As we gear up for the National Football League’s return, several of its teams have used the sleepy pre-training camp period to roll out new uniform designs. The Colts, Browns, Jets, Vikings, Buccaneers, Titans, and Seahawks will each look a bit different for at least one game this year. (We’re hoping a few of them will stick with their re-designs for more than one game—and that others scale it back.)
Some ground rules: we know that the Arizona Cardinals have made some slight alterations, but not enough to really make a splash. And while the Eagles are rumored to be up to something, nothing’s official yet. This post is dedicated to the teams that really went for it. Without further ado, let’s rank the NFL’s new crop of alternate uniforms, from worst to best.
7. Indianapolis Colts
The internet has already roasted these on a spit for days on end, so we’re not trying to pile on—but these are categorically bad. Whenever they wear these alternates, the Colts are going to look like a Mid-American Conference team playing on a Tuesday night.
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Indianapolis admittedly doesn’t have a ton to work with. Royal blue and white is one of the most rote color schemes a team can use. But the way out of that was not with black. Also, pairing a blue top with blue pants harkens back to the Color Rush era, which produced some of the most memorably tawdry looks in NFL history. Going with white pants, or even black ones if they insisted on it, would make these much easier on the eyes.
But the real crime here is the helmet. All they did was take the team’s standard white lid—one of the more classic and instantly recognizable ones in the league!—and paint it black. It feels like uniform designers should know that blue and black rarely ever works, too. It’s all a little too What if Madden allowed you to tweak the jerseys? for my taste.
6. Cleveland Browns
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