The Giants Are Bringing Back Their Old School 80s Uniforms + Helmets And They Are Just As BEAUTIFUL As I Remember
LET'S GO OUT THERE LIKE A BUNCH OF CRAZED DOGS AND HAVE SOME FUN!!!
I was having a typically slow Wednesday morning in Suburbia bending to every one of my kids' demands and trying to get the day rolling. Then I saw these uniforms coming back on the timeline and I suddenly had as much energy as Lawrence Taylor on a Saturday night in midtown Manhattan. I may have gotten there on simply pure nostalgic excitement instead of whatever import Sir Lawrence of The Meadowlands threw in his body but the excitement is just the same.
There is simply no denying that these 80s-90s Giants uniforms absolutely crush the current ones. Yeah the Giants beat the greatest football dynasty we will ever see twice in those uniforms, one of those times being an 18-0 team on the doorstep of history. But those beautiful red, white, and blue jerseys with the underlined and italicized GIANTS helmet just hit different. Hence why pretty much every Giants shirt we have ever released in the Barstool store comes with that font.
Plus look how handsome my sweet Daniel looks in these retro threads.
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I know a lot of fans have been asking for these jerseys to come back for a while. But I am happy the team waited until now. Not because it gave me a blog on the slowest sports day of the year or anything like that. But because bringing these absolute stunners back during the Reign of Gettleman would've been a slap in the face to legends like LT, Carl Banks, Harry Carson, Phil Simms, Mark Barvaro, and of course The Big Tuna.
Eric Risberg. Shutterstock Images.I neeeeeeeeed to see Coach Daboll rocking that sweater in December more than I need anything other the Danwagon to get back on course, especially with the retro end zones coming out.
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Great call by the Giants PR team deciding to use these jerseys in two of the more winnable home games in the Bears and Whatever Washington Will Call Themself By December, even though calling them Legacy Games is lowkey hilarious since Legacy is apparently the new super overused word in sports, knocking down GOAT from the top spot after years at number 1.
As the resident uniform expert here at Barstool, the only downside to these jerseys is that they are indisputably slower than the regular jerseys. However they also pack much more of a punch. So even though it may go against everything he believes in as a coach, Brian Daboll is going to have to incorporate some more power running in his offense like Rodney Hampton is in the backfield for these two games in order to play to these jerseys' strengths. Saquon's Juke rating may go down but his Break Tackle is about to go through the roof.
Luckily these uniforms also make the defense roughly 10x better, so Wink Martindale is going to have a field day blitzing the shit out of Justin Fields and whoever is starting for an injured Carson Wentz. Let's see how our boy Wink feels about these unis.
God I love that crazy motherfucker already.
It may be a crazy thing to say after a goddamn jersey reveal, but I'm starting to think the Giants may officially be #BACK, especially after this happened to me this weekend.
Fuck it, the Giants have never been more #BACK and I am responsibly betting their Over in the Barstool Sportsbook along with sprinkling a few bucks on winning the NFC East because the juju is too good not to. Now let's stay healthy in training camp, sign a DB or two off the scrap heap at the end of the preseason, and work on making these throwback jerseys the all the time jerseys by 2023. If a full blog worth of me cumming over them won't do the trick, maybe these throwback videos of the good old days will do it.
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P.S. One of the biggest shames in NFL history is that the Giants could never win while wearing the white heat unis because these things were fucking beautiful.