Friday, September 07, 2012

Revamped NFL Logos

I saw a site that redesigned NFL logos. And then I saw another one. And then some designers that did some for some teams. So I saved them and am here to go team-by-team, rank my favorites and give some commentary. I've listed my favorites at the top, per team.


New England Patriots


Not a strong start. Don't love any of these three. The second one is better designed, but just doesn't work for a football logo.

New York Jets


Now we're talking. This first one is snazzy. And then you see that it has a N Y in the logo. The second one is sharp, perhaps a little too futuristic.


Buffalo Bills




I feel like the retro look fits Buffalo. The second one is cartoony and the third one is a god-awful rendition of the shitty Sabres logo that everyone hated.


Miami Dolphins




The Dolphins was a popular choice. All of these are pretty good, but I like how the first one has a great looking dolphin and it works as a D in the script.


Pittsburgh Steelers



This is probably the best set of three in the post. It's hard to even pick a favorite.

Baltimore Ravens


The bottom one isn't bad, but the top one takes a cool element they already have and improves upon it. Not easy.

Cincinnati Bengals


These are both super shitty. But the bottom one isn't even a logo.

Cleveland Browns




I actually like all three logos for the Browns. My favorite would be to take the top logo and lose the words.

Indianapolis Colts



Again I would keep the horseshoe and lose the words.

Jacksonville Jaguars



Some teams are just hard to design I guess. I hate all of these. The last one is nothing. The second one looks like a snake. The top one wins by default.

Tennessee Titans



These are all sort of interesting and I want to like #2 with the face, but it's not quite right.

Houston Texans



All of these are okay, but the first one is boss.

Denver Broncos


Don't like either of these. I prefer the throwback D logo.

Oakland Raiders



The bottom one is a cartoon joke. The top one is badass.

San Diego Chargers




So I sort of like all three...except none of them are quite right. For San Diego, I like powder blue and lightning. No other team has lightning, so I think it's a mistake to lose that and insert a horse. The middle one has powder blue and lightning, but has a jumble of letters. And I like that the last one tried to use lightning and combine it with a Chargers' C...except that it looks like a 5 and there's no powder blue.


Kansas City Chiefs



None of these are very good, I might like the first one if the arrowhead pointed to the right.

Dallas Cowboys


Fucking terrible. They should have done what they did for the Bears and Saints below. When you have  a perfect, classic logo, all you can try to do is keep and add some flavor. Not ruin it with a bandito.

New York Giants


I'm a sucker for skylines. 

Washington 





This might be the biggest disparity. The top one is elegant. The bottom one is ghastly.

Philadelphia Eagles



Again, I think the retro look works. The bottom eagle is cheesy.

Chicago Bears



I'm impressed. The top one took a virtually perfect logo and gave it a nice revamp.


Green Bay Packers


Ugh. Fucking awful again. The bottom one might be the worst on this page.


Detroit Lions


So bad. Why are they doing this to me?

Minnesota Vikings



I like the top one. The bottom one isn't the worst.

Atlanta Falcons

These are both pretty bad.

New Orleans Saints


The bottom one is a joke, right? I could do with a little less grunge on the top one, but at least it retained the important parts.


Carolina Panthers


CP are not letters to build a logo around.

Tampa Bay Bucs




Three logos this time and I like them. Love how the sword is in the 2nd one, but the first one just has a nice feel.

St. Louis Rams


More shit. The second one isn't even a logo.

Seattle Seahawks


Credit for making the top one clearly a sea hawk.

Arizona Cardinals


The top one is pretty good. Combines a desert scape with the bird and the key letter. The bottom one is SHITE.


San Francisco 49ers




We finish strong with four choices. The top one is pretty killer.