AFC East helmets poll

Not a big fan of any of these, but a dolphin wearing a helmet is lolworthy enough for a vote.

dolphins

I'm going rogue: Bills. something abt the red helmet & blue buffalo pleases me greatly.

pats and jets right out
bills is actually kinda cool but WmC otm, the dolphins' is so ott with its anthropomorphism that its unstoppable

like i kinda want to just be a dolphins fan because lol they are dolphins!

DOLPHINS

voted bills because it looks like the buffalo was shot out of some sort of army-destroying buffalo cannon, like don't fuck with buffalo because they will shoot laser buffalos, god help you

Otm. It's an attack buffalo!

http://cachemediasrv.patriots.com/ImgDyn.cfm?s=ThrowbackMiniReplicaHelmet.jpg&w=300&cs=1

conventional wisdom on dolphins is correct. don't mind the bills. patriots vs jets, in which the worst design of the 90s battles the worst design of all time- except for the earlier jets, which was a jet with the word "jets" inside drawn w/ sharpie.

http://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/NFL_Jets_OLD1.gif

i think that's actually a turboprop

Looks like a dolphin with plane wings

page 5 GIS "dolphin turboprop" is something else

dolphins obv

Dolphins helmet would be better if it was infinitely recursive. The dolphin should be wearing a helmet with another dolphin on it, etc.

Dolphins is mad classic and should win this in a walk.

old pat is one of the most classic things ever

old fins logo was better than this new one but they managed not to fuck it up too bad

like the Jets. may go with dolphins tho. I remember this division when every team had white helmets (colts were there too).

definitely Dolphins, but I love Buffalo's name and logo. If this was still Buffalo's helmet, I would have voted for it:

http://statshockey.homestead.com/nflshop/Bills_Helmet.jpg

• Not voting Jets because I miss their aviation-themed logo.
• Not voting Pats because a face is not a comet.
• Close one, but not voting Dolphins because while humorous, if you're going to have a Dolphin wear a helmet on a Dolphins helmet then the Dolphin really needs to be wearing a Dolphins helmet on the helmet too.

So Bills it is. Buffalo were known for their long jumping skills back in the day.

it's a dolphin with a football helmet!

A helmet for some team that plays with an 'M' on the sides!

Dolphins helmet would be better if it was infinitely recursive. The dolphin should be wearing a helmet with another dolphin on it, etc.

― Maltodextrin, Friday, November 12, 2010 1:46 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this point has been made a number of times and while it sounds good IN THEORY im sure the illustrator tried it and it focused too much attention on the recursion - the dolphin design is just v strong all around AND it has a determined lil dolphin wearing af football helmet, think abt it

A number of relatively minor changes were made to the Dolphins' helmet logo during the late 1960s and early 1970s; I have attempted to represent only the more substantial of these changes here. Note the two main versions of the logo that were used during this period: one with the dolphin's head inside the circle, and the other with it outside. There were at least some games when both of these logos were in use at the same time by different players. The size of the logo and its colors were also inconsistent during this period, the "aqua" color varying from a bluish hue to a greenish one. The logo was modernized for the 1997 season.
http://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/NFL_Dolphins_OLD3.gif

Here is some additional information about the two logo variations used during the Dolphins' early years, provided by site visitor Bob G.: "The team went back and forth between the "in the sun" and "out of the sun" logos between 1966 and 1969; sometimes I believe, within a season. Starting in 1970 they seemed to have settled with the "in the sun" logo, until from the final regular season game of 1973 (vs. Detroit) thru the playoffs, about half of the team (mostly lineman) started wearing the "out of the sun" version. Pictures which show both logos on the field at the same time come from this period. Please also note that this "out of the sun" logo is much smaller than the one worn in the '60s. In 1974, the Dolphins went back exclusively to the "out of the sun" logo. (One exception was running back Norm Bulaich, who played with the team around '75-'76, wore the "in the sun" logo, which drove me crazy). Sometime around 1990, perhaps due to a change in manufacturer, the dolphin in the logo (but not the sun) became slightly larger. The "in the sun" logo was brought back for "throwback" games in 1994 against the Jets and Vikings."

