Opinion: Ranking every XFL team's home and away uniforms

Nick Schwartz | For The Win

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The start of the 2020 XFL season is just over two months away, and each of the league’s eight teams revealed their home and away uniforms on Tuesday.

The reborn league’s first season will kick off on Feb. 8, and while some teams will be looking sharp out on the field, others might want to go back to the drawing board. Here’s a look at every XFL team’s home and away uniforms for 2020.

1. St. Louis BattleHawks

The BattleHawks nailed it. While many other XFL teams are slamming as many primary and secondary colors on their jerseys that they can fit, but BattleHawks’ execution of their color scheme wouldn’t look out of place on an NFL field. The extremely large logo on the helmet might be polarizing, but it’s a bold design that fits with the rest of the uniform.

2. New York Guardians

Silver and black always looks great, but the Guardians don’t just have a copy of a Raiders design. The Guardians’ new home jerseys are somewhat reminiscent of the Las Vegas Outlaws of the original XFL, but taken to the next level. The Guardians’ away jerseys are primarily grey. The oversized helmet logo meets in a V shape at the back of the helmet, which is a unique look.

3. Houston Roughnecks

The Roughnecks took the Texans’ primary colors and went full New England Patriots with them. The results are above average by XFL standards.

4. Dallas Renegades

The Renegades have one of the coolest helmets in the league, but the rest of their uniform is just a standard Tennessee Titans home and away with an added red stripe, representing the eyes of the Renegade. Dallas doesn’t score many points for originality, but these are very professional-looking jerseys, at least.

5. D.C. Defenders

There’s nothing wrong with the Defenders’ jerseys, and they might be the cleanest-looking in the league, but they’re just a bit ... boring. They look like uniforms you’d create in a video game, assuming you got bored and didn’t bother scrolling through the various options once you selected you colors. The lightning bolt down the side of the pants is a very nice touch, however.

6. Seattle Dragons

It’s difficult to make dark blue and dark green work together, and it feels like green should have been Seattle’s dominant color to match the body of their dragon. We also have to talk about the helmet. Look at this thing:

A close-up of the logo allows you to admire the detail, but from far away, it sort of looks like something a child would draw. Seattle’s away jerseys have a very Miami Hurricanes vibe, and look much nicer overall.

7. Los Angeles Wildcats

I feel for whoever had to design the Wildcats’ jerseys, because pulling off a successful jersey with primary colors of red and orange is a Herculean task. The Calgary Flames have it figured out, but mostly because they use orange sparingly, and mostly rely on red and black to dominate their uniforms. The Miami Heat, similarly, feature very little orange.

The Wildcats have gone for a more even mix of orange and red, and while it’s not terrible, it’s not great. The away jerseys swap the red stripe on the side for orange, and are even less successful.

8. Tampa Bay Vipers

If you’ve been dreaming of an Oregon and Seattle Sounders mashup jersey, Tampa Bay is your team. The two-tone green just doesn’t look great, though, and the team logo isn’t doing the helmet any favors. Tampa Bay’s away jerseys are much better, but the lime green helmet brings it down.

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