Week five of the 2015 NFL season arrives tonight on Thursday Night Football, as the Colts and Texans battle it out for the top spot in the AFC South. Both teams still have a shot at the division and the playoffs, but a loss from either could be a big blow for their season long goals. No matter what happens, though, they’ll both surely be looking good while they go head to head.
Houston and Indianapolis have some of the best NFL uniforms in the league, as the Colts have a classic logo and vintage appeal despite minor modern adjustments over the years, while the Texans have one of the best logos in the league and also boast bold blue and red colors. Call it luck or perfect timing that they don’t find themselves on our top 5 worst NFL uniforms list, but they’re not even close to being one of the pro football teams that badly need to rethink how they look on the field. These four teams can’t say the same. Luckily we don’t have to watch them on television tonight, either:
Oakland Raiders
It’s not that the Raiders look bad. They just lack any real flash. It’s true that you can do flash wrong. The Browns and 49ers spiced up their football uniforms this year and many weren’t impressed, so going new isn’t always going better. But there are certain things the Raiders could do to enhance their color scheme. Like add some. Or define it, outline it, add stripes, etc. The list goes on. It’s classic, it’s vintage and the like, but it’s also a tad on the boring side. Of course, Oakland doesn’t have it nearly as bad as some of the other teams on this list.
Cleveland Browns
Yeah, you knew they’d be here. You can’t blame the Browns for trying. They modernized their usually boring brown look by adding a dark Brown road uni, a white home uniform and a yet to be seen orange alternate. Right up there with the bolder color schemes is the writing of BROWNS on the legs. It’s all bold and it’s all new, but some would say it’s a miss. It’s obviously tough to suggest they already scrap what they just did, but there are definitely some people out there that would agree that might be something to consider.
Baltimore Ravens
Is the dark purple supposed to be…edgy? The black alternate Ravens uniforms with the black helmets, sure. But the purple color scheme might be a big miss from the start. The loyal Baltimore fan base doesn’t care and even embraces it, but from the outside looking in, there’s a lot of purple and not all that much style here.
Washington Redskins
Controversial logos and trademark names aside, there might not be another team in the NFL that needs to go back to the custom football uniforms drawing board. This is a franchise entrenched in pure dysfunction, and it never helps to hit the field not looking good on top of not feeling good. The color scheme is a little dated and the logo and name probably have to go. When that change finally happens, perhaps the Redskins uniforms will get a necessary face lift, as well.
Got an NFL uniform you hate even more than these four? Tell us about them in the comments below!
