JACKSONVILLE — With the Jaguars playing in their home white uniforms Sunday, it meant the Rams having to go to their mismatched uniforms in which their helmets and pants don’t fit with their blue jerseys. Much like what happened against the Cowboys two weeks ago, except they swapped out the blue pants with white ones.

Either way, it looks hideous. And the Rams understand as well as anyone. In fact they petitioned the NFL this week to let them wear the same throwback uniforms they wore last week against the Seahawks to avoid the mismatched look.

According to Rams president Kevin Demoff, they held out hope all the way to Wednesday that the league would grant them the waiver. The NFL, though, denied it and so the Rams were back to looking like an orphanage team.

Why is the NFL so resistant?

By rule, each team can wear their throwback uniforms twice a year. The Rams put this year’s game selection to a fan vote, with the Seattle game last week and the Dec. 31 game against the 49ers being selected.

The way the NFL sees it, if the Rams were allowed to wear their throwbacks for three games, what would prevent another team from asking the same?

One alternative would have been the Rams wearing their throwbacks against the Jaguars on Sunday and wearing their regular home uniforms in December against San Francisco.

Demoff, though, felt that would be letting the Rams home fans down.

The Rams, incidentally, will make a permanent uniform change upon moving into their new stadium in Inglewood in 2020.

HOME AWAY FROM HOME

The Rams began long journey away from home Sunday against the Jaguars — a trip that actually began Friday when they arrived in Northern Florida from Los Angeles — with leg two continuing in London next week with a “home” game against the Cardinals.

Unlike last year when the Rams left directly for London from Detroit their Sunday afternoon game against the Lions then practiced the following week in England they will remain in Jacksonville for practice this week before heading to London late Thursday.

It’s a major departure from last year, and will give the Rams just a day or so to get acclimated to the time change crossing the Atlantic, but considering they dropped their game to the Giants last year it’s not like they are bucking a winning formula.

And clearly they’ll be taken care of during their Jacksonville stay, lodging at a nearby beachfront hotel and spa while practicing at the University of North Florida.

North Florida does not have a football program, but their soccer program’s facilities provides sufficient space to accommodate an NFL football practice.

JOYNER STILL OUT

The Rams plans to team rookie safety alongside veteran Lamarcus Joyner will have to wait at least another week. Joyner was left off the active roster against against the Jaguars while nursing a hamstring injury that’s sidelined him three straight games.