Philadelphia Eagles Finally Add New Wordmark to Jersey Chest

Good morning, and happy Pi Day! (Also known as one week before I turn 60, yikes!)

Now then: In one of the more unusual developments of recent years, the Eagles changed their official wordmark in June of 2022 — sort of.  They added the new lettering to their end zone design but also announced that the new mark wouldn’t be added to their jerseys until 2024.

In case you hadn’t noticed, 2024 has now arrived. And right on schedule, the Eagles’ online shop is now selling jerseys with the new wordmark. Here’s a comparison:

No sign yet of the new mark on the team’s white jersey, but you can use your imagination.

Why did it take so long to change the logo on the jersey? Because any NFL jersey change — even if it’s as minor as this one — requires two years’ notice. I don’t really understand why the Eagles didn’t just wait until now to launch the new mark, so everything would be unified, but I’m sure they had their reasons.

Still to be determined is the fate of the Eagles’ nose bumper. In 2022 (the season right after the new wordmark was announced), the bumper still had the old mark, matching the logo on the jersey chest; in 2023, the bumper went blank:

I think it’s a pretty safe bet that the bumper will feature the new mark in 2024, but we’ll have to wait and see.

One amusing side note to all of this: Just as the jerseys with the new mark were appearing on the team’s online shop, the team tweeted  a welcome to newly acquired running back Saquon Barkley, including an illustration of him wearing the old wordmark — on the jersey and the nose bumper — even though he’ll never wear that logo on the field. Here’s the tweet and a close-up of the illo:

🗣️BACK IN PA! Welcome to the City of Brotherly Love, @saquon.@Toyota | #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/mB1f7flTgG

— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) March 13, 2024

(My thanks to Patrick Bourque, who was the first of several readers to bring this development to my attention.)

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Mug(s) Shot

Longtime reader Andrew Cosentino has both of these Uni Watch mugs. Somewhat amazingly, I’ve never seen them side-by-side before — a very nice matched set!

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Can of the Day

Classic, classy, and very effective. Very solid design.