Ranking all 32 NFL home uniforms from worst (Commanders) to best
It's time to rank some uniforms.
The doldrums of the offseason are the perfect time to stir up pointless arguments. There's no better place to start than what players wear each Sunday -- an effect that cannot be quantified by statistics and is instead buoyed by vibes. Are you prepared to listen to someone's dad whine about how NFL uniforms were better back in his day? This is my blind spot and I'm fine with it because it's July, art is subjective and also I'm ranking a bunch of uniforms.
Well, might as well dive into it.
32. Washington Commanders
Home uniform combination: Red helmet, red jersey, yellow or red pants
Stenciled logo, stenciled numbers and highlighted nameplates that are doing too much, especially on longer names. Team owner Josh Harris and his new regime have had their hands full rebuilding a disgraced franchise, so an upgrade hasn't been on the menu. Still, they can make Jayden Daniels look better than this.
31. Tennessee Titans
Home uniform combination: Blue helmet, blue jersey, white pants
These may be the least offensive uniforms in Titan history. That does not mean they're good. The silver accents do a nice job of blending the two tones of blue here, at least.
30. Arizona Cardinals
Home uniform combination: White helmet, red jersey, red pants
Arizona's all-reds are totally fine, if a bit basic. That simplicity goes back almost 100 years, so at least it's leaning on tradition. But maaaaan, that's a lot of red.
29. Atlanta Falcons
Home uniform combination: Black helmet, black jersey, black pants
The Falcons' uniforms hold so much potential but their latest offerings incorporate entirely too much late-2010s (tapered, pointed lines, unnecessary contrast, bad drop shadows, etc). It's tough to separate these from their vastly superior throwbacks, even if they're generally... fine.
28. Houston Texans
Home uniform combination: Navy helmet, navy jersey, white pants
Totally fine, if unremarkable. The relative basic-ness of these uniforms are thrown into stark contrast by the team's Battle Red and H-Town kits which are, hooooo buddy, a lot.
27. Jacksonville Jaguars
Home uniform combination: Black helmet, teal jersey, teal or white pants
Jacksonville is slowly improving, and a quiet turn back toward the prowler jerseys of the 1990s (and the nicely handled touch of gold accents) is a great idea. The teal-on-teal here is a bit much, however. At least these aren't the dehydrated urine yellow of the team's old Color Rush kits.
26. Seattle Seahawks
Home uniform combination: Blue helmet, blue jersey, silver pants
Seattle's uniforms would rank higher if not for the perfection it ditched to get here. Fortunately, the Seahawks have leaned into their old Steve Hutchinson blues as an alternate and could be setting the stage for a return to (uniform) glory.
25. Denver Broncos
Home uniform combination: Blue helmet, orange jersey, white (or blue or orange) pants
Another perfectly cromulent uniform overshadowed by vastly superior throwbacks. In this case, the Broncos swapped out their perfect sleeve stripes for the vertical piping that was endemic to late 90s/mid-2000s redesigns. The result is a great color scheme and a kit that's dated, but not in a fun way.
24. Los Angeles Rams
Home uniform combination: Blue helmet, blue jersey, blue pants
The jersey number color gradient is a bit of a mess and the glossy sheen on the numbers and stripes makes them look like they're made of Fruit Roll-Ups. Otherwise, it's pretty good.
23. Philadelphia Eagles
Home uniform combination: Green helmet, green jersey, white pants
The Eagles' return to Kelly green alternate jerseys in 2023 served as a reminder of how average their everyday kits are. Like New England and Denver, they lose points for ditching a perfectly great uniform.
22. New England Patriots
Home uniform combination: Silver helmet, blue jersey, silver pants
Each year New England denies the full-time glory of Pat Patriot and its gorgeous red-and-white jerseys it strays further from God's love. At least they brought back the shoulder stripes.
21. Carolina Panthers
Home uniform combination: Silver helmet, black jersey, silver pants
These are indeed the uniforms of a 90s expansion team, but they're coming back around to looking rad. The Carolina Blue pants are the superior home kit.
20. Baltimore Ravens
Home uniform combination: Black helmet, purple jersey, white, black or purple pants
The Ravens look and play like a gigantic bruise. Occasionally they go full purple for primetime games and I can't decide if it's great or terrible, which is the sign of good uniform design.
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Home uniform combination: Grey helmet, red jersey, grey pants
While the creamsicle orange uniforms remain an absolute treat (ice cream term) to see on random Sundays, the Bucs ditched their jersey panels and solar calculator numbering for a more traditional wine-and-slate combination and it worked wonders.
18. Kansas City Chiefs
Home uniform combination: Red helmet, red jersey, red pants
It's hot dog colors all the way through. But it's simple and clean and ultimately a good look for a team that doesn't mess with a design that works.
