Jack Yongblood hates the unis and the horn on the helmet

Jack Youngblood doesn't like Rams' new uniforms, says 'the horn is terrible'

Jack Youngblood doesn’t like Rams’ new uniforms, says ‘the horn is terrible’
Cameron DaSilva
6 hours ago

The Rams finally pulled back the curtain on their completely redesigned uniforms in May after years of work by designers and those at Nike. The initial response wasn’t as strong as the team probably thought it’d be, but it seems there’s a pretty even split between fans who like them and those who don’t.

Rams legend Jack Youngblood is unequivocally among those who despise the new uniforms, ripping them in a recent interview with John Turney of Pro Football Journal. The 70-year-old Hall of Famer prefers the more traditional look that he wore during his playing days, and he can’t get over the revamped two-piece horn.

Well, the color is good, I like the metallic blue,” Youngblood said about the helmet. “The horn is terrible. It looks like a ‘C.’ When I first saw it on the logo I honestly thought it was a Charger logo.

“Now when I see it on the helmet, it just isn’t a ram horn. There is no distinct curl like a mature ram horn. I don’t know how the Rams could get that wrong. That is your symbol and it has been for what? Seventy years or more? Longer than I have been alive? It’s just not us, it’s not the Rams.”

As for the uniforms themselves, Youngblood says the “blue and gold ones are OK, except for the horns on the helmet and shoulders.” He called the Bone uniforms “weird” and questions the yellow crescent shape on the shoulder – “we’re not the zodiacs, are we?”

The Rams tried to get creative with the Bone color, but a number of people pointed out that they just look like dirty laundry instead. Youngblood said they remind him of the uniforms worn by the guards in “The Longest Yard,” as well as his road uniforms in high school, which his team could never seem to get clean.

Youngblood didn’t take a flamethrower to the Rams’ uniforms like Eric Dickerson did, but he made it abundantly clear that he doesn’t care for the new look. He went into even more detail on the uniforms, too, which you can check out in the full interview.