Candy Corn, Jungle Cats, Purple Birds, and Unfinished Helmets - Uniforms, Colors, and Logos of the AFC North

This week we'll be wrapping up the uniform/color/logo analysis. As mentioned previously, please remember, everyone THINKS their team has the best uniforms, but most everyone is wrong. Also remember, my taste in this stuff is questionable at best and you're probably going to disagree with 99% of my opinions here. I'm o.k. with that.

AFC North

Baltimore Ravens - So how can a team make purple intimidating? I present Exhibit A, the Ravens. The Ravens are among my favorites of all the new-school uniforms. The purple jerseys with the black helmets are among the most unmistakable in all of the league, while the all-black combo is just below the Raiders in terms of intimidation. Sharp uniforms all the way around that need no tweeks (which is a concern considering they've already changed the logo once since 1996). And again, any team that can intimidate you while wearing purple is good with me.

13/15

Cincinnati Bengals - ELIMINATED - Quite possibly the best helmet in football. Between the helmets and the stripes down the sleeves, sides, and pants, the Bengals are going to ensure that when you watch them play, you may not know anything about the team, but you will know that they are some type of jungle cat. And in an era when most o the uniforms start looking more and more similar and a team's idea of modernization is to make it's colors a little more tame, I respect the Bengals pure gaudiness. They are Bengals and they are going to dress like Bengals, darnit.

10/15

Cleveland Browns - ELIMINATED I'll give them this, they're unique. A lot of people will tell you that these are some of the best uniforms in the NFL. I don't understand those people. I suppose these are the same people who say that those cats with no hair are so ugly they're cute. Whatever.  I'm all for the traditional/classic/simple looks, but maybe not when you look like chocolate candy corn.

4/15

Pittsburgh Steelers - A classic uniform that, similarly to the 49'ers, makes the game LOOK more important. The signature gold pants and black helmets just reek of big-games and you can't go wrong with the black or white jerseys. The only team in the league to feature player numbers on the fronts of the helmets and the logo on only one side and I'm all for uniqueness. It's probably not a uniform that will ever undergo an update, and that's a good thing. 

12/15