What To Make Of This Photo?
May 17th, 2015
Bucs WR Mike Evans was involved in an interesting task yesterday.
It seems Bucs wide receiver Mike Evans had a cool gig yesterday. What it means isn’t exactly clear.
Via the Instagram account of Texas A&M receiver Ricky Seals-Jones, appeared a selfie with Evans in the background in what appears to be a warehouse of some sort.
Evans is signing throwback Bucs helmets.
Now the Bucs will induct Doug Williams in the Ring of Honor this year and Williams wore those helmets. The NFL, since the new labor agreement signed in 2011, forces teams to wear the same helmets all year.
Did the Bucs get a waiver to wear throwback helmets for one game or is this some marketing stunt?
May 17th, 2015 at 4:05 pm
Hmmmmmmm.
May 17th, 2015 at 4:05 pm
“The NFL, since the new labor agreement signed in 2011, forces teams to wear the same helmets all year.”
Didn’t the Bucs have a throwback game in 2012?
May 17th, 2015 at 4:08 pm
The real crime here is Evans wearing that Cleveland Cavaliers jersey, for a man who is 6’5″ he sure has poor taste in basketball teams!
May 17th, 2015 at 4:14 pm
Yea, cause he should choose Orlando cause they’d be a better choice! They’re so good
May 17th, 2015 at 4:16 pm
Yeah WalkdaPlank maybe he should root for the Timberwolves or 76ers or someone else that’s good
May 17th, 2015 at 4:16 pm
That’s my dawg. WINSton to Evans gone be sik-wit-it…
May 17th, 2015 at 4:16 pm
dude… gotta bring the old unis back!!!!!
May 17th, 2015 at 4:17 pm
Why not just take the newer helmets and put the strip old logos on them? OR, is this the last time and the Red and Pewter going to be the throwback from now on?
May 17th, 2015 at 4:26 pm
I understand wanting uniformity in the league but the throw back idea was cool and not allowing the different helmets now is just stupid. It was good for marketing and apparel sales since the old uniforms would still be somewhat relevant. I think the NFL is it’s own worst enemy!!!
May 17th, 2015 at 4:30 pm
The organization needs to have the courage to step up and admit that
the new uniforms are an epic fail.
May 17th, 2015 at 4:41 pm
I like the new uniforms. Change is always good because if you are not changing your stagnating.
May 17th, 2015 at 4:50 pm
New unis are just fine. The fact of the matter is nothing makes you look good when your losing. Seattle hated theyre unis when yhe were first brought out.
Now they love them.
I like our unis. I dont like our record
May 17th, 2015 at 4:50 pm
^^not always. Not when the new is worse than the old.
May 17th, 2015 at 4:57 pm
The new unis are fine. The team sucks that is what should change. Unis look good.
May 17th, 2015 at 5:00 pm
All he is doing is signing helmets. He has a sharpie in his hand and you can see the autographs.
May 17th, 2015 at 5:01 pm
The reason the league has teams wear the same helmets is an effort to cut down on concussions. Nothing more sinister than that.
May 17th, 2015 at 5:06 pm
Probably gonna sell them . After Ring of fame games.
I like new uniforms. Look cool, look better with unit wearing them.
May 17th, 2015 at 5:07 pm
Mike Evans……………”America’s Wide Receiver”
May 17th, 2015 at 5:17 pm
Sorry, the Bucs could win the Super Bowl every year from now until the day I die, and those uniforms will never get any better looking. Sure, every now and then I see a nice candid pic of the jerseys and think “hmmm not too shabby”, then I see a pic of the old ones and go “WHY GLAZERS?!”
May 17th, 2015 at 5:18 pm
Bucco Bruce “America’s Fa….” Oh wait my bad.
May 17th, 2015 at 5:24 pm
Best LOL of the Day DB.
Thanks alot bro 🙂
May 17th, 2015 at 5:29 pm
Joe Says:
May 17th, 2015 at 5:01 pm
I understand wanting uniformity in the league but the throw back idea was cool and not allowing the different helmets now is just stupid.
The reason the league has teams wear the same helmets is an effort to cut down on concussions. Nothing more sinister than that
I don’t think rayray was suggesting helmets with spikes….he meant art work and design
May 17th, 2015 at 5:53 pm
Wait … what?! .. Joe .. concussions? Is there some thinking that Bucco Bruce makes them less protective? I mean, they’re not wearing *actual* Riddells from the 70s; it’s just an artwork thing!
I, for one, love it when they bring out the throwbacks. That helmet flashes me back to some great childhood memories of going to games with my Dad.
May 17th, 2015 at 5:54 pm
I wore a suspension helmet in HS…..bwahahaha
didn’t affect me….
May 17th, 2015 at 6:05 pm
In 30 years of construction I have found that a hardhat only protects you from small cuts on your head. If a beam is falling it does not protect your neck from breaking.
May 17th, 2015 at 6:21 pm
Joe that excuse by the NFL doesn’t make any sense. Can they not afford two helmets with two different logos? That excuse has never made any sense.
May 17th, 2015 at 6:24 pm
I wish Pablo would give us his take on this.
