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The ugliest uniform ever worn by every NFL team

In honor of White Sox pitcher Chris Sale raging against the uniform machine, we’ve picked out the ugliest uniforms ever worn for every NFL franchise.

NFC East

Dallas Cowboys

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Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports

Can we talk about how weird the Cowboys primary uniforms have become? We have a navy blue star on the helmet, royal blue numbers and stripes on the jersey and the pants are an odd shade of silver that looks like light blue (almost greenish-blue) during day games.

New York Giants

Screen Shot 2016-07-25 at 12.12.24 PMSo. Many. Stripes. And the blue pants are just overkill. Thankfully the Giants haven’t worn them since 1978.

Philadelphia Eagles

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Eric Hartline-US PRESSWIRE

Burn these things and let’s act like this never happened.

Washington Redskins

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Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

This throwback set, introduced in 2012, was actually pretty cool at first. Then the NFL instituted a rule that prohibited teams from wearing multiple helmets throughout a season, and Washington had to get rid of the faux leather helmet look.

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Geoff Burke-US PRESSWIRE

NFC South

Atlanta Falcons

(AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

(AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

The Falcons current design is straight out of the mid-2000s and needs a modern upgrade. The away jerseys with the black pants is the worst look of the bunch.

Carolina Panthers

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Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports

Carolina has worn only five different uniform combinations in their history, so there’s not a lot of options. We’ll go with their blue alternate uniforms just because they’d look so much better with white or black pants:

New Orleans Saints

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Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

New Orleans always looks sharp with their black and gold combo, but the Saints should always wear gold pants.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports

The alarm clock numbers are just atrocious and especially bad on the white jerseys.

NFC North

Chicago Bears

(AP Photo/Eric Miller)

(AP Photo/Eric Miller)

Let me just set this precedent right now: Any throwback with tan pants is automatically making this list.

Consider yourself lucky, blasphemous orange jersey.

Detroit Lions

JULIAN H. GONZALEZ / Detroit Free Press

JULIAN H. GONZALEZ / Detroit Free Press

Hey, NFL teams, stop ruining your perfectly fine uniforms with black alternates.

Green Bay Packers

Dan Powers/The Post-Crescent

Dan Powers/The Post-Crescent

Throw in some matching pants and a navy helmet, and you’ve actually got a nice looking set of throwbacks. The tan pants and brown helmet look out of place.

Minnesota Vikings

(Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

(Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Just way, way too much going on with this disaster of a design.

NFC West

Arizona Cardinals

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Mike Tedesco-US PRESSWIRE

How dare you make Kurt Warner wear these terrible red pants.

Los Angeles Rams

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Photo by Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY staff

Just go back to the royal blue/bright yellow combo already.

San Francisco 49ers

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Why?

Seattle Seahawks

(AP Photo/John Froschauer)

(AP Photo/John Froschauer)

There are rumors  that Seattle will don an all-neon uniform for their “Color Rush” game in 2016. Your eyes have been warned.

AFC East

Buffalo Bills

(AP Photo/Steven Senne)

(AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Ah, the early 2000s, when sports teams though it would be cool to make all of their colors darker. The Bills did not full commit and left some royal blue on their uniforms, which just makes these look worse.

Miami Dolphins

(Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

(Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

The drop shadow on the uniform number was a staple of the ’90s, when Miami first debuted their more modern uniforms.

New England Patriots

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

The Patriots’ current uniform set is pretty bad, but just look at this ill-fated design: The subtle stripes, the drop shadow on the numbers and the oversized logo on the shoulders. Awful.

New York Jets

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Ed Mulholland-US PRESSWIRE

That one time the Jets wore their New York Titans throwbacks while playing the Tennessee Titans wearing Houston Oilers throwbacks.

Just stick to green.

AFC South

Houston Texans

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Thomas Campbell-US Presswire

The Texans do not have a lot of uniform combos to chose from, so we’ll just go with the not-so-terrible “Battle Red” look.

Indianapolis Colts

In the early ’80s, the Colts decided to change their perfect blue and white uniforms by throwing in way too much grey:

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Fortunately, the Colts ditched the grey pants after five seasons.

Jacksonville Jaguars

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

What do you think about these uniforms, cat in a hat?

Same.

Tennessee Titans

Dec 14, 2014; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee Titans quarterback Jake Locker (10) rushes against the New York Jets during the first half at LP Field. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports

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The Titans are long overdue for a uniform upgrade. Just do us all a favor and go back the Oilers colors, please.

AFC North

Baltimore Ravens

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Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

No explanation needed here.

Cincinnati Bengals

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Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports

Cincinnati’s current uniforms are a little too busy, and the white jerseys are, by far, the busiest of the set.

Cleveland Browns

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Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports

The Browns look like they should be playing in the MAC.

Pittsburgh Steelers

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Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

In 2012, the Steelers got rid of a sharp looking set of throwbacks for the bee look.

AFC West

Denver Broncos

(Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

(Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Nope.

Kansas City Chiefs

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Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

The Chiefs are another team that hasn’t messed around with its classic uniforms too often, so we’ll just have to go with the all-red look.

Oakland Raiders

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Gridiron-uniforms.com

There was a dark time when the Raiders did not wear black and silver.

San Diego Charger

(Photo by Tony Duffy/Getty Images)

(Photo by Tony Duffy/Getty Images)

Chargers exec 1: Everyone loves our powder blue uniforms; let’s change them!
Chargers exec 2: OK, but only if we can have one shade of blue for the helmet and another for the jersey.
Chargers exec 1: Deal!

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