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RJ2kWJ

09-11-2007, 02:25 AM

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"That's because team captains this year will be wearing a special captain's patch (http://www.detroitlions.com/photos/CaptainC_Body_070903.jpg) on the upper-right chest area (as you can sort of see here (http://www.detroitlions.com/photos/Captains_CR_070903.jpg)). The patches will be color-coordinated to match each jersey, and the gold star underneath the "C" marks the number of years that the player has been a captain under the league's new captaincy initiative.How big a change is this? This big: To Uni Watch's knowledge, only three NFL teams in the past 50 years have worn captains' designations -- the 1994 Patriots (http://cachemediasrv.patriots.com/ImgDyn.cfm?s=22851.jpg&c=1&w=525&cs=1), the 1992 Chargers (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/226/457895614_51581d0817_o.jpg), and the 1983 Cowboys (http://www.profootballhof.com/assets/story_image/16-White_Danny_188_12_17.jpg). And Uni Watch wishes it had stayed that way. For starters, real estate on NFL jerseys is already in short supply, what with the disappearing sleeves, the massive NFL Equipment logo, the increasing use of chest wordmarks, and so on. Adding another element to the mix is gonna make for some seriously crowded jerseys -- especially for teams that already wear other jersey patches (http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/38/fullj.getty-76082185sl015_pittsburgh_v_.jpg)."


	Commanders Post at The Warpath > Commanders Football > Locker Room Main Forum > The C with four stars PDA The C with four stars Stacks42 09-10-2007, 10:54 PM What does the C with four stars under it stand for? Its on Palmers's right shoulder but I have seen other qbs with in on their jerseys this season cpayne5 09-10-2007, 11:01 PM It's the new Captain's patch. MTK 09-10-2007, 11:01 PM Captain. jsarno 09-11-2007, 02:05 AM Why the 4 stars though? (and it looks like the first star is yellow, not white) RJ2kWJ 09-11-2007, 02:25 AM ESPN Page 2 - Uni Watch: NFL preview (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/070905) "That's because team captains this year will be wearing a special captain's patch (http://www.detroitlions.com/photos/CaptainC_Body_070903.jpg) on the upper-right chest area (as you can sort of see here (http://www.detroitlions.com/photos/Captains_CR_070903.jpg)). The patches will be color-coordinated to match each jersey, and the gold star underneath the "C" marks the number of years that the player has been a captain under the league's new captaincy initiative.How big a change is this? This big: To Uni Watch's knowledge, only three NFL teams in the past 50 years have worn captains' designations -- the 1994 Patriots (http://cachemediasrv.patriots.com/ImgDyn.cfm?s=22851.jpg&c=1&w=525&cs=1), the 1992 Chargers (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/226/457895614_51581d0817_o.jpg), and the 1983 Cowboys (http://www.profootballhof.com/assets/story_image/16-White_Danny_188_12_17.jpg). And Uni Watch wishes it had stayed that way. For starters, real estate on NFL jerseys is already in short supply, what with the disappearing sleeves, the massive NFL Equipment logo, the increasing use of chest wordmarks, and so on. Adding another element to the mix is gonna make for some seriously crowded jerseys -- especially for teams that already wear other jersey patches (http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/38/fullj.getty-76082185sl015_pittsburgh_v_.jpg)."