{"id":767211,"date":"2026-06-29T06:16:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/767211\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T06:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:16:21","slug":"the-best-worst-uniforms-in-every-nfl-teams-history-afc-south-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/767211\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best, Worst Uniforms In Every NFL Team\u2019s History: AFC South Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Inspired by a recent article at The Athletic that asked various staff members to name the best and worst uniforms in every NFL franchise\u2019s history<\/a>, we\u2019ve decided to share our opinion on the same subject.<\/p>\n

This eight-part series kicked off with the AFC East<\/a> and now we\u2019re working alphabetically<\/a> through the conference before moving onto the NFC. We\u2019d love to hear your thoughts for each team in the comments, as well!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Houston TexansBest: Current Road Uniforms\"\"<\/p>\n

One of the more underrated aspects of the Texans\u2019 uniform redesign in 2024<\/a> was their decision to adjust their shades of navy blue and red, with the former becoming much darker and the latter much brighter. The contrast of colors really pop on the road design, which includes navy blue helmets, white jerseys, and navy blue pants and should have served as the basis of the entire set with horns on the sleeves rather than the home navy blue and \u201cH-Town Blue\u201d Color Rush set <\/a>having their own unique sleeve logos.<\/p>\n

Worst: 2023 All-Red Alternates\"\"<\/p>\n

The Texans\u2019 uniforms already felt dated by the time they introduced their \u201cBattle Red\u201d alternate helmets in 2022<\/a>, so it was a disappointment when they paired them with their red alternate jerseys, pants and socks for a game in 2023 instead of another appearance with their Color Rush design<\/a>. The shade of red was drab compared to their current all-red look, especially the candy apple red helmets, which are a slight modification \u2013 filling the horns on the helmet and sleeves with white \u2013 from being one of the best alternates in the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Indianapolis ColtsBest: Current Road Uniforms\"\"<\/p>\n

The Colts were ahead of the curve when they took the classic uniform design they\u2019ve used since 1957 and added a few modern touches in 2020<\/a>, including a serifed block number font, standardized helmet logo and new secondary mark on the inside of the back collar. Most fans barely noticed the changes, but with only a few deviations over the last (nearly) 70 years \u2013 including gray pants and accents in the early 1980s and the blue facemask and\/or pants in the mid-to-late 1990s \u2013 the smaller details help this uniform stand above the rest.<\/p>\n

Worst: Current \u201cIndiana Nights\u201d Alternates\"\"<\/p>\n

The one nitpick I have about the Colts\u2019 current road look is the Anvil black Nike Swoosh on the sleeves, which is indistinguishable from royal blue from a distance and simply paved the way for them to introduce their \u201cIndiana Nights\u201d alternate uniforms in 2023<\/a>. The uniforms feature a unique striping pattern on the shoulders that has a lot of potential from a design standpoint, but the black helmets, collar and cuffs and heather blue jerseys are simply too much of a departure from this traditional franchise\u2019s classic look to work.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville JaguarsBest: Current \u201cProwler\u201d Throwback Uniforms\"\"<\/p>\n

The Jaguars all but admitted this is the best uniform in franchise history<\/a> when they wore it the maximum of four times last season and they appear to be in the process of redesigning their primary uniforms around this look<\/a>, which was originally worn from 1998-2007. Their current logo is better than the original, but nothing the franchise has worn since the logo was updated touches the teal jerseys with the full-bodied jaguar or the gold on the sleeves, numbers and pants stripes \u2013 all of which look better with modern fabric than they did back in the day.<\/p>\n

Worst: 2015-16 Color Rush Uniforms\"\"<\/p>\n

As if their gradient helmets that transitioned from matte black in the front to a glossy gold shell in the back weren\u2019t bad enough on their own, the Jaguars introduced arguably the worst uniform in NFL history with their all-gold Color Rush design<\/a>. Apparel manufacturers have long struggled to produce appealing shades of gold fabric, so adding mustard gold to an already over-designed set<\/a> \u2013 with claw marks on the collar, contrasting sleeve caps, a custom number font and truncated pants stripes \u2013 makes for an (unfortunately) unforgettable uniform.<\/p>\n

Tennessee TitansBest: 1995-98 Oilers\u2019 Road Uniforms\"\"<\/p>\n

If they featured a red facemask, Tennessee\u2019s new road uniforms<\/a> that were unveiled in late March would be at the top of the list. But without it, the Houston Oilers\u2019 set that sparked the return to a light blue and red color scheme<\/a> gets the nod thanks to the consistent striping pattern across the helmet, jersey cuffs, pants and socks. Strong consideration was given to their 2023-24 throwback uniforms, in particular, but there\u2019s something special about the all-white design they wore at the end of their time in Houston<\/a> and first two seasons in Tennessee.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Worst: 2018-25 Uniforms With Navy Blue Helmets\"\"<\/p>\n

While some combinations were more palatable than others, the Titans should have never introduced navy blue helmets as their primary helmet option<\/a>, perhaps waiting until the NFL relaxed its one-helmet rule in 2022 to introduce an all-navy blue alternate inspired by the neon lights on Broadway under a Nashville night sky (or some other Nike-fueled description). Throw in the sword-inspired shoulder yoke \u2013 which works more in theory than practice \u2013 and the random blocks of color down the sides of the jerseys and pants and you\u2019ve gotten an overly modern design<\/a> that almost immediately begged to be replaced.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of @HoustonTexans, @Colts, @Jaguars, @NFL, @Titans and @Tennessean on X\/Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inspired by a recent article at The Athletic that asked various staff members to name the best and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-767211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}