless.  You can tell it was made for the Eagles.  It wasn't made to match any trends.  Bold, mean cartoon for the 90s.  Plain and minimalistic for 2020s. 

By "timeless" you mean "non binary"?

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

Again, why roll out things in pieces?  Do it all at once or not at all.  Here's our new wordmark.  You're going to see it here here and here.  But over there you're going to have the old one.  Stupid.

Someone posted this.  Goes with my point of having a textured logo with a minimalistic wordmark.  At least make it consistent. 

 

The wordmark looks stupid. The same crap my employer pulls on annual basis; no real justification other than a manager somewhere wants something to put on their LinkedIn profile; look I did a rebrand.  Then again, they also do lots of pointless re-orgs. 

10 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Gross

Death, taxes, and the Eagles re-signing Jordan Howard.

 

6 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Again, why roll out things in pieces?  Do it all at once or not at all.  Here's our new wordmark.  You're going to see it here here and here.  But over there you're going to have the old one.  Stupid.

Got to sell that merchandise, baby!

  

2 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

The wordmark looks stupid. The same crap my employer pulls on annual basis; no real justification other than a manager somewhere wants something to put on their LinkedIn profile; look I did a rebrand.  Then again, they also do lots of pointless re-orgs. 

This is a fact.

40 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

It's not that I love the new font.

The extra points and "Tap Out" style of the old font just always screamed edgy middle-schooler to me. Trying to hard. 

I thought it had a cool 80’s vibe.. 

2 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Someone posted this.  Goes with my point of having a textured logo with a minimalistic wordmark.  At least make it consistent. 

 

It's like the fan videos that have better special effects than the studios can muster, on a smaller percentage of the budget

59 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

Guess I'm in the minority who thinks the new print looks better than the old one. Mostly because the old one always looked dumb and over-designed to me.

I also don't really care much either way though.

I don’t dislike it, but it’s just piggy-backing off of a similar font direction everyone else is leaning: uniform, block-lettering with no borders or shadowing depth; but instead with weird, aggressively spiky edges in the letter "elbows”.

 

 

 

This is the current design fad that teams will shy away from in 10-15 years once it’s heavily outdated (similar to the cartoon mascot logos that were a fad in the 90’s… which we’re still using ours for some reason)

2 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

It's like the fan videos that have better special effects than the studios can muster, on a smaller percentage of the budget

While money helps, taste does matter after all.

10 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Again, why roll out things in pieces?  Do it all at once or not at all.  Here's our new wordmark.  You're going to see it here here and here.  But over there you're going to have the old one.  Stupid.

Probably some dumb rule/issue about jerseys that never makes sense to begin with.

 

Hopefully they change the number font too