17. New York Giants
Home uniform combination: Blue helmet, blue jersey, white pants
The red number outlines and sleeve stripes of the 1980s are missed, but this remains a clean, classic look that's tough to find fault with.
16. Cincinnati Bengals
Home uniform combination: Orange helmet, orange or black jersey, black, white or orange pants
The theme is consistent; tiger stripes on the helmets, jerseys and pants (it's a lot of stripes). The black jerseys with white pants are the cleanest look in the bunch. This is significantly better than the paneled versions that defined the Marvin Lewis era along with playoff losses and Vontaze Burfict's undying belief the Uruk-Hai were the real heroes of the Lord of the Rings.
15. New Orleans Saints
Home uniform combination: Gold helmet, black jersey, black pants
A beautiful, simple color scheme, even if the entire look is better with the white jerseys of the away kit. The throwback with gold pants and a white-and-gold sleeve stripe is better than the team's all-black look with a gold collar, but everything works.
14. Minnesota Vikings
Home uniform combination: Purple helmet, purple jersey, purple or white pants
Minnesota occasionally rolls with the thick sleeve stripes of its past, but the tapered white and yellow on a purple backdrop works as well. The Vikings occasionally go full purple, which isn't nearly as clean or balanced as this hybrid throwback look.
13. New York Jets
Home uniform combination: Green helmet, green jersey, white pants
The return to the 1980s was a significant upgrade from early 2020s North Texas cosplay that was the sartorial equivalent of a Zach Wilson deep ball; promising in theory and hideous in execution. The shoulder stripes are classic, the vertical leg stripe is clean and the return to the flying jet logo is a welcome change.
12. Dallas Cowboys
Home uniform combination: Silver helmet, white or blue jersey, light blue or silver pants
Dallas wore white jerseys for five of its home games last season, giving fans a look at the superior every day uniform combination. Like the Raiders, these are quickly becoming a sign of greater days long past.
11. Las Vegas Raiders
Home uniform combination: Silver helmet, black jersey, silver pants
Black and silver belong to the Raiders. Like the Pittsburgh Pirates, their merchandise remains cool despite turning gentle winds of disappointment into decades-long hurricanes.
10. Detroit Lions
Home uniform combination: Silver helmet, blue jersey, silver pants
Dan Campbell finally has this team playing to the level of its uniforms. Turns out, they look even better on a swarm of angry bees pretending to be a football team.
9. Chicago Bears
Home uniform combination: Navy helmet, navy jersey, white pants
An appreciably un-[expletive]withable design for an old school team. The Bears know this works and have stuck with it, which is traditionally a very un-Bears strategy.
8. Green Bay Packers
Home uniform combination: Yellow helmet, green jersey, yellow pants
It's been roughly the same look since Super Bowl I. That spans nearly 60 years, 12 head coaches and two quarterbacks whom I can't write about what I really want to say.
7. Miami Dolphins
Home uniform combination: White helmet, green jersey, white pants
A gorgeous combination of teal and orange providing a tropical vibe. It still doesn't excuse the fact the franchise swapped out a perfect dolphin logo for a sleek redesign but, dang, these kits look good. Unfortunately, they also get docked a few points because the sleeve stripes of the throwbacks, worn in concert with an awesome end zone logo, are the superior (but less worn) home look.
6. San Francisco 49ers
Home uniform combination: Gold helmet, red jersey, gold pants
The Niners kits have retained the same basic values -- matching pant and sleeve stripes, the gold-red-gold stack -- since Joe Montana was behind center. It works, though I'm torn on whether the numbers look better with black outlines or as straight up classic white.
5. Buffalo Bills
Home uniform combination: White helmet, blue jersey, white pants
A classic look and the vertical stripe on the helmet matches the vertical stripe on the pants. Bonus points for when players wear the high socks that parallel the (chef's kiss) horizontal arm stripes. The only debate here is whether it looks better with white helmets or red.
4. Cleveland Browns
Home uniform combination: Orange helmet, brown jersey, orange or white pants
Orange-on-brown numbers and lettering. Like all things Browns, I have no idea how this is supposed to work. Unlike all things Browns, it actually does.
3. Indianapolis Colts
Home uniform combination: White helmet, blue jersey, white pants
The shoulder stripes are perfect (and coordinated with a lovely vertical pant stripe). The colors match the city flag. Pair it with a perfect, simple helmet design and you've got a look to last a century.
2. Pittsburgh Steelers
Home uniform combination: Black helmet, black jersey, yellow pants
The king of all sleeve stripes. Iowa asked permission to copy them in 1979 and have looked sharp as hell ever since.
1. Los Angeles Chargers
Home uniform combination: White helmet, blue jersey, yellow or white pants
Powder blue is a god-tier color. The yellow shoulder bolts are perfection. The helmets look great no matter the color scheme. A beautiful look all around.
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