The Carolina Panthers, through the magical fluke of fan voting, are the proud owners of the "Greatest Uniforms in NFL History" -- their all-black jerseys won an NFL.com tournament.
And on Thursday they'll be gracing the field with those uniforms. Scott Fowler of the Charlotte Observer first reported that Carolina would wear the all-black unis on Thursday when they travel to play the Eagles in Philadelphia.
The Panthers confirmed the news Monday morning.
The @Panthers will wear their black jersey and black pants in Thursday's game vs. the Eagles! #CARvsPHI pic.twitter.com/5AtA5yhvSR
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) August 12, 2013
Last year the Panthers wore the black-on-black look when they got whipped by the Broncos at home. Which is why it's so hilarious that these are the GREATEST UNIFORMS IN NFL HISTORY.
The @Panthers all-black uniform was recently voted the greatest uniform by fans in an http://t.co/3w0iKmEWGi poll. pic.twitter.com/1NgWBxJLlA
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) August 12, 2013
Whatever. They won. And you'll be seeing more and more of them this year. Carolina will rock them Thursday during the preseason and again when they travel to Buffalo in Week 2. In these cases, the home team gets to pick what color they'll wear so once Philly and the Bills pick white, Carolina can go all black.
Though, as Fowler points out, the Panthers like to avoid the black jerseys during early-season action (it's rather hot in North Carolina during September) they'll be wearing them for five of their final seven games of the 2013 season.
Starting with the Monday night game against the Patriots in Charlotte, Carolina will close out the year wearing black in Miami, at home against the Buccaneers and then closing out at home against the Jets and Saints.
That's a pretty big shift, even if the jerseys are the GREATEST JERSEYS OF ALL TIME. But if Carolina gets hot (pun intended) while wearing all black, it could mean a playoff push and it could do certainly endear the unis to Panthers fans across the Carolinas.
