September 13, 2016
Thursday Night Football almost exclusively produces terrible football games, so the NFL has decided to add some color to the proceedings. On TNF, all 32 NFL teams will wear the “Color Rush” uniforms that hurt our eyeballs at times last year.
The Eagles don’t play until the final Thursday Night Football game of the season, December 22nd against the New York Giants at The Linc. A game that has some serious NFC East implications, perhaps?
Regardless of how the season plays out, the Eagles are going to the what appears like 95 percent of all-back uniform combo that we have seen over the last few years:
#Eagles will be #BackInBlack for #TNF against the Giants. #ColorRush #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/dYF11D2ko0
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) September 13, 2016
For a team that I don’t personally feel has aesthetically pleasing uniforms, the Giants all-white look is pretty snazzy:
Giants unveil new color rush uniforms! READ: https://t.co/RZV4xYgbWE #TNF #ColorRush pic.twitter.com/RJeU4H1Wra
— New York Giants (@Giants) September 13, 2016
So, there you have it. If these two teams (or just one of them) end up playing for a division title a few days before Christmas, it will have to be won in a colorful alternate jersey that fans will flock to the team store to buy. It's probably worth nothing that the last two times the Eagles have played the Giants at home, the all-black uniform combo has been part of blowout wins.
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