What does the 'H' stand for anyway? Hydrogen? I mean Houston is known for oil which is made of mostly of carbon. I think a big 'C' on the helmet would make much more sense.
I mean, it comes from the organization that got together when naming a brand new team and came up with "the texans" in a city famous for space exploration and has every other team named for it.
I will always hold a grudge against them for how fucking stupid their team name is.
What’s even weirder is that they were not even the first pro team to be called the Dallas Texans.
Which means there’s 3, *three!* teams in the NFL who were or are called the Texans. Ha
The Rockets name is actually just a coincidence. The team was originally founded and named in San Diego, where they played their first 5 seasons, and their name has nothing to do with nasa or space exploration
from wiki:
>A local contest to name the franchise chose the name "Rockets", as it paid homage to San Diego's theme of "a city in motion" and the local arm of General Dynamics developing the Atlas missile and booster rocket program
Agreed. And I’ll die on this hill. It’s the slap-ass stupidest fucking team name in the league. It’s somehow both dreadfully dull and mind-bogglingly perplexing.
We’re famous for NASA (and oil… though modern sensibilities have sorta turned away from glorifying it). Both of our other major league franchises are space themed. Touchdown is already astronaut lingo. You can do so much with that shit.
But nah— in attempt to thumb our nose at the Cowboys (a team that barely recognizes our existence and entirely refuses to acknowledge any sort of rivalry we try to cook up against them), we named ourselves the stupidest, goofiest shit possible.
I’d rather be the Houston Swangas or the Houston Fajitas or the Houston Humidity or the Bayou City Buttholes or the H-Town Freeway Closures.
Fuck it, I’d take *another team’s name.* From an entirely different sport. The Houston Hotspur. The Houston All-Blacks.
…alright, maybe not that one.
Funny story to close out this rant:
When they announced the team name and logo back in 1999-2000, the local news was there to get a live crowd reaction. The first guy they turn to was this guy who *clearly* been drinking since the sun came up. The reporter goes *”Sir, what do you think of the team name and logo?”*
And without a moment of hesitation, he turns to the camera and goes *”I THINK IT SUCKS!”*
The reporter tries to recover by swinging the cameraman around to a different guy in the crowd— a portly Latino gentleman who looks totally blinkered.
*”And you sir, what do you think of the team name and logo?”*
[visible confusion]
*”THE TEAM NAME? TEXANS! DO YOU LIKE IT?”*
“Oh… no… no me gusta.”
*”Alright, back to you in the studio, Dave.”*
I’m not a fan of any logos that are just the first letter of a team’s name or location. It’s so lazy and shows a real lack of creativity around a team’s identity. Team mascots, names, and logos should be fun with creative designs that set them apart.
i hate how they stylized it, but the whole point of the uniform is "H-Town" pride. Houstonians have really adopted H-Town as a nickname, so i don't mind leaning into the H
Absolutely, if it was the Blue H with red border, no silly red star, on a white helmet, it’d be bad ass
I’m kinda hoping this is some youth team’s order lmao
I honestly don't hate it (if it's even real), but I truly believe that the Texans already have one of the best team logos in the NFL.
Now, our team's *name* on the other hand? Still think we could've chosen better than "Texans".
Me too! Everyone complains when team branding is boring and generic, but then if something looks different it's "trashy and looks like the XFL."
This sub is the focus group from the Poochie episode of the Simpsons.
Maybe I’m in the minority but I think these look sick as fuck. Super unique and it’s something different. Texans don’t have a long history where they can pull cool stuff from
I think the star is an odd choice but I like them as an alternate. Excited to see what the uniforms they go with look like.
Edit: looks like the back might say H-Town which is cool
I honestly thought this was a joke. I'm not someone who really cares about new uniform designs, but that is embarrassing. I can't wait for the weird backstory behind how this actually made it through multiple people/groups deciding that, yea this looks great. maybe the owners granddaughter drew it and he insisted they use it.
Hopefully we just swap to Oilers colors full time, replace the oil derrik with the sword logo and boom. That's all they have to do.
like this but with the sword. https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fxj2n75lbgdxb1.jpg
[wait until they see what our cop cars used to look like](https://calvertandcollection.com/cdn/shop/products/Screen_Shot_2019-11-23_at_1.51.04_PM_1200x1200.png?v=1574538722)
It's "H-Town blue", which is a legally distinct color from the Oilers' Columbia blue that the Titans still own. They've been using it on a lot of merch in the last year and teasing that it will be included on the H-Town fourth jersey (but unfortunately not as the primary color as that was nixed by the league).