May 17th, 2015 at 6:38 pm
I can’t figure out why the uniforms needed changing at all. I’ve faced it, they are ugly and the team played ugly in them. As far as them growing on me over time, it will take beaucoup time or the onset of dementia before I’ll like these butt ugly freak costumes.
May 17th, 2015 at 6:42 pm
The reason the league has teams wear the same helmets is an effort to cut down on concussions. Nothing more sinister than that.
And a new helmet would be more dangerous?
Really?
So those things get better with age? cmon man…
May 17th, 2015 at 7:25 pm
TDTB,
That was what I was saying. How damn hard is it to us the new helmets painted and the old art work for throw back games. Or is this the last time they will ever use it as the throw back uniform?
May 17th, 2015 at 7:26 pm
@ChessMaster
The Seattle Seahawks have made several jersey overhauls over the years (The Last Being 2012).
The Fans Hated (2012) Alterations!!!
• So their fanbase (12th Man) complained to ownership, and ownership to listened.
Since 2013 they’ve released several design/color combinations (without changing the helmet)
Hope we do the same-That’s how U engage the young fanbase
May 17th, 2015 at 7:31 pm
Why don’t they just put a temporary wrap over the helmets like they do with cars and boats and just peel them off after the game?
May 17th, 2015 at 7:32 pm
If It was me— I would actually come with 10 design concepts.
Release them to social media.
Have the fanbase vote on the best 4 or 5 concepts. (Once Again engaging the Younger Generation)
Lol, as much as the national media hates our jersey’s. They would eat this concept Up
May 17th, 2015 at 7:36 pm
Do you really want Winston to look like he works at Burger King? And yes I know I know he is the king and all before you start lol….
May 17th, 2015 at 8:55 pm
why don’t they put Bucco Bruce and the stipe on their pewter helmets. I think it would be bad a$$.
May 17th, 2015 at 8:59 pm
While I love the throwbacks, our new uniforms are bad ass. Love the idea from other poster to just paint our current helmets different and then wear old uniforms
May 17th, 2015 at 9:11 pm
I vote for the black jerseys. This way we don’t have to change the helmet.
May 17th, 2015 at 9:16 pm
I hate that weak ass old uni they shouldn’t ever wear them again
May 17th, 2015 at 9:29 pm
Just wear the old helmets all sixteen games. Problem solved.
Next.
May 17th, 2015 at 9:43 pm
Alright I’m having a senior moment. I’ve search for a pic of the black game jerseys but can’t find it. Does anyone remember the game we wore black jerseys? I want to say it was a mnf game against the Rams back in 99 but chit I can’t remember what I ate for dinner so.
May 17th, 2015 at 10:04 pm
Bucs never wore black jerseys…..
May 17th, 2015 at 10:20 pm
I like the new helmets. The unis are ok, definently not great. I don’t know if they’ll wear throwbacks, but its obviously marketing because the team wouldn’t be wearing signed mike evans helmets.
May 17th, 2015 at 10:28 pm
The red unis were some of the best in the nfl and Ive always liked the flag. I would like the previous all red modified a bit with the new numbers and helmet
May 17th, 2015 at 10:56 pm
The helmets are okay. I would much prefer a 1/1 auto rookie card. That is worth much more. How about going to the playoffs. That would be worth much more. Sure a warehouse of memorabilia is nice, but a 1st round receiver taking us to the playoffs is much better. Helping our RC QB get us to the playoffs is much better. Thanks for the stupid picture, but how about lets start winning.
May 17th, 2015 at 11:10 pm
@WS99
The bucs never wore black jersys. They just sold them in the stores. More revenue. You may be having a senior moment.
May 17th, 2015 at 11:21 pm
Correct. Never in team history have the Bucs ever taken a field with a black jersey (thank, God).
May 17th, 2015 at 11:37 pm
There is no such game. Never happened.
May 18th, 2015 at 12:01 am
Hey DB………..I love ya no matter what. Fla will legalize Weed soon.
Don’t worry about the Black jerseys. I will try not to have bad dreams about them tonight.
May 18th, 2015 at 12:15 am
Screw the Cavs and screw Lebron. He either crys for a foul or b!thches when he gets a foul. In the good ol days, a foul only occured when, what we call flagrant today, happens. Lebron would get his a$$ kicked if the rules wern’t softened. Whiney little b!tch.
Ih and maybe Evans should wear a Spurs jersey. Isnt he from Texas?
May 18th, 2015 at 6:17 am
It’d be awesome if we could wear the throwback jerseys for that game, but as per Scott Smith, the Bucs need to apply to wear alternate jerseys by mid season the year before, which we haven’t done. There was a video about it on Buccaneers.com about a month or two ago. Interrstingly this time, he said it wasn’t mandatory to wear the same helmets every game, just strongly advised.
May 18th, 2015 at 9:07 am
It’s a warehouse that’s got all kinds of helmets that belongs to a memorabilia store. Players have been photographed here before, nothing more than a lil pocket money for ex players & current players to make by signing in huge quantities.
May 18th, 2015 at 12:20 pm
They should be able to “skin” the entire helmet and change the face mask for one game…doesn’t really seem like rocket science, hopefully they figured it out.
May 18th, 2015 at 3:43 pm
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