And here are additional comments on this matter from site visitor "Gazzoo": "The "in the sun" logo was worn in the Dolphins initial season of 1966, but only for the first three games. They then switched to the "out of sun" version for the remainder of 1966 and all of 1967 and 1968.

"Starting in 1969, the Dolphins again went to the "in the sun" version, except for the 1970 preseason, when they went logo-less. This continued until the final regular season game of 1973 against Detroit, when about half the team (mostly linemen) started wearing the "out of sun" logo. This continued for the 1973 playoffs, including Super Bowl VIII. Any pictures you come across with both logos on the field at the same time come from this four game stretch (Lions, Bengals, Raiders, Vikings). Also note that this "out of sun" logo was much smaller than the one worn in the 1960s.

"In 1974, the Dolphins went exclusively to this smaller "out of sun" logo. Sometime around 1990, perhaps due to a change in decal manufacturer, the dolphin in the logo (but not the sun) became slightly larger. The "in the sun" logo was brought back for the 1994 throwback games; but the 2003 Thanksgiving Day throwback, supposedly based on the 1973 uniforms, actually used the early 1990's version of the logo.

"One last note, the helmet striping on the 1966-67 helmet was much thinner and spread apart than what was used from 1968 onward. This info came mostly from meticulous viewing of the official Dolphins highlight films of '66 to '74."

*1 I have received photographs showing the Dolphins using helmets without any decals on the sides during at least the preseason games in 1970 against the Bengals and Colts.

ooops

http://grab.by/7mQh

btw doods this is an awz lil screenshot/image host app http://tinygrab.com

lmfao uniform based passive agression

In 1974, the Dolphins went back exclusively to the "out of the sun" logo. (One exception was running back Norm Bulaich, who played with the team around '75-'76, wore the "in the sun" logo, which drove me crazy).

this is tremendous btw http://grab.by/7mS0

is that a dolphin?

every team in that division should have a dolphin on their helmet

otm

m sure the illustrator tried it and it focused too much attention on the recursion - the dolphin design is just v strong all around AND it has a determined lil dolphin wearing af football helmet, think abt it

I get you and where you're coming from, but I think you're asking for attention by NOT addressing the recursion. Why have the dolphin wear a helmet in the first place?

I mean, what if all the team logos wore helmets? Then where would we be?

Why have the dolphin wear a helmet in the first place?

― http://tinyurl.com/koalalala (Pleasant Plains), Friday, November 12, 2010 1:20 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/sports/football/28brain.html

imagine a raven wearing a helmet

http://lh4.ggpht.com/tmpdough/SOz55yK0OEI/AAAAAAAAAXA/dP0_RvRK8yI/s576/IMG_2540.JPG

good show, now do a panther

ok so weve all agreed then that all team logos should be wearing helmets

xp: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B7iJN32O15U/SJ7Wsq3wEXI/AAAAAAAAAMk/nIyCcha6ljI/s400/funny-cat.jpg

detroit limes

stop it hurts lololol

really wanted to vote bills but i had to give it to the hilarious dolphin. if the bills were still rocking their old "just a buffalo standing there" logo that'd be better. or if the buffalo had a helmet.

The standing Buffalo is like this beast that realizes his place in the world is being superceded by his laser beaming super bowl losing cousin and there's nothing he can do.

So powerless and yet so strong~

just found this looking through old internet pics on my cpu, have no idea where its from

http://grab.by/7nhm

dolphins. but i really dig the future, space-y logo above.

and if this was that vintage helmet poll i'd like to see, it would have to be bills or patriots.

If a team change on the design on the helmet corresponds when the club starts to win, they seem to stick around.

It is true with the Bills, Pats, Bengals, Bucs, etc.

troo

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yep

wow

wow, that's a landslide.

4 for 4 over here

I'm really digging that future-Dolphin helmet up there.