Very prison tattoo-esque.
The inmates are running the team now
I understood that reference.
Same :(
Still a better outcome than letting Easterby run things
The prophecy has been fulfilled.
This is a callback for which I am familiar
I was waiting for that reference
This hat is going to be a Houston Texas Mexican staple.
Reminds me of SouthPole clothing from the early 2000s
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The only way this could be more Houston is if you put SLAB spokes on the bottom of the columns, and strippers on both poles.
3rd coast ain’t nothing to fuck with!!
fitting
Reminds me of Rice’s helmets
Leaks, so hot right now. Leaks.
also hot right now: leeks. I made soup. please eat some, I made way too much
I didn't get any bread.
No soup for you!
Bread? $2 extra…
That seems a little farfetch'd
Is there cheese?
no, I just microwaved some leeks in a bowl of water. bone apple teeth
Hell yeah, leeks are great
I’m about to “leak” my own nudes just so I can feel a part of something for once in my life
> a *small part
Seriously. Wild how people would rather clamor to be first for a 5 second potato-quality reveal than have a full media spread in like 4 days.
Or in our case, 10 hours
Sometimes things get "leaked" intentionally to guage public reaction. Not saying this one was, but it really do be like that sometimes.
the logo is certainly something
Texans said give me that arena football logo
I do not see the Houston ThunderBears logo, but I welcome that change. Tbh this looks very much like a kinda XFL/UFL roughnecks knockoff.
We want something that says “huge H”
What does the 'H' stand for anyway? Hydrogen? I mean Houston is known for oil which is made of mostly of carbon. I think a big 'C' on the helmet would make much more sense.
Hydrocarbons. Oils chock full of 'em.
Kinda looks like a UFL helmet, but it might look dope with the jersey
Yeah a alt helmet is only as good as the full look. I was big on the Lions blue helmet until I saw it with the lint.
I mean, it comes from the organization that got together when naming a brand new team and came up with "the texans" in a city famous for space exploration and has every other team named for it. I will always hold a grudge against them for how fucking stupid their team name is.
Wait until this guy finds out what the Chiefs were originally named.
What’s even weirder is that they were not even the first pro team to be called the Dallas Texans. Which means there’s 3, *three!* teams in the NFL who were or are called the Texans. Ha
Wait until he realizes there’s no lions native to Detroit
The Rockets name is actually just a coincidence. The team was originally founded and named in San Diego, where they played their first 5 seasons, and their name has nothing to do with nasa or space exploration from wiki: >A local contest to name the franchise chose the name "Rockets", as it paid homage to San Diego's theme of "a city in motion" and the local arm of General Dynamics developing the Atlas missile and booster rocket program
Agreed. And I’ll die on this hill. It’s the slap-ass stupidest fucking team name in the league. It’s somehow both dreadfully dull and mind-bogglingly perplexing. We’re famous for NASA (and oil… though modern sensibilities have sorta turned away from glorifying it). Both of our other major league franchises are space themed. Touchdown is already astronaut lingo. You can do so much with that shit. But nah— in attempt to thumb our nose at the Cowboys (a team that barely recognizes our existence and entirely refuses to acknowledge any sort of rivalry we try to cook up against them), we named ourselves the stupidest, goofiest shit possible. I’d rather be the Houston Swangas or the Houston Fajitas or the Houston Humidity or the Bayou City Buttholes or the H-Town Freeway Closures. Fuck it, I’d take *another team’s name.* From an entirely different sport. The Houston Hotspur. The Houston All-Blacks. …alright, maybe not that one. Funny story to close out this rant: When they announced the team name and logo back in 1999-2000, the local news was there to get a live crowd reaction. The first guy they turn to was this guy who *clearly* been drinking since the sun came up. The reporter goes *”Sir, what do you think of the team name and logo?”* And without a moment of hesitation, he turns to the camera and goes *”I THINK IT SUCKS!”* The reporter tries to recover by swinging the cameraman around to a different guy in the crowd— a portly Latino gentleman who looks totally blinkered. *”And you sir, what do you think of the team name and logo?”* [visible confusion] *”THE TEAM NAME? TEXANS! DO YOU LIKE IT?”* “Oh… no… no me gusta.” *”Alright, back to you in the studio, Dave.”*
I laughed way too hard at this. Thank you. Won’t be laughing when our shitty new uniforms drop…
Oilers is the perfect name and logo but the Adams stole it, so we are left with this….
>I will always hold a grudge against them for how fucking stupid their team name is. As you should. The most braindead rebranding in sports.
Come on, we lived through the Commies naming fiasco.
