Ranking the 10 ugliest NFL uniforms of all time

9. San Francisco’s Black Uniforms

Do you remember the ‘90s? Well thanks to certain websites I definitely remember the 90s, and one thing I clearly remember is the San Francisco 49ers sporting some pretty dope red jerseys with gold trim around the numbers. Just look at ‘em. They pop without being showy and are colorful without being cluttered. In the pantheon of sweet sports jerseys, they rank somewhere near the top.

Which brings me to the black duds — pun intended — the team unveiled a few months ago. Honestly, can someone who knows how to use Twitter and Photoshop teach me how to craft one of those “when did this become sexier than this?” memes? Because these black jerseys are an abomination.

The appeal of all-black makes sense, but too many teams — here’s looking at you, UCLA — across all levels of football are adopting it as some sort of “hip” alternate look. Stop it. We have reached peak all-black uniforms, and it is time to scale back. Not every team needs to be dressed like the kids in high school who only threw parties at which Portishead was played, the volume soft enough so as not to interfere with sigh-heavy monologues about the pointlessness of life.

San Francisco’s black uniforms were widely mocked upon being revealed, and rightfully so. Even the Oakland Raiders got in on the teasing. The only silver lining, I suppose, is that the irrefutable ugliness of their uniforms marked the low point of the team’s off-season.

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