Week 8 Thoughts - Alternate Week!

It appears to be the Week of the Alternate in the NFL.

By my count, six teams (the Chargers, the Texans, the Eagles, the Broncos, the Packers, and the Steelers) will be wearing either throwbacks, quasi-throwbacks, or alternate uniforms this week.

That means the only sensible thing to do is to rank all six, right? Right, obviously.

6 - Chargers

The Chargers are wearing a quasi-throwback uniform this week, though it definitely tilts more toward their modern uniforms than the late 90s/early 2000s uniforms that inspired them. I take off points for the lack of numbers on the shoulders (Seriously, Nike, it really impairs the identifiability of players by taking numbers off the shoulders, though they do mitigate this a bit by having numbers on the helmets.) Overall, just kind of a nothing uniform, but way better than their all-yellow monstrosities from last week.

5 - Texans

I feel nothing about these uniforms, but I give them higher points for execution than the Chargers. I think I’d prefer the Texans have an alternate that leans heavier on the light blue that we see in these uniforms, maybe as a nod to the departed Houston Oilers. Houston should reclaim that portion of its uniform identity.

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