This Sunday won’t have too many uni-anamolies, and there should also be a good number of very attractive uni matchups, as the NFL enters Week 12 of the 2024 season.

The Indianapolis Colts will be in their “Indiana Nights” alternates, and the Chicago Bears will be sporting their striperiffic 1936 throwbacks, while the Carolina Panthers will be wearing their alternate black helmets and jerseys. Other than that, everyone else will be in their primary home and road uniforms. We’ll be watching to see the pants/hosiery choices for a few teams, all of which could have a significant impact on the overall look of the games.

Will the Commanders go back to burgundy over gold? Will the Patriots keep up their recent run of silver/gray pants? What about the Broncos — they’ve been busting out some great combos of late — will they continue to do so? And finally — will the Panthers pair something besides black pants and socks with their black helmet and jersey? We could end up with one of the best overall uni-matchup weekends of the season!

Let’s take a look at how the uniform matchups for Week 12 are playing out. This post will be updated often once teams who have not announced full combos do so.

Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Commanders

As of this writing, the Commanders haven’t yet unveiled their choice of pants/hosiery. For most of their home games this season, the Commanders have paired their new gold pants with their burgundy helmets and jerseys, and I expect that’s what we’ll see on Sunday. If that’s indeed the case, this will be a Top 5 looking game for sure.

UPDATE: The Commanders will be in gold pants!

Detroit Lions vs. Indianapolis Colts

Although the Lions won’t reveal their lower half until later, I’m 99% confident they’ll stick with their mono-white look. They’re undefeated in this combo, and have been riding the “hot” (icy white) combo all season. It’s a different look for the Colts, who’ll be wearing their “Indiana Nights” alternate for the first time this season (and only the second time ever).

Kansas City Chiefs vs. Carolina Panthers

Although neither team have declared their pants preference, I’m very confident the Chiefs will wear their normal red/white/red/white road combo in this game. The Panthers will be wearing their black alternate helmet and black jersey. Will they go mono-black (as they have done in past seasons), or will they go with a never-before-worn combo?

UPDATE: Panthers will go mono-black.

Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears

We’ve seen this matchup before, back in 2021 (pictured above). For the first — and perhaps only — time this season, the Monsters of the Midway will be wearing their 1936 throwback uniforms. It’ll be a clash of eras in this game, with da Bears throwing way back against the modern uni design of the Vikes.

New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins

With the Dolphins wearing mono-white at home, the only question is whether the Patriots will continue their recent trend of wearing silver-gray pants, or whether they’ll revert to all-blue below the neck. Silver-gray pants would make this a much more aesthetically appealing matchup.

UPDATE: The Patriots will indeed wear silver/blue/silver-gray/blue!

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New York Giants

Should be a good looking matchup in the Meadowlands with the Bucs in their pewter/white/pewter Super Bowl look, and the Giants home uniform is gorgeous. Of course, most of the Giants will have royal blue socks, though the above photo of Malik Nabers is the exception to the dress code. I know some of you prefer the Giants in gray pants, but I like the white. Top 5 look here for sure.

Tennessee Titans vs. Houston Texans

Based on how they’ve dressed this season, you’d expect a Titans/Texans game to be contending for the “And One” and not a Top Five look, but that’s the case this weekend. The navy/white/powder/white for the Titans is probably their second-best possible road look (the same three elements with navy socks is better), and the Texans home navy/navy/white/navy is their best possible combo. If you see these two teams in the Five and One, it’ll be on the good side, which is nice for a change.

Denver Broncos vs. Las Vegas Raiders

The Denver Broncos never reveal their pants preference until Saturday or Sunday, so we’ll need to wait to judge how good this game will look. The Broncos of late have been wearing excellent combinations, and this would be a perfect time to wear orange pants and blue socks with the white jerseys. The Raiders will look great in their classic silver and black, so Denver holds the key to the uni-quality of the matchup.

Arizona Cardinals vs. Seattle Seahawks

It’s exceedingly rare that the Seahawks wear navy jerseys over gray pants at home (they’re almost always entirely mono-navy), but our eyes will be the beneficiary of their excellent sartorial choice on Sunday. The Cardinals will be in their mono-white (as always), and we’ve actually seen Sunday’s exact combo before: last season the Seahawks wore navy over gray a grand total of two times, and one of those was against Arizona at home. With both teams in their best possible looks, this is definitely a contender for the good side of the Five and One.

San Francisco 49ers vs. Green Bay Packers

This will quite possibly be the best looking game of the weekend. It’s a guaranteed Top 5 lock, and will be easily in the running for the “Simply. The. Best.” ranking. The last time these two teams matched up wearing these uniforms, it was during the NFL 2021-22 playoffs, when the 49ers eked out a 13-10 win in Lambeau. The Pack will be looking to avenge that loss on Sunday. Regardless of the score, the uniforms are the winners here.

Philadelphia Eagles vs. Los Angeles Rams

As of this writing, the Eagles haven’t yet declared their pants preference, and so far this season, they’ve worn black pants twice and green pants once, when they wear white tops (this will be only the fourth game this season the Eagles are in white jerseys). They’ve yet to wear white jerseys/pants this season, but they did wear that combo the last time the two teams met, which was last season. We’ll need to wait to find out if they’ll repeat that combo for the Sunday Night game.

UPDATE: The Eagles will wear white pants and socks for this game.

And there you have it — a look at all the Sunday uniform matchups for Week 12. Monday Night Football will feature the LA Chargers in their dark navy alternates, against the Ravens in black over mono-white. So after what should be one of the better uni-weekends this season, we’ll close with a mono-white vs. mono-dark (below the neck) finale.