Throwback? Don't.

In the words of now head coach Mike Singletary, "Can't play with them. Can't coach with them. Can't win with them. Can't do it!"

No truer words have been said... or should have been said... about NFL throw back uniforms. I get it alright, its the anniversary of the AFL. Yippee and all that, but there has got to be a better way to convey that celebration besides donning uniforms that must have been designed by color blind individuals who were pissed.

Example one. Seattle.

First problem. They glow. They must be radioactive or something. Maybe its was a ploy by the team to help their quarterback find receivers more easily. Or for their running backs to find holes. It'd be simple, just go where its dark. They wouldn't run to daylight, they'd be running for darkness.

Neon green is the primary color. That's right sports fans, the primary color, for these jerseys. The secondary is their usual navy blue. Their helmets? Silver. How could this have lasted a year in a league? Not even generation X kids, high on mountain dew and pixie sticks could think this was cool.

Example two: Denver

Denver has two wonderful uniform failures, that they proceeded to showcase in back to back weeks. Their featured colors? Yellow and brown. Sure they're not neon, but that's about where all the good news ends.

They have striped socks that blend right into striped pants, skip the torso and go into their striped helmet, which is brown and white. Its disgusting. They followed up that spectacular with brown on white, which at least go together (only because white goes with anything), but the same repulsive striped patterns round their socks again.

Its like they're a candy cane... a rotten candy cane. Which is the general feeling across the board as far as throwbacks go.

Take Kansas City. They played in their old Texas uniforms, which were not only ugly again, but insulting to their "new" fan base.

The Patriots went Americana with their Red based, white and blue striped uniforms. At least acceptable by color standards, but their little mascot of a steroid induced Patucket Pat sailor snapping the ball with a meaty grin on his face leaves an uncomfortable feeling in the pit of my stomach.

All in all, its clear that AFL uniforms came from the lands of stripes and lack of color coordination. Very jarring considering our standards today.