The 2023 NFL season shouldn’t lack drama, Oscar-worthy theater and excitement. Aaron Rodgers is a New York Jet. The Kansas City Chiefs are aiming to become the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champions in 19 years, and Tom Brady haters don’t have to worry about him ruining their team’s season anymore.
Oh, and on top of that, eight NFL clubs — exactly one-quarter of the league’s 32 teams — have revealed special throwback jerseys that will be returning here in the 2023 season.
The Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos have revealed alternate helmets for the 2023 season. But eight NFL clubs are taking it a step further by wearing complete throwback uniforms for selective games in the 2023 NFL season.
Fans who love trips down memory lane will enjoy every bit of the “throwback” these uniforms have to offer in 2023. So, how do all eight returning NFL throwback jerseys stack up against each other? Time to rank ‘em from worst to first…
So let’s dive right into it!
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Denver, the capital of Colorado, is an American metropolis dating to the Old West era. Larimer Square, the city’s oldest block, features landmark 19th-century buildings. Museums include the Denver Art Museum, an ultramodern complex known for its collection of indigenous works, and the mansion of famed Titanic survivor Molly Brown. Denver is also a jumping-off point for ski resorts in the nearby Rocky Mountains.
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference West division. The team is headquartered in Dove Valley, Colorado.
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League as a member club of the National Football Conference North division. The club plays its home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.
The Indianapolis Colts are an American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference South division. Since the 2008 season, the Colts have played their games in Lucas Oil Stadium.
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) West division.
The team was founded in 1960 as the Dallas Texans by businessman Lamar Hunt. In 1963, the team relocated to Kansas City and assumed its current name. The team is valued at over $2 billion. Hunt’s son, Clark, serves as chairman and CEO.
The Chiefs have won 4 of their last 5 playoff games, including Super Bowl LV in 2020, which earned the franchise their first championship in 50 years.
New York is a state in the northeastern U.S., known for New York City and towering Niagara Falls. NYC’s island of Manhattan is home to the Empire State Building, Times Square and Central Park. The Brooklyn Bridge connects Manhattan with the borough of Brooklyn. The iconic Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor. To the east, Long Island has beaches, the Montauk Lighthouse, the ritzy Hamptons and Fire Island.
The National Football League is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference and the American Football Conference.
The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL) – also known as American Football – in the United States. Since 2004, the game has been played on the first Sunday in February. It is the culmination of a regular season that begins in the late summer of the previous year.
The game was created as part of a 1966 merger agreement between the NFL and its rival the American Football League (AFL). The first game was played on January 15, 1967, after both leagues had completed their respective 1966 seasons. After the merger, each league was re-designated as a “conference”, and the game has since been played between the conference champions to determine the NFL’s league champion.
The New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers have the most Super Bowl championship titles with six each. The Patriots have the most Super Bowl appearances with 11. The National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC) are tied with 27 Super Bowl wins each.
The Super Bowl is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day. In addition, the Super Bowl has frequently been the most-watched American television broadcast of the year; the seven most-watched broadcasts in American television history are Super Bowls.
In 2015, Super Bowl XLIX became the most-watched American television program in history with an audience of 114.4 million viewers, the fifth time in six years that the game had set a record. The Super Bowl is also among the most-watched sporting events in the world, and is second only to the UEFA Champions League (soccer) final as the most watched annual sporting event worldwide.
Commercial airtime during the Super Bowl broadcast is the most expensive of the year because of the high viewership, leading to companies regularly developing their most expensive advertisements for this broadcast. Watching and discussing the broadcast’s commercials has become a significant aspect of the event. In addition, popular singers and musicians have performed during the event’s pre-game and halftime ceremonies.
Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He spent the first 20 seasons of his career with the New England Patriots, playing in nine Super Bowls and winning six of them (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI, and LIII), both of which are the most of any player in NFL history. He has won a record four Super Bowl MVP awards (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, and LI) as well as three NFL MVP awards (2007, 2010, 2017).