At the beginning of April, Champ Bailey donned the Broncos’ new Nike uniform as the NFL unveiled each club’s new look.
(Click here for a photo gallery)
The Pro Bowl cornerback came away impressed.
“From the outside looking in, you might not see a whole lot (of difference),” Bailey said. “But the feel is different. And Nike is top-notch — you can’t get much better than that.”
Nike described the uniform changes below:
The Denver Broncos have chosen to take full innovation in the Nike Elite 51 football uniform. The Broncos design aesthetic will stay true to years past while updating the color-blocking in the neckline in order to accommodate the Flywire technology to reduce weight and provide a lockdown fit over the pads. Designed and engineered from the inside out, the new uniform focuses on creating a system where the baselayer, padding, jersey and pant work in concert. A few of the new innovations include increasing sleeve articulation for better range of motion and integrating new four-way stretch fabrication to provide a streamlined shrink-wrap fit.
As for the new feel Bailey mentioned, he said he believes it will benefit the players on gamedays.
“Only time will tell once we get out there on the field and put them on,” he said. “I’m just looking forward to that part.”
While the material of the jerseys is what the players will notice most, fans will certainly pay attention to the look of the new threads — notably the switch back to orange.
“I think it’s overdue,” Bailey said. “Now we can wear orange cleats and all kind of stuff. It’ll look fresh.”
Replicas of the jerseys are on sale now, and while the players’ actual jerseys aren’t expected to arrive at Dove Valley until closer to training camp, one uniform has arrived — Peyton Manning’s.
Check out a new gallery of No. 18′s jersey here.
-Gray Caldwell
Tags: Champ Bailey, Jerseys, Nike, Peyton Manning
Pro-bowl corner not safety..
Maybe the fact they said Safety means Champ is moving to S this year….
Apparently he’s been playing out of position this whole time…
Really???? Safety? How long have you been writing for the Broncos?
It’s so weird finally seeing Peyton in that jersey!!!!! it’s so different! But I must say, I LOVE IT!
Champ could wear my bunny pajamas and look great.
AH, thank you for pointing that out. I was looking at a photo gallery from Dawkins’ retirement in Philadelphia — had him on the brain.
All fixed. Apologies!
Its all good Gray. I was trying to make it look less like a mistake or your dropping a hint or something lol. Anyways Thansk for the article. Was really good to read!
Thank you sir, for fixing it;)
Wow! Love the look of the blog!! Thanks for all of the improvements, to whomever is responsible. Love, love, love it!
BTW, hi guys! Hope everyone is doing great. Just stopped in to catch up a bit on the articles. Later…..
BTW, Alaskan, did you get confirmation on whether it’s twins or not? Hope everything goes well.
The girlfriend goes in tomorrow to check. And thanks Tide!
Wow, this is weird!! lol. Anyways, hope u have twins alaska. Twins runs in my wife’s family so maby I will have them one day. Hopefully 1 boy and one girl. Don’t really want identical twins. They could play some serious mind games on me and the wife! lol
Could not have picked a better player to represent Bronco county! I can’t lie though, I was hoping for a black jersey. Oh well. The new blog will take some getting used to, but I like it!
Slow blog day haha
May 11? is that when the next OTA’s are?
Wow! I must admit how “strange” Peyton Manning looks in Orange and Blue… Hopefully that works in our favor the first few weeks when opposing defenses line up for game time…
NUGGETS!!! Game 2… AB, Kobe’s going DOWN tonight buddy!!!
Lol BT We shall see. I dont care who wins really. Lakers Jazz and Nuggets are my three favorite teams lol.
is this the current blog or am i lost
I must be lost lol
I CAN’T FIND ANY1 UGH WHERE DID EVERY1 GO DANG NEW BLOG
so skillz what do u think about the draft?
I’m here skillz…just a slow news day. I think a few of them are watching the Nuggets lol
ugh wish they wouldn’t have drafted a qb this year but like toytle would say on ward and upward
lol hey buddy am i in the right place lol
Ya…this is the blog…it’s just different looking haha
i was so confused lol so many places to go hehehe i thought i scared every1 away like i was the last kid to get picked in a pick up game no make it the kid u don’t even pick up even though he is the only one around and you don’t have enough people time to play horse lol
hahaha
Ok I’m loving the new website! I also love how you can link Broncos Country with your Facebook!! This allows us to connect with our fellow Broncos brothers and sisters even more!!
ok i am so computer illiterate does it show me hoe to connect where ? lol
how not the other word oh please please don’t ban me lol
Can’t wait for OTA’s and training camp. Can we come together as a team, and really play lights out… I think that our guys will continue to get behind Fox. Excitement brews…
Besides Peyton Manning i think the next biggest addition will be Del Rio he will make this ORANGE CRUSH DEFENSE profoundly better
skillz go to settings on Broncos Country and you should see the thing there that says connect or link
ah ty
Hi Skillz… How’s your night?
You’re welcome
good if i knew where to go to find bronco country settings lol i am in the dark over here
My Nuggy’s are getting Schlacked again…
I would love to see AAA give Kobe a fore-arm Shimy like he did Heyward from Utah… POW!
Andre Miller is a STUD!!!
ok i am connected lol got my wife on the job ya know the brains of the family lol
Nuggy’s makin it a game!
Fail… Nuggets down 0-2…
Morning Everybody!
Think any broncos will be named in the top 100 tonight……..90-81.
I think that Miller should be ranked in the top 50, but our luck it’ll be tonight of the next series 80-71. I think Dumervil should be on at list too… Who else do you all think willbe on the list?
Peyton Manning will be there in the30s is my guess, even though he did not play.
I’d say the other broncos that will make the cut will be Champ, of course……….and Von Miller and maybe Prater cause of his uber-clutch kicks last year. Where they’ll fall on the list is up for debate……….lol We need some sort of dialogue going here!