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Saints unveil never-before-seen uniform combination for their regular season finale

The Saints unveiled a never-before-seen uniform combination for their regular season finale with the Panthers:

Gather around, sickos. The New Orleans Saints unveiled the strangest uniform combination they’ll wear all year for their season finale with the Carolina Panthers. They’ll hit the field on Sunday wearing their black home jerseys with, well, white pants. It’s a completely mismatched look. An eyesore. An abomination. You get the idea.

These white pants were introduced a few years ago to tide fans over between games in which the Saints wore their white-and-gold “Color Rush” uniforms. And they’re a clean look when paired with the matching white away jerseys. But bundling them together like this with the clashing black home threads is certainly a choice that someone could make.

But, hey. Maybe it can distract the Panthers often enough to help the Saints win on Sunday. If you’re curious, here is the record the Saints have achieved in each of their different uniform combinations dating back to 2006:

  1. “Black and Gold” throwbacks: 3-1 (.750)
  2. White jerseys, white pants: 11-4 (.733)
  3. Black jerseys, gold pants: 24-15 (.615)
  4. White jerseys, black pants: 42-27 (.609)
  5. White jerseys, gold pants: 37-25 (.597)
  6. Black jerseys, black pants: 49-36 (.576)
  7. “Color Rush” alternates: 9-7 (.563)

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Saints uniforms snubbed in recent NFL power rankings

The New Orleans Saints were massively disrespected in the latest NFL power rankings at Uni Watch, grading teams on their looks and fashion.

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Don’t look now, but the New Orleans Saints took one on the chin in the latest NFL power rankings from Uni Watch’s Paul Lukas. And they were hit in the most critical variable in all of sports: their uniforms.

Sure, Lukas credits the Saints with a nice color palette; it’s a timeless look that goes well with anything (as black does), and that’s changed little in the team’s history, except for varying shades of gold (which at times has looked more like khaki). However, he took a shot at the Saints for not taking full advantage of that combination, ranking them 18th in the league:

In theory, the Saints are a good-looking team with very solid uniform elements. In practice, they wear mono-black way too often — a whopping seven times in 2019. Such a pointless look for a party town like New Orleans. Look, it’s not that hard: Wear the black jersey with the gold pants! That move alone would let the Saints jump at least half a dozen spots on this list.

But there’s good news: the Saints still ranked second-best in the NFC South, behind the upstart Tampa Bay Buccaneers (at 14th) and well ahead of the rebuilding Carolina Panthers (25th) and bottom-feeding Atlanta Falcons (31st). Just like in reality, it’s a two-horse race for the 2020 NFC South title.

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