After 18 seasons of their most up-to-date uniforms, the Arizona Cardinals can have a brand new search for the 2023 season. The staff unveiled three new uniforms on April 20, lower than every week earlier than the beginning of this yr’s NFL Draft.
As you may see beneath, the Cardinals went for a extra simplified look. Along with a extra easy stripe sample, the Cardinals have joined the current listing of groups which have elected to not put on numbers on their shoulders. The script “Arizona” on the staff’s house jersey and the “Cardinals” font throughout the visiting jersey shoulder are two of the extra noticeable adjustments from the outgoing jerseys. The added emphasis on the colour silver is one other noticeable distinction.
It seems that Arizona’s main helmet didn’t endure any adjustments. The Cardinals’ black helmet, which made its debut final yr as a part of the staff’s colour rush uniform, will stay in circulation as a part of the staff’s alternate uniform.
Some of the instant responses to the Cardinals’ new jerseys needed to do with how related they’re to Ohio State’s present uniforms, particularly the staff’s alternate jersey when in comparison with the Buckeyes’ black jersey. This calls to thoughts when the Iowa Hawkeyes modified their uniform within the Seventies to imitate the dynastic Pittsburgh Steelers.
Founded in 1920, the Cardinals adopted crimson and white as its main colours in 1937. The staff’s uniform went by a number of adjustments within the following years earlier than settling into its long-term look in 1960. The Cardinals basically wore a variation of the identical uniform from that time up till 2005, when the staff ushered in a extra trendy look that continued to be in circulation by the 2022 season.
The Cardinals had a profitable run of their outgoing uniforms. In 2008, the franchise superior to the Super Bowl for the primary time, the place it almost upset the favored Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII. The Cardinals made the playoffs 4 extra occasions — together with a visit to the NFC Championship Game in 2015 — whereas sporting their outgoing uniforms.
Arizona’s roster throughout this time span included a number of distinguished gamers, together with future Hall of Famers Larry Fitzgerald and J.J. Watt, Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, Hall of Fame working again Edgerrin James, and former Pro Bowlers Anquon Boldin, Patrick Peterson, Carson Palmer, Calais Campbell, Tyrann Mathieu, Dwight Freeney, David Johnson, Adrian Wilson and present Cardinals security Budda Baker.
Larry Fitzgerald wore the Cardinals’ present jersey for almost all of his profession.
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The staff has slogged by some rocky seasons since their 2015 title recreation run, nonetheless. Arizona has made the playoffs simply as soon as since that season. The Cardinals bottomed out final yr by successful simply 4 video games, which led to the dismissal of head coach Kliff Kingsbury. Arizona is definitely hoping {that a} new coach (former Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon) and a brand new look, might spark a revival.
