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NFL uniform watch: Ranking of all 32 team’s uniforms

By Randy Gurzi

Jan 25, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Locker room exhibit with the jerseys of Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray (not pictured), New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (not pictured), Washington Redskins linebacker Ryan Kerrigan (not pictured) and Philadelphia Eagles long snapper Jon Dorenbos (not pictured) at the NFL Experience at Phoenix Convention Center in advance of Super Bowl XLIX between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 25, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Locker room exhibit with the jerseys of Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray (not pictured), New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (not pictured), Washington Redskins linebacker Ryan Kerrigan (not pictured) and Philadelphia Eagles long snapper Jon Dorenbos (not pictured) at the NFL Experience at Phoenix Convention Center in advance of Super Bowl XLIX between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 5, 2015; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick (27) against the Cleveland Browns at Paul Brown Stadium. The Bengals won 31-10. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 5, 2015; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick (27) against the Cleveland Browns at Paul Brown Stadium. The Bengals won 31-10. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports /

24. Cincinnati Bengals

Who dey! Put that into a Google search and the Cincinnati Bengals come popping up. The team is exciting to watch, their fans are intense and they play in the freaking jungle! What is not to love?

The helmets. The helmets are what there is not to love.

The Cincinnati Bengals are so close to so many things, they are close to having an elite quarterback, close to having an unstoppable offense, heck for a while they were close to having Jon Gruden (they had his brother who obviously keeps getting jobs because of who he is related to, because it sure can’t be from what he is putting on the field in Washington).

They are also incredibly close to having a really cool uniform. The black the orange, the orange-on-white, the white-on-white, they are all great! But then, there are the stripes.

Sure, they are the Bengals, as in Tigers, but so are the Detroit Tigers, the LSU Tigers and the Auburn Tigers (yeah weird isn’t it, most people thought they were War Eagles too, no one can explain that oddity). What do all those teams have that Cincy doesn’t? A stripe-less helmet (or hat in the baseball Tigers case in Detroit).

It just feels cartoonish, and something should change on that. The answer isn’t 100 percent obvious on what to do, but the team should be open to brainstorming. One cool thing though, if the team decided they wanted to see how the outfit would look with no stripes and just a plain orange helmet, all they have to do is look at quarterback Andy Dalton when he takes his helmet off.

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