5 NFL throwbacks we'd like to see come back

Kevin Kolb adorned in Eagles' kelly green throwback during the 2010 season opener (Photo: Getty)

Philadelphia Eagles (Kelly Green)

While Eagles fans continue to embrace the current aesthetic known as "midnight green" (winning their first Super Bowl in the look not so long ago), they've never truly forgotten the kelly green outfits that got them from the 1930s through the mid-90s. The Eagles haven't often been ones for throwbacks; instead, they've been more keen to break out a black alternate jersey. There have been two exceptions: they broke out a garish blue and yellow throwback during their 75th anniversary campaign in 2007 before reverting to the kelly look for their season opener three years later.

Tampa Bay went all out with the throwback aesthetic when they ran with it during the 2010s (Photo: Getty)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers ("Bucco Bruce/Creamsicle")

No matter how much longer Tom Brady does this NFL dominance thing, the football-loving public should try to do anything in its possible power to make sure he plays through the 2022 campaign, if only to see him wear the defining look of one of the most uproarious football squads the league has ever seen. The dashing corsair has been excused from NFL endeavors since enactment of the one-shell rule. It was previously worn for the first two decades of the Buccaneers' existence, including the infamous inaugural campaign in 1976, where the winless Buccaneers began a streak of legendary futility, losing the first 26 games of their existence before finally triumphing over New Orleans in December 1977. Fans have embraced the campy Creamsicle look and have called for its revival. It'll likely never happen...Tampa Bay has won two Super Bowls (and counting?) since Bruce walked the plank...but the return of full-time throwbacks will, at least, keep him out of Davy Jones' locker.