Throwblechs

Was watching football last Sunday, as per usual. Is anyone else getting incredibly sick of these ridiculous throwback jerseys every single week? I mean, there isn't a week that goes by where some team is completely unrecognizable because they're wearing some uniform that a previous incarnation of their team wore in like 1892.

It started out innocently enough. A few years ago the Chargers wore their throwback powder blue uniforms for a game, and everyone thought they looked pretty snazzy. So the rest of the league started catching on, presumably because teams discovered they could probably sell more merchandise that way.

But it's just gotten out of hand. If the league wants to have a throwback week, that's cool with me. Pick one week out of the season where every team wears it's throwback jersey. Done. That's enough to sell the merchandise. But the way it is now, every week some teams are wearing their regular uniforms, while others look like they're fictitious teams from Any Given Sunday. We just finished Week 5, and the Patriots have already worn their throwbacks twice. Come on!

The Pats' opponent last weekend, the Broncos, were wearing throwbacks that looked like the Steelers' throwbacks. This is how absurd this has become: I'm already confusing different teams' throwback uniforms with each other.

But this one really took the cake: the Kansas City Chiefs were playing the Dallas Cowboys, and wearing throwback jerseys of the team they used to be: the Dallas Texans. So the Chiefs' helmets had logos of the state of Texas on them, and their coaches were wearing gear that said "Dallas Texans." Even though they're from KC and were playing against Dallas. And oh by the way, there's a whole other team in the NFL actually named the Texans now. Way to represent Kansas City, Chiefs. The whole team must have an identity crisis, for Christ's sake. No wonder they're 0-5.

And as if the throwbacks aren't enough, teams also find it necessary to wear jerseys that are simply completely different colors than their regular uniforms. Anybody see Miami Monday night in those orange jerseys? How about Seattle a couple weeks ago in those lime green ones? Those were classy. The Seahawks looked liked they'd been slimed on You Can't Do That On Telelvision. (Anyone? Anyone?)

In closing: thank you very much, San Diego. You started all this. PS - at this point you wear your powder blues at least as much as the navies, so I don't even know which is the modern uniform and which is the throwback.