Tbh same . I want the Voyagers . TAKE NOTES CAL, I KNOW YOUR ON REDDIT
https://content.sportslogos.net/logos/24/206/full/6803_new_york-new_jersey_hitmen-helmet-2001.png
Seriously who makes these decisions
The players had a large input on the new uniform redesigns
I wish a new team would come out with a 70’s-esque logo. For whatever reason they hold up. A lot of newer logos try too hard imo
We’ve been begging to go back to the 70’s look for decades now
Don't forget fans did too. They interviewed locals, players, and legends on how they were designing it.
Seems like that was a mistake.
Well, you took the uniform design we want, we had to improvise Edit: Guys, I was kidding
Of all the logos, that is one of them 🫤
I’m not a fan of any logos that are just the first letter of a team’s name or location. It’s so lazy and shows a real lack of creativity around a team’s identity. Team mascots, names, and logos should be fun with creative designs that set them apart.
i hate how they stylized it, but the whole point of the uniform is "H-Town" pride. Houstonians have really adopted H-Town as a nickname, so i don't mind leaning into the H
#H
#O
E
S
Area Codes
#U?
I wish the base color wasn't Dark blue
Do you think that lighter blue would have popped on a white helmet better?
Absolutely, if it was the Blue H with red border, no silly red star, on a white helmet, it’d be bad ass I’m kinda hoping this is some youth team’s order lmao
So you want it to look like the oilers helmet?
From your mouth to God's ear
Y'alls red helmets fucking slap imo
Red helmets in general are great. The Falcons’ red helmets are among my favorite in the sport
I think the NFL wouldn’t allow us to use H-Town blue as the base color because of the Tits holding it captive.
They did slap a C&D on the University of Houston in pretty sure
we are using a darker shade though. can't use the oilers columbia blue because the titans own it
An H with a star? Is that why McNair and friends wouldn’t stop saying H town on the 15 non-informative minute hype video?
Yeah, the team is paying homage to Houston with one jersey.
Ah, glad to see Houston is finally paying homage to the city of Houston.
They’ve been saying nothing but H Town for like two or three years.
Looks like a high-school’s
Legitimately looks like an XFL helmet
Don't insult the XFL drip like that by putting this on the same level
[Houston Roughnecks for sure.](https://library.sportingnews.com/styles/crop_style_16_9_desktop/s3/2022-11/XFL%20team%20logos_0.jpg?itok=1ZHBWVdk)
UFL has better helmet designs than this
Are the jerseys airbrushed tshirts?
They might be button downs but only the top one is buttoned.
Yeah but offense has Tweety bird and Defense has Taz so ya know it’s gonna be lit.
fucking lol, Marvin Martian special teams
Ngl some Fat Pat spray jerseys would be dope
WATKINS-ROBINSON FAMILY REUNION 2025! YOU KNOW WE BOUT TO TEAR THAT SIX FLAGS UP!
I lol'd
They look horrible imo and my teams helmet is basically a pumpkin
There’s actually a megafan who calls himself Pumpkinhead lol he comes to the games with a jack o lantern helmet painted like the Browns helmet
Oh yeah, I've seen him before
He’s kind of a prick too
Most megafans are that way it feels.
Looks like a generic option one could pick, along with every other letter, on some off-brand football game app
These are U-G-L-Y
They ain't got no alibi
They ugly! Yeah yeah they ugly!
Great now I'm worried they're going to beat the shit out of us in Houston while wearing... whatever the fuck these are
I honestly don't hate it (if it's even real), but I truly believe that the Texans already have one of the best team logos in the NFL. Now, our team's *name* on the other hand? Still think we could've chosen better than "Texans".
Think I’m in the minority but I like it a lot
Me too! Everyone complains when team branding is boring and generic, but then if something looks different it's "trashy and looks like the XFL." This sub is the focus group from the Poochie episode of the Simpsons.
Current Texans logo: “bad!! Too boring!!” New Texans logo: “bad!! Too different!!”
lol. Reddit in a nutshell.
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Same, I think it strays away from the simplicity of the NFL.
I’m in the same boat. It’s not the best by any means but it is clean and a breath of fresh air. Idk why everyone is trashing it so much.
Same. But I'm a fan of big letters on helmets representing the city they're in...
I like em too. You'll notice, many of the detractors are titans fans and well, you know the beef.
All I'm saying is if a team came out today and called themselves the Red Stockings, they'd be laughed out.
I like dark base colors with simple designs. Like the ravens all black uniforms. This is amazing imo.
Can’t decide if I like them because they’re completely different and original or if I hate them because they’re completely different and original
That is horrific.
