Bears unveiled an ugly new orange jersey and helmet combo vs. Commanders, and NFL fans had mixed feelings

Orange you glad you have to see this awful uniform combo?

For their home matchup with the Commanders (-1) on Thursday night, the Bears unveiled a new uniform combo under the bright lights.

Usually, the Bears wear some form of navy or white jersey, and they pair that with their classic navy helmet that has an orange C on both sides. Against the Commanders, Chicago finally wore their special alternate jersey and alternate helmet for the 2022 season — and yes, they’re both orange.

Amongst the overall alternates schedule for the entire league, it’s a lot of colors to see on a football team. As the primetime game unfolded, let’s just say some NFL folks were bigger fans of the uniform combo than others:

Fine, I’ll be explicit: Many people hated the orange on orange.