Nike NFL Uniforms: Jerseys That Should Never Be Reinvented

Sometimes, change is good.

We've seen uniforms change in the NFL on more than one occasion. And this upcoming Tuesday, Nike is expected to reveal the new uniforms.

When that day comes, however, let's hope for the sake of the following teams that their uniforms don't see much, if any changes.

Green Bay Packers

For roughly 50 years, the Green Bay Packers have worn their current uniforms, with the slightest of modifications throughout.

Still, the Packers never changed their uniforms so drastically like the Denver Broncos and Tampa Bay Buccaneers did in the late-1990s. And when the Packers recently wore their throwbacks in 2010, it was clearly a good thing that they changed the design way back in the late-1950s.

And for those that remember the 1994 season, the Packers' throwbacks worn that year were arguably worse. Keep the cheese in what we know them for, because it keeps Vince Lombardi at the forefront of the franchise.

San Francisco 49ers

The Bay Area has seen quite a number of modifications to the 49ers' uniforms. The longest-running and most impressive uniform the 'Niners wore, though, began in the early-1970s and lasted through the early-1990s.

With the triple-stripe on the sides and the signature gold pants, San Francisco won with style. Then 1994 happened and not until a few years ago did the 49ers go back to the uni's from the Bill Walsh era.

During this span that lasted roughly 15 years, the 49ers had white pants, darker red jerseys, shaded numbers and different colored stripes. It didn't look awful by any means, but San Francisco could breathe a sigh of relief when teams reverted back to the glory days' uniforms.

Nike need not change anything.

Pittsburgh Steelers

This is one franchise that had some really awesome, old-school uniforms with the yellow helmets and numbers. But, the Pittsburgh Steelers have basically had the same type of uniform design since the early-1970s, and there's really no reason to change them.

Furthermore, changing Pittsburgh's uniforms would be uncharacteristic of what the franchise has embodied since the '70s—and that's consistency.

The Steelers haven't changed since and the modifications, if any, were barely noticeable. Pittsburgh's longest playoff drought in the past 40 years was only four seasons, and that happened just one time. So, hopefully Nike keeps Pittsburgh's uniforms as consistence as its performance.

Oakland Raiders

The Oakland Raiders have had their uniform design almost as long as the Green Bay Packers.

The Silver and Black made its first full appearance in the late-1960s, and the only change since were numbers on the away jerseys, which went from silver to black.

Also, if you look closely at any of Oakland's uniforms regardless of decade, there doesn't appear to be one single change. Same silver helmets, numbers and pants with the black home jerseys and stripe.

If Nike were to make even the slightest change to the Raiders' uniforms, it would be wrong.

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