Remember these from the offseason? Let the bumble bee references resume!

The Steelers are making strides to overcome their early seasonal demons.  The win over the Bengals was a large step in the right direction.  The team desperately needs to keep the trend moving forward.  I’m not so much a man of superstition, but I am a firm believer that you don’t mess with the mojo when it’s working.

The Steelers will be playing in their uniforms from 1934 when the Steelers were still the Pittsburgh Pirates.  As you can see they are one of the biggest visual atrocities coming out of sports aside from Craig Sager.  The Steelers’ (or Pirates’) record during this time equaled the visual quality of those uniforms.  The Steelers went 2-10 that season when debuting these uni’s.  The Steelers also have a fairy poor record when it comes to wearing any throwback uniform over the past decade.

Those two factors combined, I almost feel like the Steelers should hold off on wearing these things.  Won’t they be taking a chance in channeling the Pirates of old along with their bad throwback record?  Let’s hope it doesn’t mess up the winning mojo too much.  Let the bumble bee references continue!

It's unclear whether Bumblebee Man will be suing the Steelers for copyright infringement.

Aye Dios Mio! The Steelers have a habit of coming up with some ‘interesting’ throwback uniforms.  The most notable uniform being their last with the black jersey and gold helmet variety.  That was to commemorate their 75th anniversary.  The occasion for this new throwback look is for the organization’s 80th year in existence.  The uniforms harken back to the 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates.  The 2-10 Pittsburgh Pirates.  This uniform has not been worn since that inaugural season – and perhaps good reason?

I’m not feelin’ these uniforms.  Some refer to them as prison uniforms – from your friendly city of Baltimore, go figure.  Some refer to them  as just plain ugly.  One Twitterer said that they are uglier than the Browns’ uniforms – finally something they beat us at.  Me?  Well you can tell from the picture above how I feel about them.  Go ahead, let the bad puns begin – This new uniform really stings the eyes, the new look is sweeter than honey, I wonder if the rookies will bee happy to wear these uniforms, rumor has it that Roethlisberger got hives after trying his on, so on and so forth.

All Redman needs is antennae on the helmet and a stinger on his rear.  Throw in a little Spanglish, and Redman could be a knock off of the Bumblebee Man from the Simpsons.  Hmmmm… I wonder how Bumblebee Man blocks on a pass rush?  Anyone have his agent’s number?