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NFL Preseason Week 2 Round-Up
A bunch of new NFL kicks hit the field this week… the highlights are the Nike cleats worn by the Steelers, Dre’ Bly’s Jordan III’s, the adidas cleats worn by Mario and Reggie, and a ton of new Super Bad II’s. There still hasn’t been anything notable from Reebok or Under Armour, but I’m hoping that they get their act together once the regular season starts. On to the pics…
(Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Hines Ward has been wearing these Nike Throw Back TD PE’s for the past two weeks (and yes, I realize that this photo is from Week 1, but there weren’t any good shots of these from Week 2). As Michael Korczynski pointed out, the colorblocking in these is similar to the pair what Hines wore a few times last season… until recently, they were just about impossible to identify. Good work, Korch.
Randy Moss Pony-less Again; Other NFL PE’s
After starting training camp in Nike cleats, Randy Moss wore his new Pony signature model for several weeks. But when the Patriots kicked off their preseason schedule last night, here’s what we saw:
(AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Those aren’t Pony’s. That’s a spatted-up Jordan VI PE on a Super Bad II TD midsole/outsole. Moss flip-flopped between Nike and Reebok throughout last season, so it’ll be interesting to see what happens this year now that he actually has a signature shoe… keep an eye on this for sure. More NFL kicks after the jump.
No Pony’s for Moss; Other NFL Kicks
Not too many custom cleats can be expected from the first week of training camp, but here’s the best of them:
Tom Brady broke out a new pair of Super Bads with a turf midsole and a Shark cleat pattern (similar to the midsole/outsole that he’s worn the past few years), but the really interesting thing in this photo is the absence of Randy Moss’ Pony signature cleats. Moss wore those Super Bad I’s, a Reebok model, and Super Bad II’s last year, but after all the hype about him signing with Pony, I’m surprised that he didn’t break out the new PE’s at camp (and I can’t imagine the folks at Pony are too happy). Thanks to Greg Riffenburgh for the photo.
(Photo by Damian Strohmeyer/SI)
NFL Camps Open Up; Taylor & Portis PE’s
With training camps starting to open up, NFL PE’s will start getting some coverage on PlayerExclusive.com. I’ll be posting pics and doing renderings of NFL kicks through the end of the season, and our first PE sightings come from Redskins camps…
It didn’t take long for Jason Taylor to get some Redskins-colored Jordan III Retro PE’s. They look like they have a molded TD outsole instead of the detatchable cleats offered on the retail version… I’m looking forward to seeing some better quality pics of these to see what else they have. Unfortunately, he’ll either have to get a black version or spat these up with black tape for the season since Washington wears black cleats.
(Photo by AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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