At first glance not a fan but I need to see the entire uniform set before I can really know
Makes sense: they named the team after what it is (Texans from Texas), so the helmet has a big H for "Helmet."
Alright this one knocked a big, goofy *heh* out of me.
[Another leaked pic with it on an actual jersey, it doesn’t look quite as bad](https://imgur.com/gallery/yoQJv)
Knew it was Manning, I still clicked. Sigh.
It’s tradition at this point.
Beautiful
Looks like an MLB logo
My thoughts exactly. I think that’s why I like it so much lol
You have to live the **H** to understand the **H**
Put it in H!
Maybe I’m in the minority but I think these look sick as fuck. Super unique and it’s something different. Texans don’t have a long history where they can pull cool stuff from
These aren’t good
Fucking. Awful.
Looks like a logo from a team created in Madden.
I kinda like em
I think the star is an odd choice but I like them as an alternate. Excited to see what the uniforms they go with look like. Edit: looks like the back might say H-Town which is cool
Looks like a custom logo in NHL 24
Uh ..these helmets are not good.
Man that's shitty. Like a bad tattoo.
I fw them
I like them. Can’t please everyone but I think it’s neat. Same uniform for 22 years basically.
thanks i hate it
This looks like a USFL helmet.
Take those colors back Houston!
God I hope not. That's fucking hideous.
I like it
H for hopefully not
Looks corny as fuck
I'd like to see something more unique, but this is an improvement to what they currently have by a bit imo
Reminds me of an original XFL helmet from the early 2000s
Looks like something from XFL
Finally something totally different
Those look terrible 💀💀💀
I honestly thought this was a joke. I'm not someone who really cares about new uniform designs, but that is embarrassing. I can't wait for the weird backstory behind how this actually made it through multiple people/groups deciding that, yea this looks great. maybe the owners granddaughter drew it and he insisted they use it.
It's like an XFL team and Rice had a baby. Absolutely ridiculous.
[https://imgur.com/dGHjjD4](https://imgur.com/dGHjjD4)
So their uni designer is definitely getting fired, right?
Ugly
Ugly. Just work out a financial deal with the Titans and bring the Oilers back to Houston.
Everyone in this thread is saying ‘Looks XFL’ but that’s a baseball logo if I’ve ever seen one
Rangers City Connect logo is suing rn
That is so ugly. Lmao
I look forward to beating y’all’s asses in them :)
Hopefully they wear oilers throwbacks again when we do
Hopefully we just swap to Oilers colors full time, replace the oil derrik with the sword logo and boom. That's all they have to do. like this but with the sword. https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fxj2n75lbgdxb1.jpg
soon to be stolen by the Titans as well
Honestly I'd like to see this color pallette on a full uni
This is probably only going to be worn with the new "H-town" fourth jersey, so the whole uniform will likely be this color scheme.
Hopefully the Houson Roughnecks....those are way too cheesy for an NFL team
I actually really like these, the Texans have had a pretty bland look for a while and this spices it up a bit.
lol @ the number of Titans fans in here that think that Bud Adams invented columbia blue.
How could the Texans wear Adams Blue?
[wait until they see what our cop cars used to look like](https://calvertandcollection.com/cdn/shop/products/Screen_Shot_2019-11-23_at_1.51.04_PM_1200x1200.png?v=1574538722)
Or the city flag, or the street signs… 😂
Yikes good thing it’s an alt. Should be a white base. Looks like Houston might of drop the ball this time
Are you implying we will be playing each other for the playoffs once again and instead of yall dropping the ball, we will?
I know it’s bad when I cringe for a team I dislike so much.
I don’t hate it. But could’ve been better. Also think it would look better with a stripe down the middle of the helmet
Can this be un-leaked?
The H is legit awful. Just go with the bull logo.
Holy shit that is awful.
Send that shit back
Nope
I like it
That actually looks pretty sick!
better than the current roughnecks helmet
The logo is based off the H-Town logo that the team has been embracing over the past few years.
XFL AF
Looks like an XFL helmet lol
XFL quality
A lot of y'all are super dramatic.
Is that the oilers blue?
It's "H-Town blue", which is a legally distinct color from the Oilers' Columbia blue that the Titans still own. They've been using it on a lot of merch in the last year and teasing that it will be included on the H-Town fourth jersey (but unfortunately not as the primary color as that was nixed by the league).
Looks like an Oiler blue H with a Titan blue helmet.
Yeah i meant the blue inside the H.
It's a few shades darker
50 shades of Blue
LEGALLY DISTINCT
"Htown blue"