For their home matchup with the Commanders (-1) on Thursday night, the Bears unveiled a new uniform combo under the bright lights.
Usually, the Bears wear some form of navy or white jersey, and they pair that with their classic navy helmet that has an orange C on both sides. Against the Commanders, Chicago finally wore their special alternate jersey and alternate helmet for the 2022 season — and yes, they’re both orange.
Amongst the overall alternates schedule for the entire league, it’s a lot of colors to see on a football team. As the primetime game unfolded, let’s just say some NFL folks were bigger fans of the uniform combo than others:
Straight heat 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/tqF7UOBYoo
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) October 13, 2022
Fine, I’ll be explicit: Many people hated the orange on orange.
NFL fans had mixed feelings about the Bears' orange jerseys and helmets
these are the uniforms you'd see in a Lifetime movie about football wives that couldn't afford to license real NFL teams pic.twitter.com/xxAMLdLEly
— Christian D'Andrea (@TrainIsland) October 14, 2022
This looks like Illinois vs. Minnesota (which coincidentally takes place Saturday).
— Scott Dochterman (@ScottDochterman) October 14, 2022
I hate these orange Bears jerseys with a burning passion pic.twitter.com/id10gxckHw
— Jordan Owen (@byjordanowen) October 14, 2022
if the bears wanted to do orange jerseys, then they needed to do orange or navy pants. #tnf
— Alexis Kraft (@TheAlexisKraft) October 14, 2022
Lol not gonna lie I love that bears orange jersey
— Breaking Tackles Giants Podcast (@BTGiants) October 14, 2022
I’m not sitting out of Thursday Night Football because the teams are awful, I’m protesting because the Bears’ helmets and jerseys are different shades of orange.
— Patrick Felts (@patrickjfelts) October 14, 2022
I just realized what the Bears uniforms remind me of with the orange helmet. Now I want Buffalo Wild Wings. pic.twitter.com/KcexMfolKv
— Eloy (@EloyGarcia84) October 14, 2022
Can’t lie, Bears orange smokin
— Emory Hunt (@FBallGameplan) October 14, 2022
I’ll say it I don’t hate the orange on orange look
— Chicago Football Connection (@CFCBears) October 14, 2022
orange helmet chicago bears are trash. white helmet chicago bears would be great!
— bailey trappe (@dirtbagqueer) October 14, 2022
The Bears orange uniforms look better than I thought they would
— Football Chopz (@Pchopz_) October 14, 2022